OPINION-ESSAY: Repeal the Dickey Amendment to Address Polarization Surrounding Firearms in the Unite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Forces against the funding blockade put in place by the Dickey Amendment in 1996 have grown more vocal...
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- Dec 30, 2017
ARTICLE: I’m a Psychiatrist. Making Gun Violence About Mental Health Is a Crazy Idea | POLITICO
Before the initial shock wore off in the aftermath of yet another horrific American mass shooting—before we knew about the extent of the...
- Dec 28, 2017
On Censorship and Scientific Integrity in Difficult Times
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“CDC Gets List of Forbidden Words.” This was the headline of a December 15th Washington Post story...
- Oct 7, 2017
OP-ED: When the Shooter is White | The Washington Post
In the hours and days following the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, politicians and many media outlets reflexively described...
- Mar 29, 2017
ESSAY: March Madness: Trump Budget Threatens College As We Know It
We’re in the midst of yet another electrifying March Madness basketball tournament, a time of year when even the most causal fans awaken...
- Sep 1, 2016
OP-ED: Guns in Donald Trump’s Chicago | The Conversation
Donald Trump’s new outreach to “minority voters” is already showing signs of strain. Soon after the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge,...
- Aug 17, 2016
OP-ED: When a parking dispute is also a hate crime | MSNBC
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]They said it was a parking dispute, an everyday interaction between neighbors. That the exchange...
- Aug 17, 2016
President Obama’s Executive Action on Guns
President Obama has taken important action toward stemming the tide of gun death in America. As he rightly noted on Tuesday, far too many...
- Jul 2, 2016
OP-ED: What is the Role of Psychiatry After Ferguson | Somatosphere
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What role should mental health care professionals play in helping heal psychical wounds exposed in the...
- Jul 2, 2016
ARTICLE: Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?
Missouri is poised to become the latest state to allow guns into college classrooms. The Republican-led state senate is currently...
- Jul 2, 2016
ESSAY: Sequester This! The Perils of Masculinity and the Truth About Sex | Public Books
A review of the tell-all exposé authored by Harvard urologist Abraham Morgentaler, MD, whose new book, Why Men Fake It: The Truth About...
- Jun 29, 2016
OP-ED: The New Science of Blaming Mothers | MSNBC
We’re back to blaming mothers in health research—or so it would seem. A number of recent epigenetic arguments drop the responsibility for...
- Jun 29, 2016
ARTICLE: The NRA and Black People | The Grio
Last week the National Rifle Association opened a cynical new front in the debate about gun rights in America with its campaign to...
- Jun 28, 2016
OP-ED: When shootings happen, gender must be discussed | MSNBC
The male gender has all too frequently functioned as the white elephant in the room when it came to understanding mass shootings in the...
- Apr 24, 2013
OPINION-ESSAY: Let’s Talk About Guns, But Stop Stereotyping The Mentally Ill
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Restricting gun rights for people with mental illness is the one gun-control initiative that...