On Conscience and Conviction as a Psychologist Today

Dear Colleagues, Last month, at the American Psychological Association annual convention in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of offering a five-minute “TED Talk” titled “On Conscience and Conviction as a Psychologist Today.” I was one of eight honorees as part of APA president Wendi Williams’s new “100 Psychologists Rising” initiative, and I am very grateful. …

The American Psychological Association’s “Psychology PAC” Must Do Better

Contributions to the campaign war chests of Republican Party politicians who hold contemptuous views of democracy are unsurprising from mega-corporations and right-wing billionaires. The top priority for these donors is to have their self-aggrandizing agenda front-and-center in the halls of Congress. So even when democracy itself is under attack, they’re going to place profits over …