politics Archive
Nancy Humphreys is one of those people who when you meet them, you wish you had met them many years before. When I first got the idea to create an institute to complement the Congressional Social Work Caucus, Betsy Clark suggested …
It is time to reinvest in social work and Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland plans to do just that as the nation faces a shortage of social workers. Senator Mikulski knows just how essential social workers are because she is …
I recently attended a Veteran Town hall meeting hosted by state lawmakers in the beautiful, but isolated, Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. The intent of the meeting was to get the word out about new policies in the Commonwealth and listen …
Two flawed farm bills are making their way through their respective chambers of Congress. The bill in the Senate (S. 954) is being shepherded through the process by Senator Debbie Stabenow, a professional social worker, member of the Congressional Social Work Caucus and …
I’m a fan of blind politics. In fact, having a “blind” system has shown itself to be one of the easiest ways to combat system wide discrimination. In Munich, the practice of blind auditions was incorporated into the Munich Philharmonic, …
There is an old saying: “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” There are policy choices to be made and you must decide at some point what is most important to you. If you want healthy children then …
When you think of freedom it’s obvious that one of the first places that should come into your mind is North Dakota. Well the Mercatus Institute thinks so too in their ranking of U.S. states by levels of freedom. This …
It seems Congress hasn’t entirely sequestered. S. Res. 78 was introduced on March 18, 2013, “Supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.” The bill calls for the American people to recognize social workers and …
Military tuition isn’t the only thing on the line as sequestration cuts hits our defense budget. Although some aspects have been exempt, such as pay and health, many are finding that the budget is going to target their everyday lives, …
I love what I do, but I get a kick out of learning things on the fly that would have been so much more useful before that moment. Here’s my first attempt at listing some of these trends that you …
