Politics Archive
Race, class and gender all shape the pattern of crack cocaine abuse among impoverished African American women. Race is a factor in this case because racial minorities generally live in areas where crack cocaine is more widely used and available than …
After a rollercoaster 16 days, the federal shutdown is over. Now it is time for us to look at what we as Americans gained, lost, and learned from the struggle. Yep, nothing. Everything just got pushed three months down the road. There was …
In the Spotlight Headlines from the first week of October have stressed that the government shutdown would specifically impact programs designed to aid poor and vulnerable populations. This is no longer simply speculative. As the government remains shut down for …
Federal policies frequently have profound effects on how social workers are able to provide services to children and families yet many practitioners and consumers are often unaware of the policies that are impacting them. Policies come in the form of …
As we near the end of 2013, the nation continues to battle over government spending. The first week of October has marked a significant climax in that battle. On October 1st, two monumental occurrences further catapulted a number of poverty …
Like 800,000 other Americans, I’ve found myself with a lot of free time lately. About 72 hours’ worth of it so far, give or take a few eight-hour increments. Yes, I am considered a non-essential federal employee, and like many …
Today, I had the fortune and opportunity to meet an individual trained and working as a social worker in the Montreal area who is now running for political office in his borough as a city councillor; Alain Vaillancourt with Projet …
It’s easy to lose faith in your government when it decides to close its doors over bipartisan ideological conflicts. Republicans blame the Democrats, and vice-versa, in one feel swoop leaving out the shades of grey that accompany all of life, …
Tia’s story as a (former) Residential Care Worker with Caring Family Services continues to unravel in ways that are about her, but without her. Recapping the previous post, her employment was terminated, without written reason, although she was verbally informed …
Social workers can be hard on the NASW, they are they obvious target for complaints about the health of the profession. In many ways working for the NASW can be thankless, our advocates are so busy fighting for us that …
