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
- 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
- Sep 7, 2017
- 2 min
Charlottesville and Us
By Kumea Shorter-Gooden, PhD (Former Chief Diversity Officer, University of Maryland) I’m hoping we’ve reached an inflection point. I’m...
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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 18, 2016
- 3 min
Why Evidence-Based Community Policing Needs to be the Norm, Not an Exception
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD Longstanding tensions between police and communities of color have reached a boiling point in the United...
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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
- 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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donjacques
- Oct 1, 2015
- 6 min
The Mad and Unhappy Place of Public Education for Black and Brown Children in the United States
By Dawn X. Henderson, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Winston-Salem State University) Some of the lines in the classic 1982...
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donjacques
- Jul 23, 2015
- 3 min
How 25 Years of the “Americans with Disabilities Act” Has Benefited All of Us
Three cheers for the ADA at 25 years of age! The signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law in July 1990 dramatically...
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donjacques
- Jun 22, 2015
- 3 min
The Charleston Shooting and the Psychology of Hate, Looking Forward to Getting Older – In Case
In this week’s In Case You Missed It (our roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues...
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donjacques
- Jun 8, 2015
- 5 min
In Case You Missed It – June 8, 2015 – Virginia addresses campus sexual violence, APA AC
In this week’s In Case You Missed It (a roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues that...
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donjacques
- May 27, 2015
- 4 min
Challenging Sizism: Health and Weight Don’t Always Equate
By Brandy Smith, PhD (Diversity Coordinator and Interim Training Coordinator at Auburn University Student Counseling Services) Have you...
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donjacques
- Mar 19, 2015
- 1 min
Is Your Birthday Card a Microaggression?
Division 17 Older Adult Special Interest Group by Kelly Martincin, M.A. My family has a tradition of a light-hearted competition of who...
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donjacques
- Mar 9, 2015
- 7 min
Invisibility Squared: The Challenges of Living as a Transgender Older Adult
By Tarynn Witten, PhD, LCSW (Member, APA Division 44*) & Brian Carpenter, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) The award-winning Amazon...
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