Louise Vincent figures her group, the North Carolina Survivors Union, saves at least 1,690 lives a year. The harm-reduction and syringe service program distributes the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone to people who use... Read more »
The gaps are striking. Each year, for instance, thousands of students at the University of Colorado at Boulder start down the path of getting a bachelor’s degree. Six years later, about 69%... Read more »
In response to a Supreme Court decision on Texas’ near-abortion ban Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Saturday that he would push for new legislation modeled after the Texas law to allow... Read more »
The Detroit school district is moving toward a vaccine policy that, if approved by the board, would require all district staff members be vaccinated before the end of the school year. The... Read more »
Colorado ranks as the 12th most free state in the country in the CATO Institute’s latest index measuring states’ freedom. The report by the libertarian think tank describes Colorado as one of the freer... Read more »
More than five years ago, a study commissioned by the state found Missouri ranked last among the 50 states in average employee pay. It also found base salary pay was 10.4% below... Read more »
Wisconsin is turning to the federal government to find enough nurses to deal with the latest surge of coronavirus patients across the state. Wisconsin’s Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake on Wednesday said... Read more »
An advocacy organization that has fought for three decades for racial justice in Denver Public Schools has a new name, a new logo, and an updated vision. Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, which... Read more »
The majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, and they doubt President Joe Biden’s ability to change that, according to a new poll. The Wall Street Journal... Read more »
Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of HIV among women. Although Black women represent only 13% of the female population, they accounted for over half... Read more »