Ann Neumann

For decades NAS babies have been sent into the troubled foster care system while their mothers were sent back to the street. These centers, in cities decimated by the opioid epidemic, keep mothers and babies together. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/n…

For context, people should revisit the landmark case of Clites v. Iowa (1982). Timothy Clites, an 18-year-old with developmental delays, was committed to a state hospital. There, he was prescribed antipsychotics specifically to manage behavioral disturbances stemming from his developmental delay, rather than for psychosis. His medical care was particularly poor, exemplified by the fact that he was not seen by a physician for three entire years. After Clites developed severe and permanent side effects from the antipsychotics (tardive dyskinesia), his father sued the state. The court ultimately found that the hospital failed to meet the standard of care because it used the medications not for the patient’s benefit, but for institutional convenience.

A near-pristine desert and coastal wilderness in Namibia is set to host a large hydrogen production facility. The Namibian Chamber of Environment wants the project to be labelled “red hydrogen” as it risks many unique plant and animal life. bbc.in/3P93Lp4

In a world turned on its head, these seven crises and conflicts in Africa should be at the top of the peace and security agenda in 2026. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b20…

ICE is straightforwardly a gestapo secret police now, disappearing people at the president’s personal direction for simply crossing one of his cronies

Tanzanian security forces cracking down on protests during and after the country’s 2025 general elections killed and injured people who were not participating in demonstrations. Hundreds of people across the country may have been killed. trib.al/Nh2iVIv

Namibia: the history of a country shaped from a rich and traumatic past theconversation.com/namibia-the-hi… via @TC_Africa

U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report found. The drugs increase risk of falls, strokes and death. wapo.st/4tfSUsr

The consortium of universities that lead the National Center for Atmospheric Research are suing the Trump administration over the move to dismantle the nation's largest weather and climate research center. abcnews.link/NgLcBXO

For @HammerandHope I interviewed Black women hit by DOGE and the impact a year later. The stories humanize the data. hammerandhope.org/article/trump-…

The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene as a last-ditch effort to stop the project. abc15.com/news/state/apa…

The Trump administration deliberately cut off Cuba's fuel supply. Millions on the island are now without power, water, or refrigeration. How many will die because of this sadism? Stop the collective punishment. End the blockade.

Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry. Every mass surveillance app they use, every person they abduct, every person they detain in their camps, is generating profits for the companies bankrolling the politicians voting to fund this.

Black kidney patients were blocked or delayed from transplants by a race-based medical formula that made their kidneys appear healthier, delaying life-saving care. Now research shows thousands are receiving restored wait-list time through restorative justice efforts, with a median increase of 1.7 years, meaning many patients regained more than a year and a half of lost waiting time. We must keep speaking truth to power until health care equity is real! apnews.com/article/kidney…

Tensions are running high among the Ethiopian federal government, Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and neighbouring Eritrea, threatening a return to deadly conflict three years after the last war ended. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/eth…

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures. propublica.org/article/life-i…

Now they are bombing the most beautiful city of earth #prayforIsfahan

This is a publicly funded industry, proof that the U.S. can create jobs programs and design industrial policy when it wants to, but only substantially does so for the purpose of war and violence

“The soil becomes an addict, and the supply chain becomes its dealer. This is not a supply shock. It is a systems trap. The soil has been financialised into dependency on the very supply chain that just broke.”

Egypt in 'state of near-emergency' as Iran conflict threatens economy. Expecting to see a lot more headlines like this in the weeks ahead as the tertiary effects of this invasion spread make it down the supply chain to Africa. africanews.com/2026/03/06/egy…

This case is incredibly disturbing and should be of concern to all of us. Journalism is not a crime — and neither is being an immigrant.