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Although many older adults receive necessary support from family, friends, and external agencies, some older adults experience exploitation and abuse....

New York- Many in the New York social work community honored the reclaiming of Dr. King’s legacy, also known as the...

Upon matriculating in medical school, students recite the Hippocratic Oath, declaring their commitment to promoting the health and well-being of...

President Ronald Reagan signing law establishing a national holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as his widow Coretta Scott...

UC Berkeley Social Welfare graduate students stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and we are speaking out against nationwide...

Substance abuse, specifically alcohol and prescription drug use, is one of the most rapidly growing healthcare problem for older adults,...

The year 2014 was filled with significant momentum towards a more equal nation for individuals identifying as LGBT. After dozens...

Proposals for delivering excellent social work to older people was recently unveiled by The College of Social Work (TCSW) with...

The British prison service is struggling to deal with an ageing and growing population. As it stands, the number of...

After losing the House in 2010 and now the Senate four years later, Democrats seem bereft of ideas about how...

In this age of personal responsibility and expressive individualism we are witnessing a rare expression of solidarity from athletes who...

Everything I say below has been said before, but I want to make it clear that mine is yet another...

With the recent decisions of no indictment involving the police officers responsible for the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner,...

As a Social Worker who works in East Harlem with students who hail from all different ethnic backgrounds the current...

A troubling new report released recently by the National Center on Family Homelessness at the American Institutes for Research documents...

Online you’ll find plenty of information about domestic violence. That’s not a problem. What is a challenge is trying to...

A school district in Lincoln, Nebraska recently decided to avoid using the gender terms boys or girls in order to...

As a social worker on the Hill, I have had a front row seat during battles over the welfare state....

When people think of working professionals on social media, often there is a negative connotation that comes to mind. Many...

The problems of mass incarceration and prison over-crowding are finding an unusually audience lately. Advocacy for prison reform is gaining...