Charles E. Lewis Jr., Ph.D Archive
A troubling new report released recently by the National Center on Family Homelessness at the American Institutes for Research documents the growing distress among the nation’s children. More children are sliding further into poverty and experiencing homelessness. Using data from …
All eyes are on Republicans gaining control of the Senate and affirming their commitment to repealing the Affordable Care law. However, the decision by four Supreme Court justices to hear arguments in King v. Burwell challenging premium subsidies on healthcare …
The Republicans’ decisive sweep of the 2014 midterm elections should be a wake up call for Democrats. There are lessons to be learned. People will not go to the polls and vote in large numbers if they do not have …
Should Republicans take control of the United States Senate there will be many political pundits faulting Democrats for their inability to get black voters to go the polls. Why won’t black voters go to the polls in large numbers? Well, …
As I wrote in a blog post several weeks ago, there are about 25,000 people held in solitary confinement in supermax prison units called SHUs—security housing units—and another 80,000 inmates housed in isolation cells in regular prisons and jails. Many …
The number of children living in extreme poverty—on $2.00 or less per person per day in a household—grew significantly from 1996 until 2011. In 2011, 3.55 million children in 1.65 million households were living in extreme poverty in a given …
If the political prognosticators are correct, the American people are poised to hand over the United States Senate to Republicans on November 4. That is, the American people who will bother to go to the polls and cast their vote. …
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and continuous efforts by various states to limit the voting power of progressive constituents demand that social workers be more politically active. Nancy A. Humphreys has led the effort to educate social workers about the …
I will go out on the limb here and say more talk about racism will do little to change the plight of the good citizens of Ferguson or the poor and middle class in this country in the near term. …
Whenever tragedy strikes, social workers are among the first responders helping people cope with their grief and loss and empowering people to put their lives back in order. Social workers provided support troops at the Boston Marathon bombing, they assisted …
