Studies have shown that the levels of worry that go hand in hand when dealing with poverty are causing immense metal strain on those caught up in the poverty cycle. Money worries are creating a vicious cycle in American soc...
What began in Syria with young schoolboys spraying anti-government graffiti on the walls of a school in March 2011 has erupted from peaceful protestation to civil war. In a country held sway by an authoritarian regime, Presiden...
Equal political rights, equal social rights and equal economic rights: The University of New England‘s infographic for their Masters Degree in Social Work reveals some alarming figures in American society. We should all h...
Photographer Brian Driscoll’s “Will it Ever End” photo series tells the stories of those still affected by Agent Orange. Used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War with the aim of defoliating the dense jungle...
50 years ago on this day, Martin Luther King stood in front of over 200,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and delivered the historical “I Have A Dream” speech. This speech would go on to ...
For over a decade China has been involved in maritime boundary disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. With the recent pivot to Asia by the US, the South China Sea has become the new battleground for US-Chi...
The last few days my Facebook news feed has been inundated with ‘news’ from the MTV Video Music Awards. Newspapers are picking up on the ‘drama’ from the award ceremony, and the internet is aflutter with...
I have witnessed, on numerous occasions, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in plainclothes stopping and frisking African-American and Latino youth on the street corners and subway stations of East Harlem, where I have ...
Chelsea (formerly known as Bradley) Manning’s recent statement that she plans to live life as a woman, and wishes to go through hormone treatment has put transgender rights in focus of this case. As Manning is facing a 35 ye...