Politics

What a week at the General Assembly! The Senate decided to work on bills that were sitting in the Senate...

Social workers found victory during the eighth week of the legislative short session with the acceptance of the proposed medicaid...

On June 30, 2014, Hobby Lobby won its contentious Supreme Court case under the claim that providing employee insurance coverage...

The end of session should be approaching soon. The evidence? The large volume of bills that were gutted, amended, and...

When people ask what I do, my reply is always, “I’m a political social worker.”  The response is usually, “what...

Legislators are still going back and forth on an adjournment date, but our latest predictions are that legislators will go...

President Obama Speaking at the Working Families Summit As President, my top priority is rebuilding an economy where everybody who...

On June 17th, 2014, Social Work Helper Magazine co-hosted a Virtual Town Hall with National Association of Social Workers (NASW...

By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, National Association of Social Workers, NC Chapter Week five of the...

The Today Show recently had a series on “Today’s Man” and how the traditional roles of men had changed since...

On June 23rd, 2014, the White House Council for Women and Girls in conjunction with the Department of Labor and...

Washington’s political classes woke up to stunning news Wednesday morning. Congressman Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the Republican-controlled House...

Orange is the New Black-Netflix Original Series The popular Netflix series, Orange is the New Black, is based on real-life...

In a recent interview with Today.com, Miss Pennsylvania, Valerie Gatto, spoke candidly of her conception from rape. According to Gatto's...

Too many people are incarcerated in the United States, particularly people of color. With nearly 1.5 million Americans in prison...

On the eve of the June 3rd California primary, social work professor and congressional hopeful, Kristie Holmes, will walk away...

by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW 2014 is a midterm election year, and it is imperative for South Carolinians with disabilities...

Edith Connors 77-year-old body builder Who is old?  What does old mean?  Who decides that you are old?  Who do...

The South Winds Women's Center in Wichita, Kansas has been open since April of 2013, and they just celebrated their...

If we are not welcome in the workplace and we are expected to live well into our nineties and beyond,...