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Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters partner to build “Hope House” in Memphis, TN
Our Rescue May 22, 2025, 14:01 ET In a united effort to support survivors of sex trafficking in the U.S., Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to renovate and complete construction of a new “Hope House” – a Recovery House for Survivors at 1192 Melrose Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility will serve as a…
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As fears persist over students’ visas, Mass. colleges try to offer legal and academic support
By Anna Rubenstein May 02, 2025 Colleges and universities across Massachusetts moved swiftly to change policies and offer new services to international students affected by the Trump administration’s whiplash actions against their visas. From free legal advice to remote study options and emergency financial aid, several schools recently crafted what some educators and lawyers described as “contingency…
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Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
By Collin Binkley and Jocelyn Gecker Updated May 06, 2025 Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday. The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard’s president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school.…
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Woman who says she was accused of being a man in Boston hotel bathroom files complaint with AG’s office
Ansley Baker said she was forced from the women’s restroom when a security guard banged on the stall door and asked for her ID. By Molly Farrar May 8, 2025 The woman who says a security guard at a Boston hotel accosted her in the women’s bathroom and accused her of being a man filed a complaint with…
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Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality under Medicaid, education cuts
Cuts to Medicaid and the Department of Education could have detrimental impacts on keeping kids with complex medical needs healthy — and ensuring those same children have equitable access to education. By: Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th and Nadra Nittle, The 19th – May 8, 2025 2:28 pm Jolene Baxter’s daughter, Marlee, has overcome immense challenges in her first eight years…
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States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans
By Alexandra Olgin May 8, 2025 3:23 PM ET More than 70 million Americans who are low-income or disabled have health insurance paid for by the state and federal government called Medicaid. The main qualification currently is that you have to make below a certain income level. But there’s an idea that’s been popular with Republicans –…
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In the Deep South, health care fights echo civil rights battles
By: Anna Claire Vollers – May 8, 2025 4:30 am MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from the white-domed Alabama Capitol. She was dressed in leggings, a T-shirt and bright blue running shoes. It was 8 a.m.…
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HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South
By Amy Maxmen May 6, 2025 JACKSON, Miss. — Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the crowd, but several people lingered for free preventive health care: tests for HIV and other diseases, flu shots, and blood…
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US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says
By AMANDA SEITZ Updated 3:34 PM CDT, May 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare to help study autism although experts say it’s unlikely to help reveal the condition’s root causes. The program will involve a…
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