PROFILE
FROM Matt Smith
Lawsuit alleges immigrant kids were forcibly drugged New affidavits in an ongoing lawsuit allege that some immigrant children under US custody have been forced to take psychotropic meds. Some were forcibly injected. Others were given pills and told they were vitamins -- and they had to take them if they wanted to see their parents again.
How Does Planet Aid Use Your Old Clothing? Let’s say you want to get rid of old clothes. You see one of those big yellow donation bins that says Planet Aid on it. Have you ever wondered what happens next? Well, they’re sold and the money is supposed to go to help poor people overseas in places like Africa.
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