By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The country is in a second week of a federal government shutdown which stems from a budget dispute between the Congressional Republican majority and the Democratic minority. The Trump administration is the lead decision-maker...
“A government that shuts down its services is a government that shuts out its people – and that is not just unacceptable, it is un-American.”
In a recent NASW Facebook Live event, a panel gives marching orders to their colleagues to stand up for vulnerable populations.
Recent headlines signal that the federal government is willfully ignoring the potential dangers of climate change. In April, Reuters published an article titled, “State Department Nixes Climate Office.” A New York Times headline read, “Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report.” And Bloomberg featured an exposé, “Lights Out: How Trump’s War on Climate Science Is Weakening the U.S.”
Social workers help clients navigate attacks on the undocumented
We are holding victims, families, and community in our hearts
Public safety is not improved by the military, but a well-funded social safety net
In the long run, as matter of principle, gerrymandering as a tool for gaining political power is wrong