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Almost 200,000 people over 55 are in prison in the U.S., according to Bureau of Justice data from 2017. Thanks to tough-on-crime laws like mandatory minimums and stringent parole boards, the number of older incarcerated people jumped 282 percent between 1995 and 2010. Elderly prisoners are arguably the most vulnerable population to the ravages of Covid, yet efforts to release them through compassionate release or home confinement have been halting at best.⁠ ⁠ “So many of us have lived in fear for our elderly loved ones this year, but it’s so much worse for those with family in prison,” says photographer Natalie Keyssar, who spent six months documenting elderly prisoners and their families in New York state. “They have no way to stay safe while incarcerated.”⁠ ⁠ Instead of releasing a sizable number of inmates to home confinement, state officials punted and even allowed the jail population of New York to balloon during the pandemic. Sandhya Kajeepeta, who researches incarceration and health at Columbia University, tells 'Rolling Stone' that the small drop in incarcerated people in New York jails following bail reform was swiftly reversed after fear-mongering about rising crime. “Bail reform was rolled back by the state in July. Almost immediately after, we saw the New York City jail population rise.”⁠ ⁠ Attempts at reducing incarcerated populations have focused on reforming bail and releasing people from short-term sentences, but when it comes to elderly prisoners, it's parole reform that would have the biggest impact. Many elderly prisoners are still locked up because they are serving lengthy if not life sentences and were convicted of serious crimes, which has made them ineligible for home confinement during Covid.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photos by @nataliekeyssar

Almost 200,000 people over 55 are in prison in the U.S., according to Bureau of Justice data from 2017. Thanks to tough-on-crime laws like mandatory minimums and stringent parole boards, the number of older incarcerated people jumped 282 percent between 1995 and 2010. Elderly prisoners are arguably the most vulnerable population to the ravages of Covid, yet efforts to release them through compassionate release or home confinement have been halting at best.⁠ ⁠ “So many of us have lived in fear for our elderly loved ones this year, but it’s so much worse for those with family in prison,” says photographer Natalie Keyssar, who spent six months documenting elderly prisoners and their families in New York state. “They have no way to stay safe while incarcerated.”⁠ ⁠ Instead of releasing a sizable number of inmates to home confinement, state officials punted and even allowed the jail population of New York to balloon during the pandemic. Sandhya Kajeepeta, who researches incarceration and health at Columbia University, tells 'Rolling Stone' that the small drop in incarcerated people in New York jails following bail reform was swiftly reversed after fear-mongering about rising crime. “Bail reform was rolled back by the state in July. Almost immediately after, we saw the New York City jail population rise.”⁠ ⁠ Attempts at reducing incarcerated populations have focused on reforming bail and releasing people from short-term sentences, but when it comes to elderly prisoners, it's parole reform that would have the biggest impact. Many elderly prisoners are still locked up because they are serving lengthy if not life sentences and were convicted of serious crimes, which has made them ineligible for home confinement during Covid.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photos by @nataliekeyssar

@rollingstone May 18

A group of Senate Democrats is calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East after a week of conflict between the Israeli military and Hamas that has left more than 200 people dead, including dozens of Palestinian women and children.⁠ ⁠ But the lawmakers’ push for an immediate end to the violence comes amid a broader split over whether the United States should push for an end to a conflict in which civilians are being killed. While some Democrats are calling for an immediate halt, others are keeping quiet or backing the ongoing Israeli military operation. Republicans, meanwhile, remain largely united in their support of the bombardment of Gaza.⁠ ⁠ The call for a ceasefire came in the form of a statement released Sunday night by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who along with 27 of his colleagues is urging an immediate end to the airstrikes between Israel and Palestine. “To prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories, we urge an immediate ceasefire,” read the statement.⁠ ⁠ The United Nations Security Council was prepared to released a statement calling for a ceasefire early last week, but it was blocked from doing so by the the United States. According to Reuters, the Biden administration says it feared such a statement could have undermined its own efforts to quell the violence.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images⁠

A group of Senate Democrats is calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East after a week of conflict between the Israeli military and Hamas that has left more than 200 people dead, including dozens of Palestinian women and children.⁠ ⁠ But the lawmakers’ push for an immediate end to the violence comes amid a broader split over whether the United States should push for an end to a conflict in which civilians are being killed. While some Democrats are calling for an immediate halt, others are keeping quiet or backing the ongoing Israeli military operation. Republicans, meanwhile, remain largely united in their support of the bombardment of Gaza.⁠ ⁠ The call for a ceasefire came in the form of a statement released Sunday night by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who along with 27 of his colleagues is urging an immediate end to the airstrikes between Israel and Palestine. “To prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories, we urge an immediate ceasefire,” read the statement.⁠ ⁠ The United Nations Security Council was prepared to released a statement calling for a ceasefire early last week, but it was blocked from doing so by the the United States. According to Reuters, the Biden administration says it feared such a statement could have undermined its own efforts to quell the violence.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images⁠

@rollingstone May 17

Author Adam Nemett thought he'd try an experiment with his family, and see if they could live off the grid for a month. Then the pandemic hit, and "prepping" took on a whole new meaning.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read about what happens when a homesteading experiment collides with a global pandemic.

