Chris Voss discusses the Sacramento hostage situation, highlighting how dehumanization tactics like putting bags over heads ...

To the editor: My heart goes out to the suffering and loss in Gaza, but Emad Moussa strategically omits Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom, which broke a cease-fire and provoked this war. Since Moussa decries ...

From medical professionals who were on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic to firefighters rescuing victims of the Maui wildfires, first responders are often hailed as heroes. But many of them ...

Abdullahi Ahmed, Ed.D., of Portland is a naturalized citizen who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia. He has worked for the Portland Public Schools since 2001.

The question was raised by someone who had read a news story about a Department of Education report noting that black children make up 18 percent of preschool enrollment but represent 42 percent of ...

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 ...

Jonathan Glazer’s landmark Holocaust film The Zone of Interest, as widely expected, has just scooped the International Feature Oscar. The British film is the 20th that the UK has submitted to the ...

Dehumanization involves redefining the targets of prejudice and violence by making them seem less human (that is, less civilized or less sentient) than other people. The classic strategy for this is ...

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. In understanding what makes Donald Trump and his MAGA movement unique, I would argue it is both their incitement to violence and their dehumanization of opponents.

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 ...