Intersections + Injustice

Ten Key Recommendations to Expand Hepatitis C Care in Prisons

All around the world, people in prisons are at high risk for contracting the hepatitis C virus (HCV). But for…

March 22, 2023

The Chronic Challenge of Burnout Among Harm Reduction Workers

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of the overdose crisis, many harm reduction workers are…

March 20, 2023

BC Indigenous Drug Users Describe Pattern of Forced Discharges From ED

In 2011, public health researchers in Vancouver began conducting interviews with people who use drugs and had either been discharged…

March 15, 2023

Breonna Taylor Died Three Years Ago. Police Power Is Still Unchecked.

Three years ago today, police killed Breonna Taylor in her home during a no-knock raid. Her death caught the nation’s…

March 13, 2023

Amid Rising Crisis, Georgia Denies Medicaid Expansion to HIV Patients

A Georgia bill to expand Medicaid coverage to people living with HIV did not pass out of the House, another…

March 8, 2023

Missouri Makes Promising Expungements Start, Erasing 7,500 Cannabis Records

The state of Missouri has cleared several thousand old marijuana records as it implements adult-use legalization, which voters approved in…

March 3, 2023

How We’re Building Collective Harm Reduction Power in South Carolina

Most harm reduction work plays out in legal gray areas, but in South Carolina that's all we know. There’s no…

March 2, 2023

Landmark HIV Trial Breaks Treatment Access Barrier With Long-Acting Meds

For the first time, clinical researchers have provided long-acting HIV treatment to people who had not previously completed a higher-barrier…

March 1, 2023

They Call Me a Drug Seeker. Here’s What Their Opioid Policies Did to Me.

My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting…

February 27, 2023

PA Gov. Shapiro Wants to Ban the Death Penalty. He Mustn’t Stop There.

When Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) announced on February 16 that he would extend the moratorium on the death penalty…

February 23, 2023