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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...

Congress Is Attempting to Set Disability Rights Back Decades, Why Psychologists Must Speak Out

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Congress Is Attempting to Set Disability Rights Back Decades, Why Psychologists Must Speak Out

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A Dream Deferred: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report

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May 4, 20185 min read

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...

Give the Gift of Kindness to Your Elders this Holiday Season

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Dec 20, 20174 min read

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...

What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV

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Dec 1, 20177 min read

What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV

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How to Listen When Someone You Know Discloses Sexual Harassment or Assault

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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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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...

We Need to Talk About How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools

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Aug 29, 20165 min read

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...

Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans

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Jul 14, 20165 min read

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...

Why Did the FDA Prevent Gay and Bisexual Men from Donating Blood in the Aftermath of Orlando?

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Jul 12, 20164 min read

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...

Why HIV Providers Should Care About the Orlando Shooting

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Jul 1, 20164 min read

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...

100+ Resources for the Aftermath of the Orlando Mass Shooting Tragedy

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Jun 29, 20166 min read

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...

Firearm Violence Prevention is a Human Rights Issue

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Jun 27, 20163 min read

Firearm Violence Prevention is a Human Rights Issue

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Islamophobia in the U.S.: A Threat to Justice Everywhere

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Apr 29, 20166 min read

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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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...

What Do We Need to Know About the Health of Older LGBT Adults? NIH Greenlights New Research

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Mar 11, 20163 min read

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...

Penalizing the Poor and Homeless: Psychology’s Contribution

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Jan 22, 20162 min read

Penalizing the Poor and Homeless: Psychology’s Contribution

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Jan 20, 20162 min read

Are the Mentally Ill Being Unfairly Targeted by the FBI’s Gun List? The Mysterious Link Between Auti

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New KFF/CNN Survey on Race, Covering Transgender Care Is Good Economics for Insurance Companies, Mak

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Dec 8, 20153 min read

New KFF/CNN Survey on Race, Covering Transgender Care Is Good Economics for Insurance Companies, Mak

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Tipping Point or State of Emergency? Real Talk About Transgender Women of Color

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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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