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October 1st, 2024

Why Words Matter in Life and Politics

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

If ever there were any doubt that words matter, the July assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the killing of an innocent bystander as well as the shooter provide more...

October 1st, 2023

Are psychologists more vulnerable to violence?

By Ami Albernaz

As legislation aimed at curbing the rights of transgender people has gained momentum, Sidney Trantham,...

April 3rd, 2023

Sadly, six-year-old shooters are not an anomaly

By Eileen Weber

Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., is now on the long list of schools in the country in...

July 10th, 2021

Psychologist’s training program may impact police reform

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Just over a year ago, the world paused in stunned horror when a video surfaced of the murder of George...

May 11th, 2021

Anti-Asian hate intensifies as pandemic lingers

By Eileen Weber

Three bystanders witnessed an Asian American woman being viciously attacked in front of a luxury condo in New York and did nothing to intervene.

An Asian man was...

February 9th, 2021

Connecticut’s emergency shelters take financial hit in pandemic as abuse rises

By Eileen Weber

Across the country, reports of domestic abuse have been on the rise during the pandemic. In December 2020, the New England Journal of Medicine cited this increase, calling it a...

July 16th, 2020

Psychologists study what inspires protestors

By Eileen Weber

The most recent Black deaths at the hands of police have fueled protests across the country. But for some psychologists, their interests lie not in what they are protesting,...

November 4th, 2019

Study: Young Puerto Ricans experience higher rates of depression on U.S. mainland than at home

By Eileen Weber

October 9th, 2019

Link between video games, violence again examined

By Catherine Robertson Souter