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Our Invisible Youth: Addressing Disparities in the School-To-Prison Pipeline
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
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Nov 14, 20145 min read
Key Research on Poverty Is At Risk: Why You Should Care
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Nov 13, 20143 min read
Why We Can’t Forget Older Homeless Veterans on Veterans Day
By Jack Tsai, PhD (Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine) & Lisa M. Brown, PhD (Associate Professor, University of South Florida)...
donjacques
Nov 10, 20144 min read
How to End the Criminalization of Poverty
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Nov 4, 20145 min read
John’s Story: How Racism and Classism Operate Within the Mental Health Care System
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 27, 20145 min read
How the Mental Drain of Poverty Undermines Economic Opportunity
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 23, 20145 min read
A War on Children: The Consequences of Poverty on Child Development
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 21, 20144 min read
What Can Behavioral Economics Tell Us About Depletion and Decision Making?
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 15, 20144 min read
It Takes a Village to Support the American Dream
This post launches our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 9, 20144 min read
Think Psychology is Missing from the Discussion of Poverty? Write for Our Blog
Are you a psychologist, social scientist or mental health professional who works on issues related to poverty? Here’s an opportunity for...
donjacques
Jul 22, 20142 min read
#StopSkippingClass! The Need for Social Class Stories in Psychology Education
Our fellow APA blog for graduate psychology students, GradPsych Blog, has a great post up about the need for socioeconomic status to be...
donjacques
Jun 19, 20141 min read
Why Should Psychologists Care About the Ryan Budget?
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Apr 4, 20143 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)...
donjacques
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...
donjacques
Jan 31, 201411 min read
Working Full-Time and Still Living in Poverty
Photo Credit: Walmart Corporate via Compfight By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public...
donjacques
Jan 29, 20143 min read
50 Years After the War on Poverty: Looking Beyond Success or Failure
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Jan 8, 20145 min read
Not So Happy Holidays for the Unemployed
Photo credit: The Patron Saint via Compfight By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest...
donjacques
Dec 19, 20133 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...
donjacques
Dec 6, 20133 min read
Food Assistance Cuts Will Put Millions at Risk of Hunger
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Nov 22, 20132 min read
Psychological Interventions for People Who are Homeless
By Mili A. Thomas, MA, Debbie Browen, Polina Kitsis, Claire Lisco, and Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD The Grady Nia Project helps abused,...
donjacques
Nov 18, 20135 min read
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