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MENTAL HEALTH
Sexual Assault, Violence, Death, Neglect—Santa Rosa Psychiatric Abuse Thrives Unchecked
A San Francisco Chronicle investigation reveals systemic failures at Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare, where abuse, neglect and underreporting persist without consequence.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Quebec Moves to Expand Ban on Religious Symbols in Schools, Threatening Religious Freedom
Quebec is taking religious intolerance to new levels—pushing to expand its ban on religious symbols from teachers to students and even parents picking up their kids at school.
HUMAN RIGHTS
More Than 40 Allege “Horrific” Abuse, Including Rape, at Detroit Acadia Healthcare Facility
The reports come in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit filed by three women against a former supervisor. It’s “uniquely egregious” alleged behavior at the Detroit Behavioral Institute.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Exemptions Gut Florida FOI Laws—A Constant Assault on Government Transparency
Legislators have passed over 1,100 exemptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law. From Dale Earnhardt’s 2001 autopsy to the governor’s travel plans, the public are left in the dark.
DRUGS
Nitazenes Up to 40 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Found in Wastewater in Both Hemispheres
Since their broader appearance on Europe’s illicit drug scene six years ago, nitazenes have been detected across nearly every continent, but they remain under-researched and rarely discussed.
DRUGS
Fentanyl Poisoning of Kids Leaps Nearly 1,000 Percent, New Study Says
“An infinitesimally small amount of this poison can come in contact with a child and result in that child’s death,” says the Suffolk County DA. Authorities are outraged, but kids are dying anyway.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Children Are 4 in 10 Victims of Human Trafficking Worldwide, UN Expert Says
The true number of child victims is likely much higher. Low conviction rates and high returns make the enslavement of children a profitable crime.
HATE
Social Media Still the Hub for Islamophobia and Outright Hate
March 15 was designated in 2022 as UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia, but it will take much more than a calendar to combat the worldwide problem of anti-religious hate.
DRUGS
UN Report Details Global Killing Power of New Synthetic Opioids
As much as 2,000 times stronger than heroin, synthetics are fueling an epidemic of death.
MENTAL HEALTH
Falsified Medical Records Used to Commit DC Patients, According to New Litigation
A unit of Universal Health Services has been exposed for boosting profits as part of “a disturbing long-standing pattern of abuse and neglect.”
MENTAL HEALTH
One Woman’s 45 Years of Confinement Shine a Shameful Light on Psychiatry
Thousands of people with autism and learning difficulties remain locked up inside the UK’s insidious psychiatric system for no reason—and with little hope of release.
HUMAN RIGHTS
New Documentary “The Slave in Your Backyard” Chronicles Pervasiveness of “Everyday Trafficking”
By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only start with awareness.
