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The Real Lesson from Kamala Harris’s The View Moment
In my recent commentary on Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance on The View, I focused on what I viewed as a critical strategic misstep: her failure to differentiate herself from President Biden at a moment when voters were clearly signaling a desire for change....
How Kamala Harris Blew it on The View
President Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 2024 CNN debate in Atlanta opened the door for Kamala Harris’s long-shot bid for the White House. It did not take long for her to slam the door shut on her candidacy with her ill-fated appearance on The View on...
Is Democracy Worth the Effort? A Challenge to Social Work
Students from National Catholic University meet with members of Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton's staff. The fact that democracy enabled Donald Trump's election as president twice does not mean that a system in which the will of the people determines leadership is fatally...
Social Workers Bring the Voices of Their Communities to Congress
Scores of social workers—students, faculty, practitioners, administrators, and advocates converged on the nation’s capital last week to demonstrate the political power of social work during the month commemorating our profession. A busload of students traveled from...
Giving Communities a Voice in Congress
Attendees at the inaugural Social Work Day on the Hill reception in 2015 March is Social Work Month, and CRISP is bringing social workers to the nation’s capital to recognize and celebrate our contributions to society through our engagement with Congress and the...
Sheila Y. Oliver Showed How Effective Leadership Works
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver In the age of performative, often dysfunctional leadership that we witness daily in the current administration and in the halls of Congress, Sheila Y. Oliver’s life provides a superb example of...
Social Work Students Explore Greater Political Engagement
President Trump’s decision to join Israel in launching massive aerial attacks on Iran is the latest and most frightening example of the authoritarian tendencies that have unnerved the majority of Americans. According to an October 2025 survey by the Public Religion...
The Remarkable Rev. Jesse Jackson
Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson’s life had purpose: to improve the lives of as many people as possible. That is an epitaph that many of us would be happy to leave. He began his journey as a confidant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they worked to help people...
Social Work’s Delicate Mission in Perilous Times
I am certain many social workers, like me, have been consumed by the trauma faced daily by residents of Minneapolis, especially those who have taken it upon themselves to exercise what they believe is their civic responsibility to protest the brutal overreach of the...