Health & Human Services Won’t Block Safe Consumption Sites Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra spoke with NPR about the opioid epidemic currently in the states and what potential solutions there are. Previous administrations have steered away from controversial solutions, such as safe consumption sites. However, with the opioid overdose and related deaths Read More…
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey was founded by Fawn Weaver to honor the memory of Nearest Green, an enslaved African American who helped Jack Daniel to start his distillery. The 270-acre distillery became the first in U.S. history to honor an African-American whiskey maker, and one of the few distilleries in the country owned and operated Read More…
Non-Profit Prison Reform Organization to Review 1,000 Wrongful Conviction Cases, The Prison Reform Project, a California-based non-profit organization, has set the goal of reviewing at least 1,000 wrongful conviction cases from across the country. The organization is led by its director, Clyde Beasley, who himself was once wrongfully incarcerated and was able to skillfully exonerate himself Read More…