NEW with @statnews: Major telehealth companies specializing in mental health, addiction, and more are collecting sensitive patient data and sending it to the world’s largest advertising platforms. https://t.co/Mbnkt5hle8
New investigation from @leonyin & me in @themarkup reveals 4 major ISPs were charging customers wildly different prices for the same speed internet plans. The worst deals disproportionately went to lower-income, less White and historically redlined areas https://t.co/28FwOEIpHF
Small marijuana offenses create barriers to employment, education, housing and more. All the things people need to thrive in life, taken away by a small infraction. Now, you can have your minor marijuana conviction pardoned through the PA Marijuana Pardon Project.
Here is some great reporting and background context (as usual) from one of the best reporters around @FolaAk on the massive research project by @QuattroneCenter and Paul Heaton. https://t.co/EHuIMLLbCX
THREAD. Today researchers announced the most comprehensive study ever on a bail reform. They studied over 500,000 misdemeanor cases and found that reducing the use of money bail in Houston led to big decreases in jailing and likely *decreased* future crime.
Before you ask why RBG didn’t step down when she was 80 and Obama could’ve appointed her replacement or why a democratically controlled congress didn't codify abortion rights it’s cause they didn’t feel like it
Som abortion thoughts: I teach sex ed and when I explain the menstrual cycle, I emphasize that if you are expecting your period, it’s one day late, and you take a pregnancy test, if it comes back positive, you are considered 4 weeks + 1 day into your pregnancy.
NEW: Some of the country’s top hospitals have been sending sensitive patient information to Facebook.
These hospitals may have violated HIPAA, experts say. https://t.co/SfXV0ZNzYj
We’ve been telling you that race “correction” in the eGFR is rooted in racist ideology and harms Black patients by denying them care & kidney transplants. It also keeps some Black prisoners behind bars. Abolish race-based medicine now. https://t.co/Mbi32EyNe5