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• The Many Faces of Social Work 
  This video shows the wide range of potential employment areas in social work.

• On Any Given Day, Social Workers Help 
  A look at what makes social work unique compared to other helping professions, and why the world needs social workers.

• Social Work in a New Light 
  Discussions with social workers about why they chose their various jobs, and with clients who share what social work has meant to their lives.

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• Social Work: Not for Everyone 
  The personal account of someone who realized social work was not the career for her as she completed a social work internship.

• A Library With Its Own Social Worker? 
  In some cities, libraries serve as unofficial homeless shelters. In San Francisco, this led to one library hiring a full-time social worker.

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• Profile of JaneAddams 
  A brief look at the life of the Hull House founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

• FDR’s Social Security Speech 
  President Roosevelt’s speech upon signing the Social Security Act into law.

• LBJ’s War on Poverty 
  President Lyndon B. Johnson declares War on Poverty during his State of the Union Address.

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• Hull House Closes 
  Hull House staffers react with surprise to the closing of the legendary agency in 2012.

• Will the Affordable Care Act Get More Popular? 
  Melissa Block speaks with political scientist Lawrence Jacobs of the University of Minnesota about the history of public opinion toward the extension of government social programs including Social Security and Medicare.

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• Field education 
  A look at what the process of field education at one university is like.

• Strengths Perspective in a Nutshell 
  Social work’s strengths perspective, explained from a different angle.

• Critical thinking 
  The basics and benefits of critical thinking, a key component of the social work change process.

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• Decoding Nonverbal Behavior and What It Means 
  Nonverbal behavior—does it reveal how we see ourselves?

• A Look at the Stages of Change, a More Advanced Model 
  The stages of change social workers may see in their clients.

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• Is the American Dream still a thing? 
  An analysis of social inequality and the American Dream.

• Dr. Dorothy Height on racism 
  A modern interview with civil rights pioneer and social worker Dr. Dorothy Height.

• Money and politics 
  A look at the impact of campaign donations on the political process.

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• Advocacy with Immigrants and Refugees 
  A discussion of how social workers can advocate for this specific population.

• Is social mobility more or less than it used to be? 
  Has social mobility changed in the U.S. in the last 20 years?

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• How Big Businesses Benefit from Social Welfare Programs 
  How much would Walmart’s prices go up if they paid all of their workers a living wage?

• Is the Gender Wage Gap Real, and Are Women to Blame? 
  Is the gender wage gap—if it exists—due to women making choices that harm their earnings?

• Wealth Inequality in America 
  What we think inequality looks like and what it actually looks like are quite different.

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• The Impact of Wealth and Poverty on Our Interpersonal Behavior 
  A Berkeley study looks at how we act differently when given advantages and power, and when they’re given to someone else instead.

• The Aftermath of Moving from AFDC to TANF 
  TANF was supposed to reduce the number of people “stuck” on welfare—has it worked?

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• People React to Lesbian/Gay Parents in a Restaurant 
  How do people react when a server treats a pair of same-sex parents rudely?

• In Her Own Voice 
  Part of the film ReMoved, a dramatized look at foster care through a child’s eyes.

• Bully Trailer 
  The trailer for the award-winning documentary Bully, depicting the problem and potential solutions.

• The Aftermath of Bully 
  Alex Libby, protagonist of Bully, talks about life after the movie came out.

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• The Pernicious Impact of Bullying 
  A recent study suggests the effects of bullying can last well into middle age.

• Racial Inequality in the Foster Care System 
  Native American children are being removed from their homes at an alarming rate in South Dakota.

• The U.S.’s Strained Foster Care System 
  Over 400,000 American kids are currently looking for permanent homes.

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• What Exactly Does the ACA Do? 
  The basic changes of the Affordable Care Act, explained in simple, concise terms.

• What Is Hospice All About? 
  A licensed clinical social worker explains the purpose of hospice care.

• Why Is Our Health Care So Expensive? 
  A critical look at some of the reasons behind the exorbitant cost of health care in America.

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• Getting Minorities to Sign Up for Health Insurance 
  Two states hope to improve their track record for getting information about state health insurance exchanges to some of the groups who may need it most.

• Too Rich for Medicaid, Too Poor for Subsidies 
  A look at the effects of Georgia’s refusal to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

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• The National Center for Learning Disabilities Explains Asperger’s 
  What is Asperger’s Syndrome (also called Asperger’s Disorder), and how does it manifest?

• Lambs Farm: Where People Grow 
  A look at an Illinois agency, Lambs Farm, which serves adults with developmental disabilities.

• Murderball 
  The trailer for the Oscar-nominated documentary Murderball, which profiles members of the United States wheelchair rugby team in a stereotype-shattering fashion.

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• Justin Lee and His Parents 
  A couple talks about the struggles and worries involved in caring for their teenage son Justin, who has cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder.

• Do Autistic Kids Fare Better in Specialized or Mainstream Education? 
  Social work favors giving people with disabilities opportunities to have lives as similar as possible to people without disabilities—but what’s the best type of school for kids with autism?

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• A Black Dog Named Depression 
  A look at what it’s like to deal with depression, courtesy of the World Health Organization.

• No Health Without Mental Health 
  A TED Talk by Denny Morrison, who has over 40 years of experience in the mental health field.

• Why Suicide Feels Like a Reasonable Option 
  Canadian mental health professional and advocate Mark Henick talks about his history of depression and suicide attempts.

