The Case for Ending the Anonymity of Egg & Sperm Donations in the United States
Egg and sperm donations in the United States have long proceeded under the cloak of secrecy. Twenty-five years ago, when...
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Partnering with Clergy to Prevent Domestic Violence
Domestic violence remains a serious and widespread problem in the U.S., particularly for women from racial or ethnic minorities, who...
Challenging Assumptions About the Use of Contraception by U.S. Muslim Women
By Henna Budhwani and Kristine Ria Hearld Contraception is complicated. Reproductive health scholars can comfortably weigh the protective benefits of...
Democrat-Led States Tended to Have Stronger Response to COVID-19, Which Improved Health Outcomes, Study Shows
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower...
How Investing in Young Black Women During Sexual & Reproductive Health Care Can Address Inequities
Dina took to Google after feeling some discomfort in her pubic area. Although she was in graduate school several hundred...
The Push for Healthy Communities
As COVID-19 took its toll on the U.S. in 2020, the numbers began to show that not everyone was equally...
The Future of Criminal Prosecution for Self-Induced Abortion & Pregnancy Endangerment
The intensifying avalanche of restrictive U.S. abortion laws since 2012 has made it more difficult for many people to terminate...
Understanding DACA & the Role Social Workers Play in Advancing Immigration Justice
Written by Christeen Badie & Karina Velasco There are approximately 10.5 million undocumented individuals in the United States according to...
Digital.com Survey: Most Consumers Unlikely to Buy from Companies with Opposing Political Views
Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has published a new study to...
Cultivating an Equitable and Anti-Racist Workplace
2020 was filled with unprecedented events in all facets of life, and, as many have noted across the globe, the...
What We Learned from the IIA’s Webinar on Broadband Affordability
On Monday, September 13th, the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) held a webinar entitled Deleting the Broadband Affordability Divide: A Virtual Chat...
Trigger Warning: A Chinese Father Saved More Than 300 People at Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
“I understand these people. I know they are tired of living here. They have had difficulties. They have no one...
The Code of Ethics: A Guide for Difficult Decisions
It is common for social workers and case managers to have some amount of firsthand experience with the problems their...
Can I Ask My Therapist About My Diagnosis?
“I don’t know if I did the right thing. Maybe I shouldn’t have.” Power differentials are present within the helping...
BLM in Maternal Health: How to Fix the Mortality Rate for Expectant Mothers
Generally, when we think of healthcare, we think of an ever-progressing field that is often one of the first sectors...
Trigger Warning: Holistic Public Policy Can Save Lives From Suicide
At the age of 17, I lost my older brother, David, to suicide. As a gay man in his early...
Sacred Heart University School of Social Work Receives $1.78 Million Grant
Funding will help increase the number of social workers in areas short on health professionals Sacred Heart University’s School of Social...
To Address the Child Care Crisis, Talk to Low Wage Moms
Now that unemployment numbers have revealed that women are bearing the brunt of job losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Single Father Adopts Five Siblings from Foster Care System
Back in October of 2020, single father Robert Carter adopted a set of five siblings so that they would never...
The Labor Force For Needed Investment in Public Child Care Already Exists
The COVID-19 pandemic powerfully clarified what most families have known for decades: Reliable, quality child care is essential to the...
