A $1 increase in the minimum wage would likely reduce the U.S. adolescent birth rate by about 2 percent, according to new Indiana University research. That...
The Trump administration in late February withdrew Obama administration federal protections for transgender students that would allow them to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity....
ST. LOUIS — As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), public support for the 2010 legislation is...
Political ideology is not something everyone thinks about, but for Social Workers it is infused in our profession whether we like it or not. As an...
U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned this week amid growing concerns over the ties between the Trump administration and Russian officials. In a statement released...
The United States Department of Agriculture has recently removed all inspection records from its website–this means that inspection records from the 9,000 licensed facilities that use...
The foundational values of human rights and social justice have always been compounded with socialism and social democracy as core ideals and “right principles” of social...
More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015 alone. This has been the largest movement of people fleeing persecution in modern European...
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein In times of change, challenge, and disillusionment, you might...
With the recent change in administration, many questions remain in regard to the potential policy changes that may affect refugees being resettled in the United States,...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — More Americans are taking steps to prevent disease because of the insurance expansions of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new, groundbreaking...
Jason De Leon, University of Michigan assistant professor of anthropology, has spent years studying the lives of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, and more recently...
After the election, I felt a sense of dread. This isn’t so much of a political statement as it is a sense that we just chose...
Nearly three weeks after the elections in the United States, people here and elsewhere continue to experience shock, dismay, distress, anger, and fear in response to...
There is a worrying trend in popular media, whereby “debate” and “free speech” are becoming synonymous with “listening to hate speech”. This is particularly true regarding...
In America, democracy is a government of, by, and for the people— or is it? In just a week since Trump’s election, racially charged incidents were...
ST. LOUIS — If Donald Trump’s election as the next U.S. president accomplishes nothing else, it has been remarkably successful in fostering public discourse about how...
An inquiry into mental health services in England has found that social workers play a vital role in preventing mental health crises and should be given...
Sex has been a major talking point for this presidential race, from the unprecedented situation of the first female candidate from either major party running for...
The Presidential Policy Series has been exploring where the Democratic and Republican nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on a variety of healthcare policy issues. We...
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Conversations about police violence are happening all over the world from the killing of Mr. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob...
We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing...
The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorder community,...
On May 15, 2020, Rep. Karen Bass, co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Rep. Gwen Moore will...