Some of human history’s greatest atrocities—genocide, slavery, ethnic cleanings—are rooted in our ability to dehumanize people from other social, political, or cultural groups. Whereas prior research ...

Hunter Biden, the president’s controversial son who has been a magnet for scandal and GOP scrutiny, says Fox News has taken things too far and tried to “dehumanize” him over his drug addiction. “I’m ...

This research shows that when people have power over others, or simply think about a time when they were powerful or role play being powerful, they tend to dehumanize others. A new study–actually a ...

Tension between the bottom line and efforts to improve society mirrors the conflicting neurological realities of our own brains ...

One of gym classes’ most common games is being used as a tool of “oppression,” according to a team of Canadian researchers. Dodgeball in phys-ed classes teaches students to dehumanize and harm their ...

Black women have been fighting against dehumanizing stereotypes for generations. From the “Angry Black Woman” trope to the ...

Dodgeball is being as a means for “oppression,” according to Canadian professors. The Washington Post reports that educators from three of the country's universities believer that dodgeball in ...

Cards Against Humanity! If you run around in any even-slightly-geeky circles, you’ve probably heard of it. But in case you somehow haven’t: take Apples to Apples and make it terribly offensive. As in, ...

Road rage involving cyclists is both deadly and incredibly common. Attitudes between people who drive cars and people who ride bicycles varies, but can often prove negative, particularly among drivers ...

In 2016, 17,250 people were killed in the United States. How does thinking about that make you feel—on a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 being “not at all upset” and 100 being “as upset as I could imagine ...