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June 27, 2017 Dispatches

US Senate Health Care Bill a Swipe at Rural United States

Proposed Medicaid Spending Cuts May Lead to Rural Hospital Closures

Pineville Community Hospital, Pineville, Kentucky.
June 16, 2017 Dispatches

Extortionate Phone Fees Cut Off US Prisoners

DC Appeals Court Overturns Limits On Costs

An inmate makes a phone call from his cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California, May 24, 2011.
June 12, 2017 Dispatches

Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Half-Ounce of Marijuana Goes Home

Appeals Court Commented on ‘Sheer Harshness’ of Sentence

A picture of Corey, taken in 2014. © 2015 Private
May 9, 2017 Dispatches

‘Mama’s Bail Out Day’ Campaign Aims to Help Jailed Mothers

Children Suffer When Moms Can’t Bail Out

Women walk along a corridor at the Los Angeles County women's jail.
May 4, 2017 Dispatches

Punishment for Prison Misconduct is Sometimes Death

Inmates with Mental Health Conditions Abused by Guards

Image of Paul Schlosser III, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, being pepper sprayed on June 10, 2012 by a correctional officer at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, Maine.
May 4, 2017 News Release

Health Care Act Would Harm Millions

The floor of the U.S. House chamber is shown in this video grab as the House of Representatives voted on the American Healthcare Act, to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with the Republican healthcare plan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S
May 2, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s America Not So Great for People with Disabilities

Healthcare Bill Threatens Millions

Protesters with ADAPT, a disabled people's rights organization, stage a demonstration at the gates of the White House in Washington, April 20, 2015.
April 27, 2017 News Release

US: Policy Failures Drive Preventable Overdose Deaths

Remove Barriers to Reversal Medication

The “Stay Safe Kit,” distributed by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, includes clean needles, naloxone, condoms, and information on area resources for people who use drugs and other vulnerable populations in Wilmington, North Carolina.
April 13, 2017 Dispatches

Arkansas’ Rushed Plan to Execute 7 Men

Botched Death Penalty Cases Should Raise Red Flags

The death chamber shown at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas September 29, 2010.
April 11, 2017 Witness

Witness: Terrified to Lose Their Healthcare

Women Share Their Experiences, Concerns

Jacquelyn
April 11, 2017 News Release

US: New Threats to Women’s Health

Health Legislation Should Not Slash Essential Services

Demonstrators that include mostly medical students protest a proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act in New York, U.S., January 30, 2017.
April 11, 2017 News Release

US: California Bail System Penalizes the Poor

Guilty Pleas to Avoid Detention

Women walk along a corridor at the Los Angeles County women's jail.
April 11, 2017 Witness

Witness: Falsely Accused and Locked Up in California

Jailed for Weeks Because He Couldn’t Afford Bail

Women walk along a corridor at the Los Angeles County women's jail.
April 10, 2017 Dispatches

US Justice Department Review Threatens Local Justice Reforms

Efforts to Protect Poor from Abusive Ordinances at Risk

April 5, 2017 News Release

US Ends Funding for Global Women’s Health Agency

UN Agency Supports Maternal Health, Family Planning, Ending Child Marriage

Women survivors of super typhoon Haiyan listen during a lecture on prevention of gender-based violence by a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) volunteer in Tacloban city in the central Philippines on December 14, 2013.

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