John Wilson is right (“No One is Gaslighting You,” Aug. 20, 2025) that the term “gaslight” can be abused and manipulated in ways that are tendentious, ad hominem and not empirically sound, as can many ...

Nearly 40 percent of leprosy patients are still living under false names to shield themselves and their families from ...

This omission type of prejudice is just as strong and insidious as acts of overt commission of prejudice and discrimination, but in some ways may be even worse. Fryberg and Eason (2017) suggest that ...

A new study analyzed how racial prejudice impacts health in communities across the country. Researchers found people living in a community with more prejudice experienced more prejudiced interactions, ...

Some acts are only considered criminal if they are committed by someone aged under 18. This doesn’t just include things such as drinking alcohol. In some US states, for example, it is illegal for ...

A look at how regional, cultural, linguistic, or social divisions can sometimes lead to prejudice and discrimination within ...

The most striking feature of U.S. racial relations today is how much we spend to regulate the expression of various kinds of racial reasoning in our behavior. The purpose of this spending is to ...

The term “stigma” is used throughout this chapter and the report to represent the complex of attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and structures that interact at different levels of society (i.e., ...

An ethnic minority faces state violence after advocating for self-determination. Immigrants endure discrimination from the native population. A local government faces the challenges of integrating ...

What singles feel in today’s society. Source: Life Matters/Pexels Bella DePaulo and colleagues have established two terms that are helpful in understanding what singles feel in today’s society. The ...

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice in medical settings. This can range from microaggressions, such as comments that a patient ...