Author Adam Nemett thought he'd try an experiment with his family, and see if they could live off the grid for a month. Then the pandemic hit, and "prepping" took on a whole new meaning.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read about what happens when a homesteading experiment collides with a global pandemic.

@rollingstone May 16

Annie Clark has framed her frenetic and unabashedly retro new album 'Daddy’s Home' as a kind of reckoning. Her father has returned home from prison, where he served 12 years for his involvement in a multi-million-dollar stock manipulation scheme; in the meantime, Clark radically transformed her St. Vincent music persona, evolving from a small-time indie artist with a cult following to a self-proclaimed “near-future cult leader” within pop music. While her last album 'Masseduction' peered at her newfound fame through an electro-pop funhouse mirror, 'Daddy’s Home' looks backward, examining Clark’s relationship with her father — and her own self-discovery with “becoming Daddy,” as she’s put it — through the funky stylings of Sly Stone, Pink Floyd, and other artists of the mid-Seventies.⁠ ⁠ Read our review at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Zackery Michael

Annie Clark has framed her frenetic and unabashedly retro new album 'Daddy’s Home' as a kind of reckoning. Her father has returned home from prison, where he served 12 years for his involvement in a multi-million-dollar stock manipulation scheme; in the meantime, Clark radically transformed her St. Vincent music persona, evolving from a small-time indie artist with a cult following to a self-proclaimed “near-future cult leader” within pop music. While her last album 'Masseduction' peered at her newfound fame through an electro-pop funhouse mirror, 'Daddy’s Home' looks backward, examining Clark’s relationship with her father — and her own self-discovery with “becoming Daddy,” as she’s put it — through the funky stylings of Sly Stone, Pink Floyd, and other artists of the mid-Seventies.⁠ ⁠ Read our review at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Zackery Michael

@rollingstone May 15

For decades, various industries have weaponized American individualism, laying the blame for systemic issues at the feet of individual citizens. Tobacco companies wouldn’t exist without smokers, the story goes. Litter wouldn’t exist without us litterbugs. Cars wouldn’t crash if we weren’t such speed freaks. And, of course, climate change wouldn’t exist if we weren’t all such gluttons for fossil fuel energy.⁠ ⁠ The framing of climate change, in particular, as something that wouldn’t be an issue if “we” had all just made better consumer choices has been persistent and effective. Every Earth Day, we’re bombarded with tips about how to minimize our personal carbon footprints; meanwhile, it’s 2021 and the GOP is still suggesting tree-planting as climate policy.⁠ ⁠ A new paper from Harvard science historians Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran shows that this sort of framing is no accident, it was by design.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Eric Gay/@apnews

For decades, various industries have weaponized American individualism, laying the blame for systemic issues at the feet of individual citizens. Tobacco companies wouldn’t exist without smokers, the story goes. Litter wouldn’t exist without us litterbugs. Cars wouldn’t crash if we weren’t such speed freaks. And, of course, climate change wouldn’t exist if we weren’t all such gluttons for fossil fuel energy.⁠ ⁠ The framing of climate change, in particular, as something that wouldn’t be an issue if “we” had all just made better consumer choices has been persistent and effective. Every Earth Day, we’re bombarded with tips about how to minimize our personal carbon footprints; meanwhile, it’s 2021 and the GOP is still suggesting tree-planting as climate policy.⁠ ⁠ A new paper from Harvard science historians Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran shows that this sort of framing is no accident, it was by design.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Eric Gay/@apnews

@rollingstone May 14

Of all of the contestants on Season Two of Netflix’s 'The Circle,' no one is perhaps as devious as Courtney Revolution. A 28-year-old podcaster who hosts the entertainment podcast 'Overheard in the Pantry,' Courtney entered the game by winning people over with his infectious personality, his Taylor Swift T-shirts, and ceaselessly delightful turns of phrase (yes, “What in the intergalactic flawlessness is this, honey?” merch is forthcoming).⁠ ⁠ At the link in our bio, one of the most-talked-about contestants of the reality-show smash reveals what it was like behind the scenes.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Netflix

