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June is a special month to salute civil and human liberties -- from Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the...

Trigger warning: this post contains challenging references to rape and sexual violence. I was moved by Madeleine Holden's piece in The...

During the weekend, yet another hate crime occurred in the LGBTQ community when a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando,...

WASHINGTON,DC - Ahead of the first-ever United State of Women Summit, the Obama administration, private-sector companies, foundations and organizations are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) will livestream portions of its 2016 National Conference on June...

Thousands of Texas residents, including nearly 2,000 residents of a correctional facility in located Brazoria County, are being forced to...

Legislation that voids millions of American citizens of its Constitutional right to have a democratic government has been introduced to...

Earlier this week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, along with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)  led a letter,...

The death of a legendary artist and musician best known as, “Prince”, came as a sudden shock to the world...

New York – Women Deliver 2016 Conference is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 16-19 May, and it will focus...

Recently, I had an amazing opportunity to attend the Know Her Truths: Advancing Justice for Women and Girls Conference hosted...

Students with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work attended the Social Work HEALS Student Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.,...

Toilets, potties, johns privies and bathrooms, we have names from the delicate to the coarse to describe them.  But, who...

On April 28, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened access to health care for individuals...

Buckeyes form MHM for Mental Health Matters Week Photo Credit: Scott Bletzinger Lately, you may have heard the term mental...

Recently, celebrity actor Dax Shepard, who previously appeared on NBC’s Parenthood and is also married to actress Kristen Bell, revealed...

Recent surveys have revealed that 85% of sexual assault victims do not report their assault promptly to appropriate authorities. When...

Recently, the mental health world of the UK has been struck by quite a debate about the nature of “mental...

It is no secret that police brutality exists and is often targeted towards minority groups particularly African American and Latino...

The Sexuality and Social Work Interest Group invite colleagues to attend an international conference - Transgressing Boundaries and the Intersection of Sexualities...