News | Prisons & Policing Sanders Unveils Plan to “Fundamentally Transform” Criminal Legal System The platform condemns America's "overly-punitive approach to public safety." By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health The Movement to Expand Medicaid in Southern States Is Growing Republican legislatures and governors have refused to extend health care access to more low-income people under the ACA. By Rebekah Barber , FacingSouth June 23, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health In Opioid Trial, Oklahoma Accuses Johnson & Johnson of Being Drug “Kingpin” For the first time, a pharmaceutical company is on trial for its role in the opioid crisis. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! May 30, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Want to Combat the Opioid Crisis? Pass Single-Payer Health Care. A for-profit health care system that has generated billions for Big Pharma won't combat the opioid crisis. By Jesse Mechanic , Truthout March 31, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump’s Attacks on the ACA Could Worsen the Opioid Crisis Health care austerity and border militarization are undermining public health responses to the opioid crisis. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 28, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White A look at how the lethal opioid epidemic is affecting communities of color. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 27, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center in Oklahoma. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 27, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids Co-prescribing mandates are emerging as the latest tactic to combat the opioid crisis By Barbara Feder Ostrov , KaiserHealthNews February 25, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Stripping Social Programs Leads to Lower Life Expectancy The rise in drug overdose and suicide deaths is threatening an entire generation of Americans. By Stephen T. Young & Brian Pitman , Truthout February 6, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health There Is a Real National Emergency in the US, It’s Just Not the Wall The opioid emergency requires a multifaceted and sustained solution. By Rajan Menon , TomDispatch January 31, 2019 Truthout