Editor’s Note: The following is a work of fiction based on real events, real people, and real places. The facts have been changed to protect the real guilty. I don’t remember his name. It’s been lost to the dark corners of my memory. So deep that it’s been drowned out by the noise of too…
“Suspected cases of drug overdoses soared between March and May, according to data from medical teams, hospitals, and the police. According to a Washington Post report, the isolation and economic upheaval caused by the pandemic are fueling this hidden epidemic. Heather Long who co-wrote that story joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.” Find more from PBS…
Opioid addiction and abuse know no boundaries. It touches the lives of all racial and ethnic groups, ages, gender, and every geographical corner of America. The following are statistics from the Center for Disease Control and an insightful story from National Public Radio last spring. These introductory stories set the stage for a recollection of…
Fifty years ago, in 1968, a roaring fire swept across this nation and the world. As ThinkProgress.com writer Sam Fulwood III described in a piece recently, “This year marks the 50th anniversary of 1968, arguably one of the most traumatic years in our nation’s history, filled with war, riots, assassinations, political upheavals, and social unrest.” At the…