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• Brain Training May Help Calm the Symptoms of Schizophrenia 
  A look at new therapies being developed for the treatment of schizophrenia,and brief conversations with some people trying to overcome the disorder.

• Middle-aged and Older Men and Suicide 
  Suicide is rising among middle-aged men and remains high among elderly men—what can be done?

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• The Disease Concept of Alcoholism 
  Lisa Fredriksen presents the scientific basis for categorizing alcoholism as a disease.

• E-cigarettes and Health 
  What are the risks of using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)—are they safe?

• Gambling Addiction 
  How the gaming industry takes advantage of psychology and technology to make money, and in effect, increase the addictive qualities of gambling.

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• Betty Ford, Hazelden, and Lifelong Recovery 
  Medical research is becoming more and more supportive of treating addiction as a condition that requires lifelong care.

• A Network of Help 
  In Vermont, a concerted effort has been underway to streamline care for pregnant women addicted to opiates.

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• Social Security Facts 
  The basics of Social Security—who gets it, how we pay for it, and why it remains necessary.

• How to Intervene in Elder Abuse 
  Defining elder abuse, and how to recognize signs that it may be occurring.

• Life with Alzheimer’s
  The difficulties of living with Alzheimer’s, and caring for someone who has the condition.

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• Reducing Reliance on Psychotropic Medications 
  How one nursing home cut their patients’ use of antipsychotics by 97% in just one year.

• Grannies Taking Care of Grannies 
  An innovative program in South Africa is helping older people look after each other.

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• For-Profit Prisons 
  What’s so concerning about the emerging privatization of the prison industry?

• The House I Live In 
  An interview with Eugene Jarecki, the filmmaker behind The House I Live In, a documentary about America’s failed drug war and its unequal outcomes for different groups.

• Racial Profiling 
  Differing views abound about whether the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy encourages racial profiling.

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• 22 Years of Injustice? 
  The Story of Tyrone Hood, released from prison via clemency in 2015 after serving 22 years for a murder he may not have committed at all.

• California’s Overcrowding Problem 
  With prisoners filling up the state’s prisons to 50 to 80% more than capacity, the state is ordered to let thousands of prisoners go free. How do they do it?

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• Gentrification’s Micro Impact 
  A San Francisco resident displaced by gentrification shares his experiences.

• Is Section 8 Really Helping? 
  Rochester’s Section 8 voucher recipients have been struggling to get housing—a fair housing law has been proposed.

• The Daily Show: Homelessness Reduction in Utah 
  Salt Lake City’s Housing First Program has shown a 72% drop in homelessness.

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• Criminalizing Homelessness? 
  Cities attempt to take a roundabout way to ban the homeless from their streets.

• Homeless High School Students Are Often ‘Invisible’ 
  Over 1,000,000 U.S. high school students don’t have permanent homes; how can they be helped?

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• The End of Unemployment Benefit Extensions in Illinois 
  The data doesn’t support the perception that Unemployment Insurance discourages people from working.

• The Looming Social Security Crisis 
  Will Social Security be there for the Millennial generation?

• A Day in the Life: Profiles of Underemployment 
  What is the current state of underemployment in the United States? Are there jobs for college graduates?

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• The Impact of Minimum Wage Hikes 
  A single mall split between two cities (Santa Clara and San Jose, CA) with two different minimum wage laws poses unique problems for business owners and workers on both sides of the mall.

• 62, 65, 67, 70? 
  Deciding when to start claiming Social Security benefits isn’t as simple as turning a certain age.

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• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 
  PTSD discussed from a medical perspective, and through the stories of three veterans.

• Military Social Work 
  One military social worker discusses his experiences in the Navy as opposed to civilian work.

• Stress, Mental Health and Suicide in the Military 
  ABC News takes a closer look at the unique stresses of military life.

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• One Soldier’s Near Suicide Back Home 
  Brock Savelkoul, after three tours in Iraq, PTSD, and TBI, found himself suicidal back home and instigating a confrontation with a police officer.

• Dealing With Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Rape in a Military Environment 
  Military Sexual Trauma (MST) is a problem that the Armed Forces is being forced to grapple with more and more.

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• Pregnant Moms’ Environment and Autism Risk 
  Could there be a link between air pollution and autism?

• Plastics and the Poor 
  A TED Talk by Van Jones links plastic and poverty.

• Fracking in Oklahoma 
  There have been many talks about the concerns of fracking—can it even increase the risk of earthquakes?

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• Danger at the Poles 
  Temperatures are warming in the Arctic much more quickly than the rest of the world—that’s a problem.

• Hurricane Sandy’s Health Risks Continued in Its Wake 
  The danger doesn’t end when the storm does.

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• International Adoption—Challenges and Suggestions 
  Could social workers perhaps help the ongoing issues regarding international adoptions?

• LBGTQ Laws and Punishments in Africa 
  Loving who they love, in some parts of Africa, may cost people their lives.

• Female Genital Cutting Continues Despite International Opposition 
  The difficult issue of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC) is a major human rights struggle.

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• Civilian Casualties and Drone Strikes 
  Amnesty International and human rights groups speak out against the alleged war crimes involved in the United States’ drone strike program.

• Is Charity Always Helpful? 
  On the surface it looks great—but is “voluntourism” as beneficial to the visited communities as it is to the company profiting off the placement of the volunteers?