Minneapolis, the city where a police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, has agreed to let the federal government monitor…
This International Overdose Awareness Day, VOCAL-US state chapters—VOCAL-NY, VOCAL-TX and VOCAL-KY—are taking direct action to demand that political leaders implement…
Ask the average news consumer to think of "police shooting" and the names most likely to come to mind would…
D’Vontaye Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man, died after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards at the Hyatt Regency…
On May 28, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that legalizes cannabis nationwide, though without regulated…
The White House drug czar says the Biden administration’s move to reschedule marijuana will have “historic and long-lasting impact” that…
The planned national ban on menthol cigarettes in the United States was postponed indefinitely in late April. The idea has…
A new study from the National Institutes of Health quantifies the vast number of children in the United States who…
Jane* didn’t think much about the Sam’s Club salad she’d eaten days before she was to give birth in March…
South Africa has taken a big step toward decriminalization, or limited legalization, of cannabis. The country won’t be opening up…