Tag: politics

Office differences can be oh so difficult to avoid, especially seeing as you spend most of your life with the ...

On Saturday, Donald Trump tweeted that ‘The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back.” He qualified this by saying that “People that ...

I have a rather embarrassing admission to make. From the ages of 18 to 21 my best friend and I ...

I’m back on Capitol Hill in the office of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge. Rep. Fudge represents Cleveland and Akron, Ohio ...

What century is this? I have been obsessed lately with the retrograde decision made by the Supreme Court in the ...

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

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

Years ago in a relatively small town, a failed board election campaign was ultimately lost by the candidate I worked ...

The politics of being queer is a radical social movement that deals with sexual identity and gender performativity. It has become ...

This week, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a law that will bring about the highest minimum wage of any U.S. ...

As the democratic primary for governor of Pennsylvania quickly approaches, on May 20, 2014, social workers must band together to support democratic ...

A couple of weeks ago Social Work Helper’s founding editor, Deona Hooper, published a response to an article that appeared ...

By Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW In 2013, the United States Congress passed a record low number of bills. Only ...

Homelessness in America 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the US continues to struggle ...

In 2012, Dr. Jack Rothman, a prominent author and academic, issued a report on the current state of social work ...

As social media gradually integrates with society, people are now spending their time socializing online. Young and old are depending ...

By Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW It has been nearly 20 years in the making, but last night ENDA (S. ...

After 16 days of a government shutdown, the House finally allowed a vote which resulted in the passage of bi-partisan bill ...

by Rachel West, MSW LMSW At Social Work Helper, we like to encourage social workers to get involved in politics ...

Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech on the continuing dilemma of the government shutdown which has been in effect since ...