We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

I hate RFK Jr. with a passion. He is a bad person. But please stop referring to his heroin use as having anything to do with his moral depravity. Addiction is not a moral failing, it is a public health and clinical issue.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

Fentanyl deaths are up by 50 percent in San Francisco after Mayor Lurie replaced harm reduction programs with police and prisons. It's almost like you put lives in danger when you treat a public health problem like it's a crime 48hills.org/2025/05/fent...

🧵 The 51st is a part of a Pulitzer-winning project! We contributed to this collaborative series that covered the opioid epidemic's devastating impacts on a generation of older Black men across America. tinyurl.com/4jpsnpjj

I hate policing language but this is becoming an issue - Please stop saying “addict”. I do not care that you’re describing RFK or Elon. “RFK won’t see your post but your friends who use drugs will” has been repeated ad infinitum. Come on. Using heroin is probably the most human thing about him.

Nobody involved in social movements / direct action / social work / legal aid ever uses the word “felon” as a pejorative. This is a fundamental disconnect between moderates who love to dunk on Trump and those who work and organize every day on the front lines of injustice.

Doctors call it the Physiology of Poverty: The stress of trying to survive every day breaks the mind and the body. That's why working class people in America live SEVEN years shorter than the very wealthy.

SAMHSA, the agency that oversees the country's mental/behavioral health, is in chaos. It just lost 10% of its workforce. Regional offices were gutted. The cuts could imperil efforts to curb drug overdoses and mental health crises. More cuts could be coming, too. www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/s...

#ICYMI: The confidential personal information of hundreds of thousands of alleged victims of housing discrimination, including victims of domestic violence, is now in DOGE’s hands. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social