What comes to mind when you hear the words “sex trafficking”? If you’re like a lot of people, you might think of a sinister alley in a...

By Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia, PhD (Montclair State University) and Saba Rasheed Ali, PhD (University of Iowa) A Muslim mom, Melissa Chance...

By Alyssa Arentoft, PhD (California State University, Northridge) & Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Fordham University & Icahn School of...

By Jodi A. Quas, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine) Recently , an amazing statement was...

Image source: Flickr user ccozzaglia [Astrid Idlewild] on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Maha Khalid (Program Coordinator, Office on...

Image source: Flickr user Crawford Learmonth on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Danielle Dallaire, PhD (Associate Professor in the...

Zella Ziona, transgender woman murdered in Gaithersburg, MD, October 15, 2015. By Sand C. Chang, PhD (Gender Specialist, Multi-Specialty...

When you think of the psychological harm that incarceration can cause, what is the first picture that comes to mind? Did you think about...

Please find below APA’s July 10th press release regarding the findings of the Hoffman report. APA Apologizes for “Deeply Disturbing”...

This article is cross-posted from the May 2015 issue of the APA newsletter “In the Public Interest”. By Victoria Kontor (Class of 2015,...

By Gregory M. Herek, PhD (Professor of Psychology, UC Davis) Not so long ago, homosexuality was triply stigmatized. In addition to being...

By Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Member, APA Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls) January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month – an...

By Sabrina Cox, MA, LMSW Zahara Green is a 25-year-old transgender woman who was placed in an all-male prison in May 2012. According to...

By Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP (2011 Past-President of the American Psychological Association) “You must speak up, you must speak out,...

This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...

This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By Tom Tyler, PhD...

By Gwendolyn P. Keita, PhD (Executive Director, APA Public Interest Directorate) The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African...

2014 APA Annual Convention One in three black male children born in the United States is expected to go to jail or prison at some point...

2014 APA Annual Convention “The nine of us were subjected to a year of sheer hell,” said Roberts at APA’s Committee on Ethnic and...

Police confront gay protesters in New York’s 1969 Stonewall Uprising. By Efua Andoh (PI Communications Staff) and Ron Schlittler, MIPP...