News | Environment & Health Pain Clinics Exploited Opioid Dependency to Earn Millions From Ineffective Shots Chronic pain patients received medically unnecessary injections from Pain MD as part of a decade-long fraud scheme. By Brett Kelman , KFFHealthNews February 18, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty. Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions. By Timothy James Young , Truthout February 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Retailers Ration Eggs as Prices Jump 18 Percent Since Trump Inauguration Trump promised on the campaign trail that consumer prices will “come down fast” but has since reneged on that pledge. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Leonard Peltier Is Released After Nearly 50 Years in Prison The 80-year-old activist, who always maintained his innocence, will serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams February 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again? Continued Exposure to Lead in Water. No one knows how many lead pipes funnel tainted water into schools and daycares, but the GOP is derailing remediation. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout February 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor IRS Said He Led the “Worst of the Worst” Tax Scams. Now He’s a Trump Adviser. A proponent of a tax deduction decried as “abusive” is now advising the agency that manages US government property. By Peter Elkind , ProPublica February 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration As Trump Bars Asylum Claims, Migrants Struggle in Mexico City Trump’s crackdown has caused distress and anguish for many, compounding their already precarious mental health. By Mariana Martínez Barba , Prism February 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Abortion Laws Are Eroding Trust Between Mental Health Providers and Clients As a resident of Texas, one woman was too scared to tell her therapist about her abortion because of the state’s laws. By Gina Jiménez , PublicHealthWatch February 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Washington Post Refuses to Run Ad Demanding Donald Trump Fire Elon Musk The ad had been scheduled to be delivered to members of Congress as well as subscribers at the Pentagon and White House. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams February 17, 2025 Truthout
News | War & Peace Genocide Ran the Yazidi From Their Homeland. A Decade Later, Some Are Returning. ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas. By Jaclynn Ashly , Truthout February 17, 2025 Truthout