Sarah Lazare is a web editor at In These Times. Simon Davis-Cohen edits the “Ear to the Ground” newsletter, which tracks state legislation and compiles under-reported local stories.
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.