Editorial - The HighWire

Eyes on the Road, Camera in Your Face: Europe’s Surveillance Cars Are Coming for America

Updated 1:03 PM EDT, Mon July 13, 2026

Pay attention. Europe is now tracking distracted drivers. That’s right, effective July 7, 2026, a mandatory small camera monitors every move of the person behind the wheel in all new cars sold across the European Union. Pointing straight at the driver, the camera tracks their eyes, the tilt of their head, and the direction in…Continue reading Eyes on the Road, Camera in Your Face: Europe’s Surveillance Cars Are Coming for America

Regenerative Agriculture Gets The Trump Executive Order Treatment…But Is It Enough?

Updated 5:46 AM EDT, Mon July 13, 2026

Many who understand the cumulative harms of compounding crop chemical exposure in our food supply point to (organic) regenerative agriculture as a better way forward. A new Executive Order by President Trump looks to advance the practice of regenerative agriculture in America by acknowledging: “These practices strengthen soil health, lower input costs, improve chemical efficiency…Continue reading Regenerative Agriculture Gets The Trump Executive Order Treatment…But Is It Enough?

Not Broken, Betrayed: How the System Killed 12-Year-Old London Gadd

Updated 7:12 AM EDT, Wed July 8, 2026

London Izabella-Ryén Gadd was just 12 years old when she died. She was a bright, empathetic, and deeply loved young girl who locked arms with her mom when they walked together and felt everything more deeply than most. Looking back at her life, it is clear that London was not a broken child. When she…Continue reading Not Broken, Betrayed: How the System Killed 12-Year-Old London Gadd

U.S. Drops to 48th in World Press Freedom Index

Report from Reporters Without Borders: “US press freedom, enshrined in the First Amendment to the 1787 constitution, has been under increasing attack over the past few years, and the first year of President Donald J. Trump’s presidency has fostered further decline in journalists’ right to report. He has declared the press an “enemy of the…Continue reading U.S. Drops to 48th in World Press Freedom Index

Updated 5:27 PM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019

NYC Health Officials Strike Criminal Penalties From Measles Vaccination Order

In a lawsuit, the families claim the city overstepped its authority by making vaccines mandatory in neighborhoods exposed to the ongoing outbreak. A group of parents showed up to court Thursday to fight the sanctions. Biro is the mother of a 16-year-old child with autism, who is not vaccinated. They live in one of the…Continue reading NYC Health Officials Strike Criminal Penalties From Measles Vaccination Order

Updated 10:25 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019

Attorney Robert Krakow Interview: Talks Case Against NYC & MMR Vaccine Safety

Krakow stated: “That’s what this order does…it threatens imprisonment if you don’t vaccinate. I think that goes against basic American, Democratic values. If the vaccine program is so important, let the authorities go out in the marketplace of ideas, and there’s censoring going on on social media platforms, let them go out and make their…Continue reading Attorney Robert Krakow Interview: Talks Case Against NYC & MMR Vaccine Safety

Updated 7:25 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019

Roseanne Barr’s message to Trump: No “forced vaccination..without proper scientific studies”

Barr stated: “You got to do something about this forced vaccination shit that de Blasio the fascist is trying to bring in. You gotta do something about that…we ain’t having it without the proper studies. This ain’t Monsanto. We want the proper scientific studies on the effects it does to children. We want it now.“

Updated 7:02 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019

WA State Senate passes a bill that eliminates the personal exemption to vaccination

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state Senate passed a bill Wednesday night 25-22 along party lines that eliminates the “personal preference” exemption from the requirement to have kids vaccinated against measles. It came after the 5 p.m. deadline when the Senate rules allowed for this bill to be voted on passed the cutoff time. READ FULL ARTICLE…Continue reading WA State Senate passes a bill that eliminates the personal exemption to vaccination

Updated 6:56 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019

Doctors in seven states charged with prescribing pain killers for cash, sex

The 60 people indicted include 31 doctors, seven pharmacists, eight nurse practitioners and seven other licensed medical professionals. The charges stem from the government’s largest prescription-opioid takedown. It involves more than 350,000 illegal prescriptions written in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to indictments unsealed in federal court in Cincinnati. “That…Continue reading Doctors in seven states charged with prescribing pain killers for cash, sex

Updated 6:30 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2019