HUMAN RIGHTS
NCMEC Opens Backpage Survivor Network to Help Victims Access $200 Million Compensation Fund
With Backpage and its imitators shut down, DOJ is offering restitution using recovered funds—but paperwork and deadlines pose hurdles for survivors.
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DRUGS
Fentanyl Positivity in Employees Jumps 707 Percent After Hiring
Fentanyl’s rapid clearance from the body allows workers to pass initial tests—leaving offices, warehouses and job sites exposed to employees impaired by the nation’s deadliest opioid.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Chain Pays $2.75 Million in Medicaid Fraud Case
From billing dead patients to defrauding entire communities, the mental health industry’s addiction to Medicaid dollars has become a national crisis.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Connecticut Agencies Caught Violating FOIA as Citizens Face Delays, Dodges and Fees
Despite a half-century-old FOIA law, citizens and journalists face months—even years—of stonewalling. Watchdogs warn government secrecy in the Nutmeg State threatens accountability and democracy itself.
FEATURED VIDEO
János Dobos & Klára Hídvégi
János Dobos and Klára Hídvégi are fighting the corruption of the psychiatric industry in Hungary. With thousands of people forced into institutions and often subject to horrific abuses, their work is bringing hope and justice to the nation.
SCIENTOLOGY NEWS
SCIENTOLOGISTS
Larry Soffer Invites Millions to Believe in the Impossible Through Magic
A mentalist who has wowed royalty, celebrities and global audiences reveals how Scientology helped him reclaim his life.
SCIENTOLOGISTS
Beyond the Postcards: How Filmmaker Lambros Malamas Found Greece—and Himself
Through his lens, Lambros Malamas captures the unseen Greece, opening the world’s eyes to the soul of his homeland.
SCIENTOLOGISTS
This Artist Turns European Castles Into Global Painting Retreats
A Scientology Network Meet a Scientologist profile features Julie Snyder, who blends her love of travel and art to create immersive workshops in castles and historic settings across Europe.
MEDIA & ETHICS
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HUMANITARIAN FEATURES
HUMAN RIGHTS
NCMEC Opens Backpage Survivor Network to Help Victims Access $200 Million Compensation Fund
With Backpage and its imitators shut down, DOJ is offering restitution using recovered funds—but paperwork and deadlines pose hurdles for survivors.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Austria Ends a Century of Official Secrecy as New Freedom of Information Law Takes Effect
Austria now requires proactive disclosure of administrative documents, contracts and data after five generations of constitutionally enshrined secrecy.
HUMAN RIGHTS
80 Years After Hiroshima, Nuclear Watchdog Urges World to Act Before It’s Too Late
Survivors’ voices and new memorials mark the grim milestone. “This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human issue,” says Dr. Ira Helfand—as global stockpiles grow for the first time since the Cold War.
