COVID-19

Detainees at St. Louis City Jail Rise Up to Protest Inhumane Treatment

Dozens of people incarcerated at St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) protested inhumane and life-threatening conditions on February 6 by…

February 10, 2021

Homeless NYC Residents Grill Mayoral Candidates on Housing Crisis

The race is on to become the next leader of New York City, with 22 declared candidates so far to…

February 8, 2021

“They Want to Do Me In”: The Prisoner Who Fought COVID Overcrowding

In May, as COVID-19 loomed over incarcerated people across the country, Ivan Von Staich filed an administrative grievance to transfer…

February 8, 2021

Brooklyn Federal Prison Denying Communication Rights in Pandemic

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has a long history of neglect and abuse,…

January 25, 2021

Biden Has a COVID Plan, But Won’t Learn Deeper Health Care Lessons

Donald Trump, the corrupt, narcissistic demagogue, has left the Whitehouse in the midst of a pandemic that killed 400,000 people…

January 21, 2021

Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”

A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based organization the Sidewalk Project, came across…

January 14, 2021

Detained Immigrants Face Retaliation Over COVID Hunger Strike

A group of immigrants under federal detention have reportedly been holding a hunger strike. Beginning on December 28, it took…

January 12, 2021

DEA Agents Report Agency’s Lack of Basic COVID-19 Safety Measures

From homeless encampment sweeps to mass incarceration, law enforcement activities are heightening the COVID-19 pandemic across the country. Although some…

January 12, 2021

Blueberries, Xanny Bars, Clazzys: My Anxiety-Driven Benzo Journey

I have been doing Valium since the age of 16. They were called “blueberries” where I was from, and there…

January 12, 2021

How New Haven Harm Reductionists Reach Sex Workers in the Pandemic

In November, Sex Workers and Allies Network (SWAN) unveiled a new mobile-outreach van. Our street-based outreach team distributes free harm…

January 11, 2021