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#YesAllWomen: Going Beyond Hashtag Activism to Action
Thousands shared this image on social media using the #YesAllWomen hashtag By Efua Andoh (APA Public Interest Directorate Communications...
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Jun 4, 20145 min read
#BringBackOurGirls: Let’s Take Action
By Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, PhD (Executive Director, Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association) The world is...
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May 19, 20146 min read
Women Can’t Wait Another 50 Years for Equal Pay
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
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Apr 8, 20143 min read
3 Components of Rape Culture and What You Can Do to Fight Back
By Christin P. Bowman, MS, MA (Doctoral student in Critical Social-Personality Psychology at The Graduate Center, City University of New...
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Feb 18, 20144 min read
Stop Saying “That’s So Gay!”: 6 Types of Microaggressions That Harm LGBTQ People
By Kevin L. Nadal, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice – City University of New York) When I...
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Feb 7, 20149 min read
Thank You, President Obama, for Addressing Stigma Against the Long-term Unemployed
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
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Feb 4, 20143 min read
Why Shouldn’t This Bother Us? Mental Illness and the Global Burden of Disease
Dr. Anne Becker of Harvard University’s Medical School Dr. Walker Karraa had the opportunity to interview Dr. Anne Becker (Harvard...
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Jan 31, 201411 min read
This Is Your Brain on Drug Education
By Carl Hart, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University) A man holds up an egg and says, “This is your brain.” Then,...
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Jan 17, 20145 min read
You May Not Be Feeling the Effects of the Sequester But Guess Who Is
Photo of Head Start preschoolers in Virginia. Image provided courtesy of Flickr user: VAStateParksStaff Sequestration is causing...
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Dec 6, 20133 min read
Growing Up in the Shadows: How Unauthorized Status Puts Immigrant Youth at Risk
By Carola Suárez-Orozco, PhD (Professor of Human Development and Psychology at UCLA, Chair of the APA Presidential Task Force on...
donjacques
Nov 12, 20132 min read
Why ENDA Should Matter to Psychologists
By J. Judd Harbin, PhD (Arkansas) and Melissa J. Grey, PhD (Michigan), APA Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian,...
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Nov 4, 20133 min read
Perception vs. Reality: How Psychology Debunks Myths about Immigrants in America
By Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP (2011 Past-President of the American Psychological Association) Stop me if you’ve heard these...
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Oct 21, 20133 min read
Frustrated by the Stalemate in Congress? Help Us Take Action
Image courtesy of Flickr user: KP Tripathi By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government...
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Oct 8, 20132 min read
Good Immigration Reform Means Keeping Families Together
Image provided courtesy of Flickr user: Anuska Sampredo By Benjamin Vonachen (Senior Legislative Assistant, PI Government Relations...
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Oct 2, 20133 min read
Where Do We March From Here? Psychologists’ Perspectives on Advancing the Dream
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications Staff) On August 28, tens of thousands of Americans from every walk of life...
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Aug 30, 20134 min read
Has Dr. King’s “Dream” Died? The Challenge for Psychology 50 Years after the March on Washington
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications Staff) With the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington approaching, we...
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Aug 23, 20132 min read
5 Social Justice-Themed Sessions We Loved at APA Convention
By Efua Andoh (PI Communications Staff) The 2013 APA Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii wrapped up over the weekend. Our colleagues at the...
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Aug 7, 20132 min read
5 Reasons to Act Now on Juvenile Justice Reform
By Kerry Bolger, PhD (Public Interest Government Relations Office) Did you know that the U.S. incarcerates more of its kids per capita...
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Jun 13, 20133 min read
5 Things Congress Can Do To Protect the Rights of Parents with Disabilities
Robyn Powell, JD (National Council on Disability – left) & Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA Mbr – right) By Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA...
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May 13, 20134 min read
What Mother’s Day Means to Me As a Parent with A Disability
By Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology) What does Mother’s Day mean to you? For me, it means...
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May 12, 20132 min read
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