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The Upper West Side Cult That Hid in Plain Sight
Cults thrive in isolation, and this poses a challenge for the urban cult leader. Jim Jones, of the Peoples Temple, exerted an unsettling degree of influence on San Francisco politics of the late nineteen-seventies but was eventually forced to flee to his doomed jungle outpost in Guyana. Charles Manson made halting inroads in the late-sixties …
‘It’s just plain awful’: 70 West Virginia health care facilities failed to report COVID-19 deaths, governor says
The governor said 168 deaths related to COVID-19 went previously unreported by hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospices by: John Lynch, WTRF, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Mar 10, 2021 / 09:04 PM EST / Updated: Mar 10, 2021 / 09:04 PM EST CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday …
In U.S. Cities, The Health Effects Of Past Housing Discrimination Are Plain To See
The lingering harms of racist lending policies known as redlining are apparent today. Researchers created a set of interactive maps allowing you to explore the current impacts in your city. Torey Edmonds has lived in the same house in an African-American neighborhood of the East End of Richmond, Va., for all of her 61 years. …
JP’s Self Esteem Boston turns to technology to provide services to women – Jamaica Plain Gazette
For more than 25 years, JP-based Self Esteem Boston has been providing self-esteem courses for women living in transitional living facilities, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, and the unemployed. These programs are typically delivered in person, but, like many other programs and events, have had to go virtual because of COVID-19. President Marion Davis …
The vaping black market is hiding in plain sight
But it’s not. Even in a state where it’s legal to buy, sell and use recreational cannabis, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (CBCC) says there are still unlicensed and illegal stores operating openly — selling untested, potentially dangerous products, including THC vaping cartridges. “It is difficult for consumers to know which shops are operating …
