"The idea that we are these things, that these are essential traits we cannot change about ourselves, leaves us feeling ...

Back-to-school and a polarized nation bring name-calling into the spotlight. Understanding it helps us better recognize, reduce, and stop its slow, corrosive drip into our lives.

Pointing out concrete examples from his own experience, will help him to build empathy.

Name-calling is weak evidence SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A federal court in Massachusetts granted summary judgment to a school and its dance department director on a lawsuit brought by a student with an ...