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
By Melvin H. Wilson, MBA, LCSWSenior Policy ConsultantSocial Justice and Human RightsThose of us who are elated with the outcomes of the two senatorial elections in Georgia have a truly short time to relish the victories. Given the many crisis-level public health,...
Vaccine distribution is being managed in phases and groups on a state level. NASW anticipates social workers fall in every phase depending on population served, level of direct client interaction, work setting, age and health status.
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSWNASW Senior Policy Advisor, Social Justice and Human RightsLeadership in the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 4 reintroduced the For the People Act (H.R. 1). This legislation, the first bill introduced in the 117th Congress, reaffirms the...
Two recent incidents of apparent police misconduct have received national attention that NASW finds to be deeply problematic.
Social worker Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH, has been appointed to the Centers for Disease Control's Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) for a five year-year term starting in 2022. Lindsey is executive director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is thrilled that the Seeding Rural Resilience Act, which we endorsed, has passed Congress and will go to the President's desk for signature. The bill is crucial in reducing the high rate of rural suicides. NASW is...