Of all of the contestants on Season Two of Netflix’s 'The Circle,' no one is perhaps as devious as Courtney Revolution. A 28-year-old podcaster who hosts the entertainment podcast 'Overheard in the Pantry,' Courtney entered the game by winning people over with his infectious personality, his Taylor Swift T-shirts, and ceaselessly delightful turns of phrase (yes, “What in the intergalactic flawlessness is this, honey?” merch is forthcoming).⁠ ⁠ At the link in our bio, one of the most-talked-about contestants of the reality-show smash reveals what it was like behind the scenes.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Netflix

@rollingstone May 14

BTS are on the cover of our Future of Music issue. Watch the behind-the-scenes footage and tap the link in our bio to read the story.⁠ ⁠ @bts.bighitofficial⁠ Writer: Brian Hiatt⁠ Photographer: @hongjanghyun⁠ Fashion Director: @alexbadia⁠ Visual Creative BTS: @2sunkyoung, @_yeonazz⁠ Hair: @bit.boot_hansom, @bit.boot_mujin ⁠ Stylist: @iamkyungmin, @very_hj⁠ Looks: @louisvuitton⁠ Production: @blcreativehouse ⁠ ⁠ #BTSxRollingStone

BTS are on the cover of our Future of Music issue. Watch the behind-the-scenes footage and tap the link in our bio to read the story.⁠ ⁠ @bts.bighitofficial⁠ Writer: Brian Hiatt⁠ Photographer: @hongjanghyun⁠ Fashion Director: @alexbadia⁠ Visual Creative BTS: @2sunkyoung, @_yeonazz⁠ Hair: @bit.boot_hansom, @bit.boot_mujin ⁠ Stylist: @iamkyungmin, @very_hj⁠ Looks: @louisvuitton⁠ Production: @blcreativehouse ⁠ ⁠ #BTSxRollingStone

@rollingstone May 13

With her new late-night show, stand-up comic Sam Jay wants to open minds and bring Americans together: "My job is to get in motherfuckers’ heads and play around, start to turn some screws."⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read.⁠ ⁠ Photo by Courtney Sofiah Yates (@courtsyy) for Rolling Stone

With her new late-night show, stand-up comic Sam Jay wants to open minds and bring Americans together: "My job is to get in motherfuckers’ heads and play around, start to turn some screws."⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read.⁠ ⁠ Photo by Courtney Sofiah Yates (@courtsyy) for Rolling Stone

@rollingstone May 12

Lucy Dacus has delivered a few emotional knockout punches before, but her third album, 'Home Video,' is full of them. "It’s important to have tenderness for your past self, if you can," she says.⁠ ⁠ At the link in our bio, Dacus tells us the stories behind her upcoming album, and shares how touring with Boygenius helped transform her songwriting.⁠ ⁠ Photo: @ebruyildiz

Lucy Dacus has delivered a few emotional knockout punches before, but her third album, 'Home Video,' is full of them. "It’s important to have tenderness for your past self, if you can," she says.⁠ ⁠ At the link in our bio, Dacus tells us the stories behind her upcoming album, and shares how touring with Boygenius helped transform her songwriting.⁠ ⁠ Photo: @ebruyildiz

@rollingstone May 12

The FBI warned in 2006 that white supremacists were actively trying to infiltrate the military and law enforcement, and yet allegations of racism in police departments have too often been brushed aside by city leaders, police chiefs, and unions. 'Rolling Stone' reports on how this has undermined the already battered and fragile trust between police and the communities they serve.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Illustration by Brian Stauffer (@staufferstudio) for Rolling Stone

The FBI warned in 2006 that white supremacists were actively trying to infiltrate the military and law enforcement, and yet allegations of racism in police departments have too often been brushed aside by city leaders, police chiefs, and unions. 'Rolling Stone' reports on how this has undermined the already battered and fragile trust between police and the communities they serve.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Illustration by Brian Stauffer (@staufferstudio) for Rolling Stone

@rollingstone May 12

To guard against political influence in science within the government, the White House announced the official launch of the Scientific Integrity Task Force.⁠ ⁠ The new initiative, announced Monday, includes 46 members from more than two dozen government agencies who are tasked with looking back through 2009, to find where political partisanship may have exacted influence over decisions that were supposed to be evidence and research-based.⁠ ⁠ The effort, which was motivated by the previous administration’s seeming aversion to all things science, whether it be climate change or the pandemic, will be led by the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP).⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: @apnews

