2022-07-08 Gun Safety ‘Wrapped in a Mental Health Bill’: A Look at Health Provisions in the New Law Victoria Knight The gun safety law forged through tense bipartisan talks in the Senate last month has been heralded as the first federal legislation in 30 years to combat rising gun violence. But what often […]
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The Race Against Radon
2022-07-06 The race against radon Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to the invisible cancer-causing gas. By Chris Baraniuk Deep in the frozen ground of the north, a radioactive hazard has lain trapped for millennia. But UK scientist Paul Glover realized some […]
The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators
2022-07-05 The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate carbon pollution – and sent a warning to other regulators Smokestacks at the coal-fired Mountaineer power plant in New Haven, West Virginia. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School In a highly anticipated but not unexpected 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on […]
How We Fight Back When Officials Resist Releasing Information You Have a Right to Know
2022-07-04 How We Fight Back When Officials Resist Releasing Information You Have a Right to Know by Charles Ornstein ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: A Closer Look Examining the News The city of Uvalde, […]
California May Require Labels on Pot Products
2022-06-28 California May Require Labels on Pot Products to Warn of Mental Health Risks April Dembosky, KQED Liz Kirkaldie’s grandson was near the top of his class in high school and a talented jazz bassist when he started smoking pot. The more serious he got about music, the more serious he got about […]
A Supreme Court Scholar Explains the Impact of Dobbs
2022-06-27 ‘A revolutionary ruling – and not just for abortion’: A Supreme Court scholar explains the impact of Dobbs Anti-abortion protestors celebrate the overturning of Roe v. Wade outside the US Supreme Court on June 24. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell The Supreme Court’s decision to reverse 50 years of constitutional […]
Supreme Court ends Right to Abortion
2022-06-24 Conservatives on Supreme Court, as Expected, End Nationwide Right to Abortion Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States. The 6-3 decision in the case, Dobbs […]
Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth
2022-06-23 Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by The Marshall Project, ProPublica and NBC News into harsh conditions in a youth lockup. The […]
Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homless Crisis
2022-06-22 Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis Angela Hart PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Farris never expected to become homeless, but here she was, sifting through garbage and towering piles of debris accumulated along a roadway on the outskirts of Northeast Portland. Farris, 51, has spent much of her adult […]
Trouble Paying Bills and Fathers’ Mental Health
Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers’ mental health, leading to family conflict Most research on poverty has focused on the effects on mothers, but a new study shows the importance of turning increased attention to fathers’ mental health. kieferpix/iStock via Getty Images Plus Joyce Y. Lee, The Ohio State University The Research […]