Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue’s $7.4B Bankruptcy Settlement — ProPublica

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/purdue-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind

Trump ally vows to block ‘the left’ from overseeing key Georgia elections

…Perdue's use of violent rhetoric comes on the heels of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation against election officials. A Reuters investigation found over 100 threats of death or violence to U.S. election workers...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/10/david-perdue-georgia-governor-senate-election-stacey-abrams

US government basically declares war on millions of school children | TheHill

In Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” children in a 19th century London workhouse are fed the smallest amounts of the cheapest foods to maximize the profit accrued by the owners. In Hansel and Gretel, a witch lures the children into her gingerbread home then works to fatten Hansel up for the dinner table. The U.S. government has initiated a double-barreled attack on the health and nutrition of our school children using the same sinister strategies previously employed by workhouses and witches. The USDA is trying to deny essential food access to over half a million children by modifying the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). ....
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/480400-us-government-basically-declares-war-on-millions-of-school-children

Black Scholars Are Not ‘Rare Creatures’ - NYTimes

In late November, the president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels, told students that he will soon “be recruiting one of the rarest creatures in America — a leading, I mean a really leading, African-American scholar.” “Creatures?” a student asked. “Come on.” ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/purdue-mitch-daniels-creatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

How a Top Chicken Company Cut Off Black Farmers, One by One - ProPublica

The Trump administration has weakened legal protections for farmers and eased off enforcing rules on powerful meat companies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-top-chicken-company-cut-off-black-farmers-one-by-one

Sonny Perdue reverses Jobs Corps closures amid backlash from Congress - POLITICO

The administration's reversal on its shuttering the centers follows pushback from lawmakers of both parties.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/perdue-reverses-jobs-corps-closures-congress-backlash-3458109

Economists flee Agriculture Dept. after feeling punished under Trump - POLITICO

Reports showing farmers hurt by the president's policies have drawn the ire of top officials....
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/07/agriculture-economists-leave-trump-1307146

Sackler family behind OxyContin made $4bn amid opioid crisis, filings claim

Purdue Pharma and leading Sacklers accused of deceiving public and doctors about dangers of opioid painkiller OxyContin ....
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/01/oxycontin-sackler-family-profits-opioid-crisis-court-files-reveal

OxyContin makers considered capitalizing on addiction treatment — for drugs they were selling - ProPublica

Secret portions of a lawsuit allege that Purdue Pharma, controlled by the Sackler family, considered capitalizing on the addiction treatment boom — while going to extreme lengths to boost sales of its controversial opioid. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-massachusetts-lawsuit-anti-addiction-market

Agriculture chief says there is no plan to extend aid offsetting tariffs for farmers - The Hill

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Monday said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is not planning to extend the up to $12 billion aid package for farmers into 2019. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413726-us-agriculture-chief-says-no-plan-to-extend-farm-aid-to-offset

A lot of top Trump officials question the separation of church and state – VICE News

Donald Trump’s administration has a complicated relationship with the First Amendment. While the president repeatedly attacks the freedom of the press with cries of “fake news” and has threatened to revoke broadcasting licenses, many of his underlings also question just how much separation should exist between government and religion — or if any should exist at all.....
https://news.vice.com/story/a-lot-of-top-trump-officials-question-the-separation-of-church-and-state