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Memories of three generations of women from Communist China, Hong Kong and California and the traumas they carried with them are at the heart of Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel.

Bigambul and Wakka Wakka author Melanie Saward’s Burn is structured around three fires. It bears witness to the role institutions play in exacerbating trauma associated with colonialism.

As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, such embodied memorialisation ensures people will still talk about what happened.

Intergenerational trauma is where the effects of a painful event are passed down through a family. Symptoms can include trust issues and problems regulating emotions.

War and genocide have brought laser focus to the idea of intergenerational trauma. But what is it really?

Advocates are calling out New Mexico’s Democratic governor for disbanding a task force that was charged with crafting recommendations to address the high rate of killings and missing person cases in Native American communities. The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women said in a statement Thursday that dissolving the panel of experts only helps to perpetuate the cycles of violence and intergenerational trauma that have created what many have deemed as a national crisis. Gov. M...

Therapists share how to grapple with your feelings if your family is affected by the Israel-Hamas war.

A former gang member who spent 20 years in prison is sharing her story in hopes of helping others walking down the same path she once did.

An exhibit at The New Museum in New York explores the legacy of the Vietnam War through the films and sculptures of an artist whose own life has been defined by that very legacy. Jeffrey Brown takes a look for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

This story is republished with the permission of The Press Times part of the NEW (Northeast Wisconsin) News Lab's fourth series, "Families Matter."