Archive for July 2025

Fentanyl deaths have been dropping, in part because of medications that can reverse overdoses and curb the urge to use opioids. But no such prescriptions exist for meth, which works differently on the brain. In recent years, meth, a highly addictive stimulant, has been spreading aggressively across the country, rattling communities and increasingly involved in overdoses. Lacking a medical treatment, a growing number of clinics are trying a startlingly different strategy: To induce patients to stop using meth, they pay them. Above: Spurwink’s entrance in Bayside, a Portland neighborhood hit hard by meth and other drugs.

Sixty-two former residents of the Small School at the Red House, in Buxton, have claimed they suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse while in the facility…. A 1994 inspection report by Norfolk County Council revealed the authority was aware of alleged abuse involving 20 children. But it was not closed until 1998, when the Charity Commission investigated claims funds were being siphoned off to private businesses and Tvind’s leaders. Above: The Red House at Buxton, pictured in 1980

A conversation with the medical sociologist about her new book, Get It Out, and the perils of considering abortion, hysterectomy, and gender-affirming care as separate issues.

Asako Yuzuki’s novel has gained a cult following around the world for skewering Japan on its problems with how women are viewed and treated “Japan is a deeply patriarchal country. Very often, it is the father who occupies the central position within the family unit. This is the basis for laws, even,” Yuzuki said.

Noted Native American lecturer and artist Suzanne Cross will shine a light on the history of Indian boarding schools in the United States, with a focus on facilities in Michigan, at a Saturday morning program hosted by the Historical Society of Greater Lansing. Some of Cross’ ancestors were incarcerated at a boarding school in Mount Pleasant.