Children in the South Face Steepest Slope in Escaping Poverty
New Research, analyzing census data and other quantitative data sources, shows that children in the south face the steepest climb...
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Global Water Scarcity: Why It Matters and What You Can Do
by Logan Keziah Why It Matters? Water, covers almost 3/4ths of our planet, so then why is it so precious...
North Carolina LGBTQ Blogger Signs Off
A jolt was sent through the LGBT blogosphere when the groundbreaking lesbian blogger, Pam Spaulding, “blogmistress” of Pam's House Blend, announced...
A How To on Health Care for LGBTQ
The United State's system of health care continues its progression in providing all-inclusive services since the repeal of the Defense...
Supreme Court Guts the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Community organizing is even more critical after the United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision...
Boys: The Under-mentioned Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
Since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, a national conversation has begun on the horrors of human trafficking. However,...
Interview with Professor Crystal Hayes on Shaniya Davis: We Deserve to Be Safe
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Social Work Professor Crystal Hayes about her disclosure of being sexual abused...
150 People Arrested in North Carolina During Moral Monday Protest
On June 3, 2013, more than 150 people were arrested at the North Carolina's State Legislature on what has been...
Tracking Hate Speech on Twitter
by Vilissa Thompson It finally happened: someone has taken the time to track the usage of hate speech (which includes...
Social Work and Mahatma Gandhi: Part II of IV
Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning...
Ecological Systems Theory and Practice: Systems and the Sociocybernetic Map
Ecological systems theory and practice is part of an ongoing series, and this article will focus on systems and he...
I’m American, Just Not YOUR Kind of American: Fighting Racism with Rhetoric
ByAmanda Huber, MSW Staff Writter My mother migrated to this country when she was 14 years of age. She remembers...
Interview with Social Work Professor Barbara Zelter Arrested for Protesting with NAACP Against Bad NC Policies
I had the opportunity to catch up with Social Work Professor Barbara Zelter after she escaped the clutches of the...
May Day, an International Affair
by Amanda Huber, MSW Candidate May Day, on May 1st of each year, marks the international day of protest for...
The Time is Now: Immigration Rally 2013 in Washington DC
By Amanda Huber MSW Candidate On April 10th, 2013, thousands of people from across the nation rallied in Washington, DC for the...
“Dumping” the Homeless In America
"Dumping" the homeless - the new craze in America? The way we treat and view those who are homeless in...
Family and Maternity Leave Around the World: How Does the USA Measure Up?
In the last few decades, women have been dominating the workforce because having a single income family is no longer enough...
General Manager of the Human Rights Campaign DC Store has a Social Work Degree
by Deona Hooper, MSW I long for the day that I can arrive to work and continue to be in...
Poverty Simulation: Making Cents of Being Poor, Part 2
Recently, I posted about The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Poverty Simulation that was held on March 27th as...
Marriage Equality Goes Before the Supreme High Court
Daniel Martinez-Leffew (left) wrote a letter to Chief Justice Roberts, urging him to accept marriage equality. Shown from right to...
