We’re under assault in every direction without a safe space in sight. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that I’m referring to street crime or border crossings, both of which have been plummeting. I’m talking about our ability to believe what we see or hear. I’m talking about our ability to absorb what we read and believe that we are dealing with fact-based truths that are objective, nonpartisan, and, even real. The evidence is overwhelming and the intent is pervasive.

No small part of this lies with the White House. Trump is transparent about his interests in this regard:

Thursday, August 14
 6:00 PM
WSYX, 1261 Dublin Rd, Columbus, OH 43215

In the last 18 months, over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza while risking everything to tell the truth.

Around the world, journalists speak out when one of their own is killed—yet ABC6, FOX28, CW Columbus, and their parent companies have stayed silent. This silence fuels impunity and erases the lives of those who paid the ultimate price for press freedom.

On Thursday, August 14, we will gather outside their shared Columbus location to remember these journalists, honor their courage, and demand that our local media break their silence.

Bring banners, and your voice. Let’s show that their lives—and their work—will not be forgotten.

Bridgett Brown, a resident of California, developed breast cancer from using brand-name and generic versions of the antipsychotics Risperdal (risperidone) and Zyprexa (olanzapine) says a bold new lawsuit from the Wisner Baum law firm.

Neither Brown or her two prescribing physicians knew or “had reason to know” that the drugs could cause breast cancer since the drug manufacturers “obfuscated and disclaimed such risks while promoting these dangerous, expensive drugs over safer, more affordable alternatives.”

Brown suffered disfigurement, physical injury, pain and emotional distress and demands a jury trial, says the suit. Drug giants Johnson & Johnson or J&J (who marketed Risperdal) and Eli Lilly (who marketed Zyprexa) are among the suit’s major defendants along with J&J subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals (who marketed Risperdal) and Lilly German partner Cheplapharm Arzneimittel Gmbh.

Off-Label Prescriptions Versus Off-Label Marketing

This article first appeared on Reel Time with Richard

While much of the world is rightfully concerned about what’s going on in Gaza, the northeast African country of Sudan may be the site of even greater misery, if only because its population is far larger. After years of dictatorships, military coups, rebellion and civil war, its people—those who haven’t fled—find life a daily struggle.

The documentary Sudan, Remember Us is a record of the ways young Sudanese rebels tried to head off the current situation by fighting repression and pushing for change. These protesters are remarkable for the courage they display, but also for their creativity, as they often use poetry and other forms of art to make their points.

Written and directed by French-Tunisian filmmaker Hind Meddeb, the doc begins with scenes of military strife in Khartoum in 2023, representing the beginning of the civil war that still engulfs the country. It then flashes back four years to the spring of 2019, when a rebellion has ended the long reign of dictator Omar Al-Bashir.