Can social workers’ knowledge of health-related issues be useful in achieving better health outcomes?  The Department of Health and Human...

Congresswoman Barbara Lee- NOH8 Campaign Photographer: Adam Bouska On Saturday, January 23rd, Congresswoman Lee will receive a 2016 Trumpet Award...

More than 44 years have passed since President Richard Nixon declared his “war on drugs.” That battle cry was proclaimed in...

Policies that exclude and deny opportunity to specific groups of Americans are always counterproductive.  Ultimately, any economic gains that may...

Watching the proceedings on the floor of the House of Representatives on the occasion of the election and swearing-in of...

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), chair of the Congressional Social Work Caucus, introduced a bill last week addressing several critical issues...

There are a growing number of social workers who believe our profession can play a significant role in restoring confidence...

Another year has passed since the two jets crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on September...

Having spent too many hours trying to understand the reasons for the incessant negative media output, I can find no...

Charles and David Koch Back in April of 1985, the Coca Cola Company sensing a decline in its leading share...

Despite members of the Democratic and Republican parties both expressing the need for reforming the criminal justice system, efforts remain...

If you’re not sitting at the table, you’re on the menu. This pithy bit of wisdom was offered as a...

Millions of Americans breathed sighs of relief upon hearing the Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place subsidies in the...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves before she delivers her "official launch speech" at a campaign kick off rally...

It is time for social workers to begin to flex our political muscles because not much will change in the...

I began discussing economic inequality in my classrooms more than a decade ago when President Bush successfully pushed through Congress...

Last week, President Barack Obama once again did the unusual by participating in a panel discussion as part of Georgetown...

A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) by three Harvard economists provides conclusive evidence that...

In an issue brief from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, policy analyst Nick Bunker weighed in on the ongoing...

Of all those actively seeking the presidency, former Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady Hillary Clinton seems to be...