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Articles by Stephanie Hancock
Empowering Colorado’s parents and workforce
Colorado parents know a simple truth that policymakers too often ignore: no two children learn the same way. Yet for decades, weve asked families — especially working and middle-income families — to fit their children into rigid systems instead of building systems that fit children. Thats starting to change. At a recent press conference, Gov. Jared Polis proudly announced that Colorado is the first Democratic-led state in the nation to opt into the new federal scholarship tax credit.
GUEST COLUMN: Empowering Colorado’s parents and workforce
Colorado parents know a simple truth that policymakers too often ignore: no two children learn the same way. Yet for decades, weve asked families — especially working and middle-income families — to fit their children into rigid systems instead of building systems that fit children. Thats starting to change. At a recent press conference, Gov. Jared Polis proudly announced that Colorado is the first Democratic-led state in the nation to opt into the new federal scholarship tax credit.
Opinion: “Mean-spirited” legislation targets Colorado’s charter schools
Charter schools have been an effective and popular option for hundreds of thousands of Colorado families, including many Black and Latino families. Precisely because they are successful, accountable, and cost-effective competition for conventional public schools, charter schools are the target of mean-spirited legislation that ultimately aims to put them out of business. Competition in a free society is challenging. That’s true in business, in life – and in education.
6 tips to keep kids busy and mentally healthy this summer
Get away: Just like adults, a change of scenery and a break from the everyday routine is important for your child’s mental health. The traditional summer vacation trip might be a little more difficult this year, but even just getting away for a few days can be beneficial. Small day trips can have the same positive effect. Whatever you do, family time builds memories and is good for your child’s mental well-being.
Can Covid-19 Help Ease the Climate Crisis?
Plane and car emissions have fallen since the pandemic struck. Has Covid-19 in some way helped the environment? We’ve certainly given the earth a bit of a breather because the rate we are emitting greenhouse gases has dropped, although by less than many expected given the slowdown in industrial activity. Air pollution has dropped dramatically in a number of places, which is great and will save lives.
"She’s My Ally In My Battle."
After 15 years in and out of psychiatric care, Maya knows Belgium’s mental health system well. A striking young woman with enormous, sad eyes, Maya speaks in a heavy voice as if physically weighed down by worry. At psychiatry’s heart, she says, is the constant threat of force. Not only physical coercion, but something more subtle. A photograph Maya took of an isolation room she was once held in.
Will It Be Business as Usual for Saudis at London’s Arms Fair?
Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including 7 children, and wounding another 17, including 8 children. After an international outcry, the coalition said that it carried out the attack, but provided no details on the coalition forces involved.
Interview: Scraping Together Pennies for a Loaf of Bread
Just how bad is food poverty in the UK? It’s really shocking that a rich country like the UK, with a large national income and well-developed health and education system, can find itself in a position where 50 times more people need emergency food parcels compared to just a decade ago. That’s a damning statistic and should make people sit up and realize that even in countries where things seem to be fine, they really aren’t. Families that had been just about scraping by are now being sucked under.
The Shamima Begum case is uncomfortable-but law and principle should bring her home
Tthe UK’s responsibility for its citizens does not end at the cliffs of Dover. Begum should be allowed to come home—and then prosecuted as appropriate by Stephanie Hancock / February 18, 2019 / Leave a comment Renu, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, 15, holds her sister’s photo while being interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard.
Witness: “If We’re Experiencing It, So Is Everyone Else”
“Dad becoming ill was a gradual process,” recalls Farhaz’s son Mohammed, chatting quietly in the living room of their modest family home in east London while his dad sleeps in a nearby room. “He began to get forgetful, emotional, and started crying a lot.” Farhaz’s family knew something was wrong but didn’t know what. Initially doctors suspected depression, but his symptoms didn’t quite ring true. Eventually a nurse was sent to assess Farhaz at home and confirmed the family’s fears.
Yemen Bus Attack Should Be Point of No Return
Investigating the terrible toll that the war in Yemen is inflicting on civilians has become, sadly, a regular occurrence for human rights investigators. We and others have documented scores of unlawful airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition that have killed hundreds of civilians in Yemen. We have shown that the coalition’s blockade makes it harder to get vital humanitarian aid into the country.
"No one should see such a day, not even my enemy."
Bloodied faces. Mangled metal. Lifeless, unidentified victims being piled into ambulances. These terrible images of suicide attacks in Afghanistan have become all too familiar. Barely a week goes by without news of another atrocity, scenes of death and destruction, and grim reports of overwhelmed hospitals and a rising civilian death toll. But once the news cycle moves on, what next? How do survivors and grieving families cope?
