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Filter Is Hiring a Deputy Editor
Since launching in September 2018, Filter has greatly expanded in scope and readership, establishing ...
Vermont Prosecutor Becomes Second in Nation to Stop Seeking Cash Bail
The top prosecutor of Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont is ending a policy that she ...
Majority of Surveyed Doctors Misattribute Tobacco Harms to Nicotine
Government fearmongering and crackdowns on nicotine vaping products have likely contributed to widespread ignorance ...
Study: Police Violence Steals Millennia From Black Men’s Lives
The terror imposed on Black, Indigenous and other communities by the police is hard ...
A 10-Minute Training Can Eliminate Fentanyl Myths Among First Responders
The myth that fentanyl can cause an overdose through simple skin contact has been ...
NYPD Reports Eight-Fold Increase in Use of Force for “Crowd Control” During Floyd Uprising
In the late spring and early summer, New York City, like the rest of ...
Rezoning City Land Into Campgrounds? Emergency Homelessness Proposals Amid COVID-19
When it comes reducing the risks and harms of COVID-19 faced by unhoused people, ...
Despite Fentanyl’s Ubiquity, Test Strips Can Still Empower Drug Users
As the presence of illicit fentanyl has reached near-ubiquity in many North American heroin ...
Rx Opioid Users Have More Labor Rights Than Heroin Users
In the United States, access to disability accommodations and protections are not guaranteed to ...
Study: Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People
At first glance, national data suggest that Latinx people are suffering fewer fatal overdoses ...
