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By Amanda Huber MSW, LCSWA Gender Politics, In Politics? NO WAY! Earlier this week, Senator Wendy Davis of Texas stood...

by Logan Keziah It has been quite an eventful week in politics, at the national level and in several states....

By Amanda Huber, MSW, LCSWA Yesterday, the LGBTQ Community celebrated the end of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). However,...

By Polly-Gean Cox MSW, LCSWA Across the nation, supporters of LGBTQ legislation joined Edie Windsor of New York  in celebrating...

by Logan Keziah On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court struck down what some consider to be...

  Community organizing is even more critical after the United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision...

Since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, a national conversation has begun on the horrors of human trafficking. However,...

By Polly-Gean Cox, MSW, LCSWA On June 13th, President Barack Obama held the fourth LGBT Pride reception since taking office...

by Jeffrey Lee Religion in America has been an issue since the founding of our nation. The First Amendment guarantees...

by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC's newsmagazine show, broadcasted a segment about the subminimum wages...

by Jeffrey Lee Gun violence in America became a hot topic of discussion in our country when Adam Lanza committed...

Though class pictures can create nostalgia about our younger years, for one young boy his elementary class group picture caused...

by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW If you've seen the movie Beautiful Creatures set in South Carolina, one might believe South Carolinians might...

by Amanda Huber, MSW In the recently drafted immigration reform bill, it is 800 pages in length which incorporates several...

On June 3, 2013, more than 150 people were arrested at the North Carolina's State Legislature on what has been...

By Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW Democratic legend Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) died today at the age of 89.  According to a...

By Amanda Huber MSW On the 25th of May across the nation organizers rallied for pesticide free food. Locally in...

Social work pioneer and activist Jane Addams felt that America’s future would be determined by both family and education. She...

by Deona Hooper, MSW Former social worker and Django Unchained actor, Samuel L. Jackson, has announced that he will be...

Once again, the poor is being asked to help balance the budget. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been a strong supporter for...