To guard against political influence in science within the government, the White House announced the official launch of the Scientific Integrity Task Force.⁠ ⁠ The new initiative, announced Monday, includes 46 members from more than two dozen government agencies who are tasked with looking back through 2009, to find where political partisanship may have exacted influence over decisions that were supposed to be evidence and research-based.⁠ ⁠ The effort, which was motivated by the previous administration’s seeming aversion to all things science, whether it be climate change or the pandemic, will be led by the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP).⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ Photo: @apnews

@rollingstone May 11

In 2002, Dimitri M. was ready to die. He’d been addicted to heroin for over 20 years, and his once-promising artistic life had collapsed into a series of banal pit stops. Eventually, his longtime partner succumbed to intravenous drug use, and, though they were married by common law, he was barred from attending her funeral.⁠ ⁠ Dimitri was ready to finally let the drugs carry him away, like an undertow. He planned to take a trip to Greece as a last goodbye to his ancestral homeland, but while researching his farewell voyage, he was reminded of a conversation with an old friend about a hallucinogenic plant with the purported power to heal opioid addiction. He embarked on his trip as planned, but scheduled a brief detour in the Netherlands to be treated with this so-called miracle drug: Ibogaine. Though the alkaloid extract of the Tabernanthe iboga plant with psychoactive effects is illegal in the U.S., Ibogaine has been used for decades by the Bwiti people of Gabon as a sacrament in a coming-of-age ritual, akin to a Bar Mitzvah.⁠ ⁠ According to some estimates, the success rate for opioid users who attempt to quit using conventional methods is as low as five to ten percent. A large part of what makes the endeavor so difficult is the intense physical withdrawals that accompany detox. Within 12 hours of an individual’s last opioid use, intense nausea, vomiting, soreness and restlessness take hold, an experience often described as being excruciating. Ibogaine induces a psychedelic experience that often causes users to take a critical look at their lives. Ibogaine can also limit and even eliminate the symptoms of withdrawal for reasons that still aren’t entirely understood. ⁠ ⁠ Dimitri found himself tossing and turning, sweating and vomiting while processing 40 years of trauma and guilt. He maintains that while the experience was tense and difficult, he never felt like he was in opiate withdrawal. But when he came out of it, he was clean. Dimitri says he never used heroin or cocaine again.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio for more on how some in recovery are leaning into the new psychedelics revolution.⁠ ⁠ Illustration by @sdionisi for Rolling Stone

In 2002, Dimitri M. was ready to die. He’d been addicted to heroin for over 20 years, and his once-promising artistic life had collapsed into a series of banal pit stops. Eventually, his longtime partner succumbed to intravenous drug use, and, though they were married by common law, he was barred from attending her funeral.⁠ ⁠ Dimitri was ready to finally let the drugs carry him away, like an undertow. He planned to take a trip to Greece as a last goodbye to his ancestral homeland, but while researching his farewell voyage, he was reminded of a conversation with an old friend about a hallucinogenic plant with the purported power to heal opioid addiction. He embarked on his trip as planned, but scheduled a brief detour in the Netherlands to be treated with this so-called miracle drug: Ibogaine. Though the alkaloid extract of the Tabernanthe iboga plant with psychoactive effects is illegal in the U.S., Ibogaine has been used for decades by the Bwiti people of Gabon as a sacrament in a coming-of-age ritual, akin to a Bar Mitzvah.⁠ ⁠ According to some estimates, the success rate for opioid users who attempt to quit using conventional methods is as low as five to ten percent. A large part of what makes the endeavor so difficult is the intense physical withdrawals that accompany detox. Within 12 hours of an individual’s last opioid use, intense nausea, vomiting, soreness and restlessness take hold, an experience often described as being excruciating. Ibogaine induces a psychedelic experience that often causes users to take a critical look at their lives. Ibogaine can also limit and even eliminate the symptoms of withdrawal for reasons that still aren’t entirely understood. ⁠ ⁠ Dimitri found himself tossing and turning, sweating and vomiting while processing 40 years of trauma and guilt. He maintains that while the experience was tense and difficult, he never felt like he was in opiate withdrawal. But when he came out of it, he was clean. Dimitri says he never used heroin or cocaine again.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio for more on how some in recovery are leaning into the new psychedelics revolution.⁠ ⁠ Illustration by @sdionisi for Rolling Stone

@rollingstone May 10

With her new late-night show, stand-up comic Sam Jay wants to open minds and bring Americans together: "My job is to get in motherfuckers’ heads and play around, start to turn some screws."⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read.⁠ ⁠ Photo by Courtney Sofiah Yates (@courtsyy) for Rolling Stone

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