Can A Jailed UAE Activist Become a Mascot for Manchester?
More than a year after he disappeared into the custody of United Arab Emirates security services, with almost no news of his whereabouts or wellbeing, the prominent UAE activist Ahmed Mansoor suddenly reappeared last week. Not, as his family might have hoped, to walk free after more than 365 days of arbitrary imprisonment. Instead it was to appear in an Abu Dhabi court to face charges of publishing “false information” on social media.
‘Windrush’ Scandal Highlights Heartless UK Immigration Policies
A scandal has emerged over the fate of ‘Windrush’ children, Commonwealth citizens who came to Britain from the Caribbean with their parents decades ago, but are now incorrectly being told they are here illegally. Some have lost their jobs and homes, while others have been deported, despite living lawfully in the UK for nearly all their lives.
'The Darkness of Humans’: Investigating Mass Rape in Burma
What was your plan when you arrived on the ground in Burma? We’ve been documenting this crisis since the very beginning. We knew there had been sexual violence in some of the massacres we’d looked into, but we didn’t know how widespread it was. So my job was to find out. And what we found was that the rape has been widespread, and that rape was one of the ways that the Burmese military conducted their ethnic cleansing operations.
The Killing Squads: Inside the Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’
More than 7,000 people have been killed in the Philippines’ bloody “war on drugs.” New Human Rights Watch research finds that the killing campaign against suspected drug users and dealers, openly encouraged and applauded by President Rodrigo Duterte, is effectively a war on the urban poor that could amount to crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch’s emergencies director, Peter Bouckaert, has made two trips to the capital, Manila, to document this unprecedented mass wave of killings.
Horror and Heartbreak in Oman
More than 130,000 women have left their home countries to work in Oman as migrant domestic workers, cooking, cleaning and caring for children while living in their employers’ homes. But behind closed doors, many of these women are beaten, starved, and forced to work up to 21 hours in a day. Rothna Begum speaks to Stephanie Hancock about her report, “I Was Sold,” and about the horrors taking place in this quiet, beautiful country that has, until now, escaped scrutiny on this issue.
Africa: Scared. Silenced. Shot. The Life of a Somali Journalist. #WorldPressFreedomDay
interview By Stephanie HancockJournalists in Somalia are increasingly coming under attack. For many years, the main threat to the media has come from Al-Shabaab, the Islamist armed group that controls large parts of the country. But, as a new report by Human Rights Watch has found, journalists are also now being threatened, harassed, and attacked by Somalia's government and state security forces.
Interview: Scared. Silenced. Shot. The life of a Somali journalist.
Journalists in Somalia are increasingly coming under attack. For many years, the main threat to the media has come from Al-Shabaab, the Islamist armed group that controls large parts of the country. But, as a new report by Human Rights Watch has found, journalists are also now being threatened, harassed, and attacked by Somalia’s government and state security forces. With elections set to take place later this year, it’s an important period for ensuring access to information.
Witness: They Told My Mother They Would Cut Me Into Pieces
Rudy lay on the back seat of the taxi, struggling to breathe. As the car sped through the streets of San Miguel, in eastern El Salvador, he clutched his stomach and felt something fleshy. “The top of my pancreas was hanging out. I couldn’t stand the pain,” he said. Gunned down in a crowded street in broad daylight, Rudy, 16, had become the latest victim of the terrifying gang violence that is menacing Central America. Rudy knows who tried to kill him, and why.
Witness: Boy Turned Breadwinner - "Here in Lebanon, he just works and cries."
It’s lunchtime in a small town near Tripoli, in northern Lebanon. Inside a cramped, dilapidated apartment Amira is making lunch for her husband and six kids. The meal is modest and won’t be enough to fill eight hungry stomachs. There are some tomatoes, a bit of stale bread, and a single egg mixed with some vegetables. The apartment door swings open and Ali walks in. He looks exhausted, and with good reason. He’s halfway through his 12-hour shift at a local repair workshop, fixing up damaged cars.
Gambia's Intelligence Agent-turned-Defector Speaks Out
Just past 10 p.m. one night in November 2012, Bakary was pushed into a cell deep inside the headquarters of Gambia’s dreaded National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The cell was so notorious it had its own name: bambadinka – “the crocodile hole.” There was almost no air in the tiny, mosquito-infested black space, and six thick padlocks made escape impossible.
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