Health

NPR -  Nearly half of the country's 50 largest cities have launched programs to send unarmed responders to 911 calls historically handled by cops, creating a new generation of first responders made up of clinicians, EMTs and unarmed mental health workers, all responding to people who struggle with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. To understand this work, head to Durham, N.C., which has — in the face of skepticism and downright opposition — built one of the most comprehensive programs in the country.