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Senators Ask CEOs Why Their Drugs Cost So Much More in the U.S.
FEBRUARY 8, 20245:35 PM ET (HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) By Sydney Lupkin Sparks flew on Capitol Hill Thursday as the CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about why drug prices are so much higher in the United States than they are in the rest of…
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Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
By Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl FEBRUARY 8, 2024 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Philadelphia police officers Kenneth Harper and Jennifer Torres were in their patrol car…
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What Michigan parents need to know about the ‘science of reading’
By Hannah Dellinger On February 5, 2024 When Michele Maleszyk’s daughter came home from kindergarten last year, Maleszyk noticed she brought home reading material with letter patterns she hadn’t been taught yet. “I thought it was odd she was expected to read books with patterns she didn’t know,” Maleszyk said. “I thought, ‘How can a…
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United Way, Ballmer Group looking to offer free summer school for Detroit students
By Micah Walker On January 31, 2024 After a scaled back summer school program last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District may have more to offer students in 2024 thanks to funding from community partners. During a school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti announced that United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Ballmer Group will provide…
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‘Blatantly racist’: Michigan Democrats condemn GOP lawmaker’s ‘great replacement’ post
By Beth LeBlanc On February 10, 2024 Lansing — Democratic lawmakers are condemning a social media post from Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford that promoted “the great replacement” theory, a racist ideological belief that there’s a coordinated global effort to diminish the influence of White people. On Tuesday, Schriver shared a post of a…
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Penn Museum hosts burial service for 19 unidentified Black Philadelphians, causes community dispute
On February 9, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist scientific research. As part of a growing effort among museums to reevaluate the curation of human remains, the Ivy League school laid some of the remains to rest last…
Read MoreWayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
By Christopher Weber On February 9, 2024 LOS ANGELES — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist’s contributions to rock music, as well as from prison reform advocates who extolled his legacy of bringing music to incarcerated people. Kramer, who died Feb. 2 at age…
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Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands
By Margie Mason and Robin McDowell On January 29, 2024 In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S. prisoners wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the…
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Myths About Human Trafficking During the Super Bowl Explained
By Julia Lewis Published: Feb. 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM CST BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The Super Bowl is just three days away and some people have questioned whether the Super Bowl has been linked to an increase in human trafficking. Despite the belief human trafficking peaks across the country during Super Bowl weekend, Unbound Now Outreach Coordinator, Christine…
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