The depiction of Black people as apes is neither accidental nor antiquated. It is one of the oldest racist tropes in Western history, rooted in colonial pseudoscience and Enlightenment-era racial ...

Healthcare’s first responders are often hailed as “heroes.” This classification could be contributing to higher burnout rates, according to a recent study. The research, published in the Journal of ...

When you see the president or other politicians use terms like “animals” or, even worse, “infestation” (a term usually reserved for insects), they are engaging in dehumanization. People use ...

A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...

Autoimmune conditions are a set of diseases that include rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. They are caused by our immune systems misidentifying cells and tissues in our ...