January 27, 2023
(Undark) – Nearly 2 million people, most of them Black or Latino men, are locked up in the United States. In October 2021, the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, published a report … Read More
January 24, 2023
(New York Times) – Until now, the specific medical errors that caused Ms. Semple’s death have not been publicly reported in detail. Nor has it been reported that in the more than two years before her death, six other pregnant … Read More
January 9, 2023
(New York Times) – As soon as the news became public, rumors and disinformation began to spread. Amid seemingly inexplicable tragedy, there’s an understandable reflex to grasp onto narratives that could explain how something so shocking could occur. Even those … Read More
January 5, 2023
(Reuters) – A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to … Read More
January 4, 2023
(NBC News) – Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a Georgia man on a fugitive warrant, an attorney said in a case that renews attention to racial disparities in the use of the digital … Read More
January 3, 2023
(USA Today) – It’s not always easy to identify a COVID-19 death. If someone dies at home, if they have symptoms not typically associated with the disease or if they die when local health systems are overwhelmed, their death certificate … Read More
January 2, 2023
(NPR) – An investigation by WITF and NPR looked at 456 of those incidents from 25 county jails in Pennsylvania, during the last quarter of 2021. Nearly 1 in 3 “use of force” incidents involved a person who was having … Read More
December 30, 2022
(STAT News) – Experts say the U.S. is in the “fourth wave” of the overdose epidemic and unhoused people, who have high rates of drug use and little access to quality healthcare, have been hit particularly hard. As overdose rates … Read More
December 30, 2022
(Associated Press) – Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws governing the treatment of civilians and conduct on the battlefield. Ukraine is investigating more … Read More
December 27, 2022
(ProPublica) – Data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells the story of how the U.S. health care system has failed Black mothers in particular. Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women … Read More
