By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor In a sweeping and provocative move, President Donald Trump initiated a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department in August 2025, citing a “crime emergency” -despite data showing a significant drop...
Public safety is not improved by the military, but a well-funded social safety net
It is not too much to insist our political leaders at least enact commonsense gun laws aimed at reducing gun violence.
By Alison Laurio The NASW New Hampshire chapter’s May 4 symposium titled Getting to the Root: Dismantling Racism in Family Separation Systems was presented in partnership with the University of New Hampshire’s social work department, which provided some funding, said...
This generation of lawmakers should respond to the call of the majority of Americans who support new legislation to protect the vote.
W.E.B. DuBois is being honored in October 2023 as a social work pioneer by the NASW Foundation.
More than 60 years of work to diversify schools and provide opportunities for minorities has been undone.
NASW, including our Missouri Chapter, on July 20, 2023, requested Missouri Governor Parson grant clemency to Johnny Johnson, who was scheduled to be executed on Aug. 1, 2023.