
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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Marshall Faulk
NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk shifts his focus from scoring touchdowns to winning the battle to keep kids off drugs. The Super Bowl champion is an international spokesman for Drug-Free World and educates millions on the dangers of drugs.
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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.
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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.