Raising the minimum wage by $1 per hour would result in a substantial decrease in the number of reported cases of child neglect, according to a...
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...
Alabama made headlines last week over a dispute between the Democratic City of Birmingham and the Republican state legislature on whether the city can pass a law...
Much like institutionalization of people with disabilities, sheltered workshops started with someone’s heart being in the right place. Starting around the middle of the 20th century,...
by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Recently, President Obama signed an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contract workers. This...
In the last few decades, women have been dominating the workforce because having a single income family is no longer enough to maintain a middle class living....
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....