The Big Necessity

November 19, 2008 Books and Authors No Comments

The Big Necessity
The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matter
By Rose George

An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage–and entertain

Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, and hidden by euphemism, bodily waste is something common to all and as natural as breathing, yet we prefer not to talk about it. But we should–even those of us who take care of our business in pristine, sanitary conditions. For it’s not only in developing countries that human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing even the most advanced sewage systems, and the disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable.

Whitmore Academy Civil Case Settles Out of Court

November 19, 2008 Child Abuse, Cults, Human Rights, Lawsuits, Programs & Boot Camps No Comments

Ex-school owners OK $450,000 settlement
8 students accused couple of abusing and hazing them
By Ethan Thomas

Deseret News

Published: November 19, 2008
The former operators of a Nephi school for troubled youths agreed to a $450,000 settlement to eight former students who alleged they were abused and hazed while there.
Mark and Cheryl Sudweeks, the former owners and operators of the now failed Whitmore Academy, came under fire in 2005 when several students accused them of various types of abuse that led to criminal charges being filed against Cheryl Sudweeks.

Human Rights

Supreme Court Finds Life Without Parole Unconstitutional for Some Juvenile Criminals

May 17, 2010

Justices Rule 5 to 4, Ban Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders Who Didn’t Kill
By DEVIN DWYER and ARIANE de VOGUE
The Supreme Court ruled today that the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment means juvenile offenders who haven’t been convicted of murder shouldn’t be sentenced to life in prison without any chance of [...]

Placebo effect beats God, Prozac

May 7, 2010

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
This is the story of three drugs. Except one is not really a drug at all and is merely an illusion, a nifty construct, an intense belief that it might be a drug, even though, as mentioned, it is very much not. We just think it is. [...]

Torture Against Children and Adults with Disabilities in the United States

April 29, 2010

MDRI Alleges Torture Against Children and Adults with Disabilities in the United States
Files Urgent Appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture in Geneva
Washington, DC – April 29, 2010 – Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) has found children and adults with disabilities tortured and abused at a “special needs” residential facility in Massachusetts and has [...]

Rebecca Riley’s doctor on the defense

April 26, 2010

During the past 20 years, the number of people on government disability due to “mental illness” has soared, rising from around 1.25 million people in 1987 to more than four million today. The number of children on the SSI rolls due to severe mental illness has increased more than 35-fold since 1987. Those numbers tell of an “epidemic,” and the book then asks this heretical question: Could our drug-based paradigm of care be fueling that epidemic?

Why Are We Drugging Our Kids?

April 26, 2010

By Evelyn Pringle, TruthOut.org. Posted December 14, 2009.
Psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and can even make mental symptoms worse in kids. They’re also a goldmine for drug companies.
Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs increased 50 percent with children in the US, and 73 percent among adults, from 1996 to 2006, according to a study in the May/June 2009 [...]

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