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Courtney Wise

Courtney Wise Randolph is the principal writer for MindSite News Daily. She’s a native Detroiter and freelance writer who was host of COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience, a 2020 project between WDET and Documenting Detroit which won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. Her work has appeared in Detour Detroit, Planet Detroit, Outlier Media, the Detroit Free Press, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest, one of the St. Louis Post Dispatch’s Best Books of 2020. She specializes in multimedia journalism, arts and culture, and authentic community storytelling. Wise Randolph studied English and theatre arts at Howard University and has a BA in arts, sociology and Africana studies at Wayne State University. She can be reached at info@mindsitenews.org.

Courtney's Latest Articles

Despite Warnings, the Navy Refused to Investigate the Connection Between Flying Fighter Jets and Brain Injuries to Pilots

A House Oversight report finds the Navy ignored years of warnings about brain injuries in fighter pilots, despite deaths and low-cost fixes.

Why Is Georgia Blocking Recovery Homes for Substance Abuse?

Georgia towns are using zoning loopholes to shut recovery homes down, even as addiction and mental illness surge statewide.

Why Are Mothers Punished for Parenting?

Those of us who roamed freely as kids can be arrested for letting our kids do the same.

Punished for Parenting

A Virginia mother’s conviction has reignited a national debate on free range parenting laws.

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, These Survivors Find Healing By Helping Others
These 9/11 Survivors Found Healing in Helping Others

Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, survivors share their stories and how helping others sparked post-traumatic growth.

How Much of Your Personality Lives in Your Genes?

A massive genome study reveals how much of your personality is genetic, linking 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five traits and real-world behavior.

How Football Affects Your Child’s Brain Health

For young football players, what matters is fewer years of contact and fewer hits within those years.

Are We Reaching People in Crisis — or Just Counting the Ones Who Call?

Billions were spent on the 988 lifeline, but fewer than 1 in 5 people in crisis use it. Here is what research reveals about the gap in mental health care.

You Cannot Make Football Safe for a Child’s Brain, but You Can Make It Safer

Football cannot be made completely safe for a child’s brain, but smart choices can lower the risk. Discover how flag leagues and reduced contact protect youth.

Discharged to Die: Doctors and Hospitals Across the U.S. Fail to Treat Patients With Addiction

An investigation into hospitals turning away patients with severe addiction, and the stigma inside U.S. medicine that leaves most people untreated.

The Lindsey Clancy Murder Trial

Women nationwide watch the Lindsay Clancy trial and see themselves in her story, plus an investigation into hospitals that fail patients with addiction.

Scores of Women Witness the Trial of Lindsey Clancy, Many Believing ‘She Could Be One of Us.’

Inside the Lindsay Clancy trial, where mothers nationwide are watching a jury weigh insanity vs. guilt and asking what the mental health system owes them.

Meta Pays $17 Billion Settlement for Lawsuit Over Child Harm 

Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion and reshape how its platforms operate after 47 states argued that they are harmful and also addictive to children by design.

The Crisis Line for LGBTQ+ Youth Is Coming Back, but Without the Group That Built It

The "Press 3" option is slated to return this fall — but without the support of The Trevor Project, which piloted the program. 

Meta’s $17 Billion Reckoning for Teen Social Media Addiction

The company is reshaping its Facebook and Instagram platforms after 47 states argued its content was addictive by design.

Antidepressants Don’t Always Work, But Alternative Treatments May Help

Treatment-resistant depression affects roughly 31% of those treated for depression in the United States, according to the Yale Depression Research Program.

Bigorexia Is Not Recognized by Insurers — And Men and Boys Suffer for It

Men make up roughly one-third of people who struggle with eating disorders in the U.S. That gap is widest around bigorexia, or muscle dysmorphia.

A Little-Known Psychological Disorder Afflicting Boys and Men
Dads’ Paid Parental Leave Is Good for Families

A look at how the whole family benefits when dads receive paid parental leave.

A Pediatrician’s Warning: Chatbots are Grooming Kids

A majority of teens now talk with chatbots on platforms like ChatGPT, and around 9% of teens use Character.AI.

Dads’ Paid Parental Leave Is Good for Families

A look at how the whole family benefits when dads receive paid parental leave.

The Green Book for Black Psychiatric Care
One Woman Asked Her Chatbot to Be Her Therapist. No One Knew Until It Was Too Late.
When Protecting Kids From Risk Goes Too Far

We explore childhood independence and the psychological cost of shielding kids from risk.