Most people may be familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other common types of psychotherapy, but art therapy remains somewhat of a mystery to the general public. Not incorporating it into a treatment plan could be a huge missed opportunity for veterans who’ve experienced trauma and other patients in need of mental health support.

From working hard jobs for extremely low wages to being separated from their families for up to 10 months at a time, the sacrifices and challenges seem never-ending for temporary workers in the U.S.  In the documentary A Thousand Pines, we get a glimpse at the reality of one of the crews planting over 1.5 billion trees a year to meet the country’s wood industry demands.

Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s "Folk Frontera" is a border-set tale, expertly portraying the beauty and heartbreak that comes with living on the U.S.-Mexico border. Connecting two strangers through their love of music, this short film highlights the uncertainty the inhabitants of the border must dance with in their daily lives.

One of the more horrible legacies we are left with from the war on drugs is the lack of compassion toward those who struggle with addiction. Instead of treating this crisis as a health issue, society has spent all of its time (and money) making it seem like a moral failure of individuals. Demonizing drug use has a long and racially-loaded history that has destroyed lives...

What is more important: laws or lives? This is the question at the center of the immigration debate and its ramifications. Conversations around illegal border crossings often result in the dehumanization of migrants and separate from conversations about the reality of immigration laws, “no human being is ever illegal".

When you hear the term chaplain, if you’re not in the military, what usually comes to mind? It could be a pop culture reference, like Father Mulcahy in M*A*S*H*, or prison chaplains in a movie with a death row setting, or perhaps something from history, like the famed “Four Chaplains” from WWII. But what actually is a chaplain, and what are the different types of chaplains represented in the military?