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Book Review: Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing
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Body Brokers: An Out-of-Control Perversion of The Affordable Care Act
Body Brokers is an unsettling film that reveals abuses that began to occur after the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2008, requiring every healthcare provider to cover treatment for substance use disorders. Read more
Promising Young Woman: An Unsettling, “Must See” Social Work Exploration
Promising Young Woman is not a film that our clients (or we) can turn to for direction in healing loss or trauma. Nor is it meant to be. Rather, it confronts myriad issues that social workers face ourselves and with our clients day in and day out. Read more
Book Review: Sex-Positive Social Work
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Book Review: United States Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality
The New Social Worker's book review of United States Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality. Read more
Book Review: Social Work, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty
The New Social Worker's book review of Social Work, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty. Read more
Film Review: Angry Inuk
Watching the documentary film Angry Inuk with your family could help set the stage for growth and healing in the new year. Read our review. Read more
Reflections on The Queen’s Gambit: Trauma and Loss, Resilience and Recognition
Although The Queen’s Gambit is not a true story, it holds truths that social workers know. Read SaraKay Smullens' commentary on the popular Netflix series. Read more
Gillian Anderson in “The Fall”: A Vicious, Brutal Series With Social Work Implications
The Fall, available on Netflix and Amazon Prime, shines light on the human condition and the dangers of the inhibition to discuss a whole range of discomforting sexual desires that can seem to control one’s life. Read more
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