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Reveal, The Atlantic to present Oklahoma forum on female incarceration
For more than 25 years, Oklahoma has held a distinction its state leaders aren’t proud of: The state leads the nation in female incarceration – at a rate more than twice the national average. The...
View ArticleICE violates own policy by locking up pregnant women, complaint alleges
Editor’s note: A sentence in this story has been updated to remove a reference to general use of ankle monitors. Lawyers in South Texas say they noticed the change about two months ago: More pregnant...
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Bayer pulls contraceptive device from global markets
Essure, a device that represents the only permanent, nonsurgical form of contraception, will no longer be available for purchase anywhere in the world except for the United States, though the U.S. Food...
View ArticleJudge denies ACLU effort to release detained migrant girl for abortion
A federal judge declined today to force the federal government to release a pregnant girl from a refugee shelter so that she can get an abortion, saying the decision didn’t belong in her court. But in...
View ArticleACLU files suit over abortion access for migrant girl in federal custody
The ACLU announced Friday it had filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., to stop the government from blocking a 17-year-old migrant girl’s access to a Texas abortion clinic. The girl is in...
View ArticleRep. John Lewis calls for end to ‘unjust’ immigrant detention system
U.S. Rep. John Lewis is calling for more oversight over immigration enforcement and detention, citing reports including an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and...
View ArticleThis Walgreens gets 5 times US average of oxycodone. The DEA is asking why
A Northern California branch of one of America’s biggest pharmacies has come under Drug Enforcement Administration scrutiny for ordering unusually large amounts of the highly addictive opioids...
View ArticleTrump team weakened global efforts to control marketing of baby formula
Changes made to an international breastfeeding resolution under pressure from the Trump administration are more extensive than previously reported and were aimed at diluting efforts to limit the...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Prime Healthcare to pay $65 million to settle Medicare fraud...
Prime Healthcare Services will pay $65 million to settle a federal whistleblower lawsuit that accused the fast-growing California hospital chain of engineering a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme. The...
View ArticlePuerto Rico is ignoring its Zika crisis
Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the government has reported zero new cases of Zika. But doctors on the ground are finding an alarming number of new infections among pregnant...
View ArticlePushed out
Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates. But this issue often is overlooked because youth incarceration reform focuses so much on boys. Reporter Ko Bragg explains...
View ArticleLegislation targets caregiver abuse in California residential care facilities
Sweeping new legislation has been proposed in California to curb the pervasive exploitation and abuse of caregivers in residential care facilities. The measure, recently introduced by Assemblyman Rob...
View ArticleAs coronavirus spreads, caregivers in elder care facilities fear they can’t...
Legions of low-wage elder care workers lack paid sick leave and health care, increasing the risk of exposure to the new coronavirus for more than 2 million residents in nursing homes and senior care...
View ArticleReproducing racism
As racial disparities in health come into the spotlight amid COVID-19, we explore how the legacy of racism affects maternal health in the United States. First, we hear the story of Amber Rose Isaac, a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 in confinement
At a time when self-isolation is the best way to avoid the pandemic, we examine two places where people have no choice but to live with strangers: nursing homes and prisons. We start with Reveal’s...
View ArticleReproducing Racism
As racial disparities in health come into the spotlight amid COVID-19, we explore how the legacy of racism affects maternal health in the United States. First, we hear the story of Amber Rose Isaac, a...
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California’s Prime Healthcare to pay $65 million to settle Medicare fraud...
Prime Healthcare Services will pay $65 million to settle a federal whistleblower lawsuit that accused the fast-growing California hospital chain of engineering a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme. The...
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Puerto Rico is ignoring its Zika crisis
Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the government has reported zero new cases of Zika. But doctors on the ground are finding an alarming number of new infections among pregnant...
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Pushed out
Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates. But this issue often is overlooked because youth incarceration reform focuses so much on boys. Reporter Ko Bragg explains...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislation targets caregiver abuse in California residential care facilities
Sweeping new legislation has been proposed in California to curb the pervasive exploitation and abuse of caregivers in residential care facilities. The measure, recently introduced by Assemblyman Rob...
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