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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...