Why We Need to Act Now to Address the Harmful Effects of Unemployment on Black Millennial Men
By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment...
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donjacques
- Aug 8, 2018
- 3 min
Congress Is Attempting to Set Disability Rights Back Decades, Why Psychologists Must Speak Out
By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) The civil rights of Americans with disabilities, a formerly...
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donjacques
- May 4, 2018
- 5 min
A Dream Deferred: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) March 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission...
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donjacques
- Dec 20, 2017
- 4 min
Give the Gift of Kindness to Your Elders this Holiday Season
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, MaryBeth Apriceno, Ashley Lytle, PhD , and Jamie L. Macdonald The holiday season has a way of encouraging acts of...
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donjacques
- Dec 1, 2017
- 7 min
What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV
(L-R) Dr. Rich Wolitski (HHS/OHAIDP); Dr. Fayth Parks (Georgia Southern University) APA Ad Hoc Committee on Psychology & AIDS (COPA)...
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donjacques
- Nov 22, 2017
- 5 min
How to Listen When Someone You Know Discloses Sexual Harassment or Assault
This post is based on a longer article by Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd (Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon) Every day now in the...
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donjacques
- Oct 1, 2016
- 4 min
Are You Guilty of Positive Ageism?
By Sharron Hinchliff, PhD (Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield UK) Every year, on October 1st, we celebrate the International Day...
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donjacques
- Aug 29, 2016
- 5 min
We Need to Talk About How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools
By Dawn Henderson, PhD (Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University) and Alexis Lunford (Research Assistant) Witnessing or...
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donjacques
- Jul 14, 2016
- 5 min
Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans
By Erlanger A. Turner, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Houston-Downtown) & Jasmine Richardson Note: An...
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donjacques
- Jul 12, 2016
- 4 min
Why Did the FDA Prevent Gay and Bisexual Men from Donating Blood in the Aftermath of Orlando?
By Leo Rennie (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Understanding the...
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donjacques
- Jul 1, 2016
- 4 min
Why HIV Providers Should Care About the Orlando Shooting
By David J. Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) In the aftermath of the mass shooting of LGBT people in an Orlando...
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donjacques
- Jun 29, 2016
- 6 min
100+ Resources for the Aftermath of the Orlando Mass Shooting Tragedy
By Skyler Jackson, MS (Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park) On June 12, 2016 rapid gunfire...
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donjacques
- Jun 27, 2016
- 3 min
Firearm Violence Prevention is a Human Rights Issue
APA President) and Cynthia D. Belar, PhD (APA Interim CEO) June 28 is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which launched lesbian and...
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donjacques
- Apr 29, 2016
- 6 min
Islamophobia in the U.S.: A Threat to Justice Everywhere
By Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia, PhD (Montclair State University) and Saba Rasheed Ali, PhD (University of Iowa) A Muslim mom, Melissa Chance...
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donjacques
- Mar 25, 2016
- 4 min
Ageism Alert – Get the Facts on Aging
Most people hope to live long lives, yet American culture is filled with negative images of getting older. Older adulthood is thought of...
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donjacques
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
What Do We Need to Know About the Health of Older LGBT Adults? NIH Greenlights New Research
By Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD (Director for Research and Evaluation at ACRIA, Center on HIV and Aging ) When we talk about fully including...
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donjacques
- Jan 22, 2016
- 2 min
Penalizing the Poor and Homeless: Psychology’s Contribution
Image source: Flickr user ccozzaglia [Astrid Idlewild] on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Maha Khalid (Program Coordinator, Office on...
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donjacques
- Jan 20, 2016
- 2 min
Are the Mentally Ill Being Unfairly Targeted by the FBI’s Gun List? The Mysterious Link Between Auti
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
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donjacques
- Dec 8, 2015
- 3 min
New KFF/CNN Survey on Race, Covering Transgender Care Is Good Economics for Insurance Companies, Mak
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health, and social justice...
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donjacques
- Nov 20, 2015
- 4 min
Tipping Point or State of Emergency? Real Talk About Transgender Women of Color
Zella Ziona, transgender woman murdered in Gaithersburg, MD, October 15, 2015. By Sand C. Chang, PhD (Gender Specialist, Multi-Specialty...
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