Social Justice
Thursday, April 25, 2024
IA advocates for immigrants push back on Texas-style deportation bill
Advocates for immigrants are pushing back on a bill signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in the last few days of the legislative session, modeled on a …
Thursday, April 25, 2024
SCOTUS homelessness case can have ripple effects in CT
The Supreme Court case Grants Pass v. Gloria Johnson could upend homeless populations in Connecticut and nationwide. The case centers around whether …
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Missouri's Medicaid block: denying patients choice in trusted providers
The Missouri Legislature has approved a law to stop its Medicaid program, known as MO HealthNet, from paying Planned Parenthood for medical services …
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Rural North Carolina town gets pathway to homeownership
Residents in a rural North Carolina town grappling with economic challenges are getting a pathway to homeownership. In Enfield, the average annual …
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Concerns raised about migrant children's mental health
The future of Senate Bill 4 is still tangled in court challenges. It's the Texas law that would allow police to arrest people for illegally crossing …
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
MS group backs health-center alternative to incarceration
Mississippi prisons often lack resources to treat people who are incarcerated with substance-use disorders adequately but a nonprofit organization is …
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
NE advocates foresee new voting-restoration law helping individuals, state
April is Second Chance Month and many Nebraskans are celebrating passage of a bipartisan voting rights restoration bill and its focus on second chance…
Monday, April 22, 2024
Boston U. Prison Education Program celebrates 50 years of changing lives
Boston University's Prison Education Program is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and is hoping to expand. Students at Massachusetts Correctional …
Monday, April 22, 2024
New KY website offers 'Second Chance' job, recovery resources
A new website aims to help Kentuckians just out of prison re-enter their communities and find job training, employment and recovery services…
Annual farmworkers march supports WA tulip harvesters
An annual march for farmworkers' rights is being held Sunday in northwest Washington. This year, marchers are focusing on the conditions for local …
TN poised to expand access to opioid treatment at Community Health Centers
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Tennesseans struggling with opioid addiction, as a bill has been passed to increase access to treatment …
As Black Maternal Health Week ends, health disparities persist
While Black Maternal Health Week is wrapping up, health disparities for pregnant Black women continues to be an issue. From April 11-17 this year…