When Gary Hudson's car got towed, he couldn’t afford to pay the more than $300 in towing and storage fees. He asked if he could at least get into the car to collect his things — the fishing pole and the safety vest and handcuffs he needed to work nights as a security guard. But the company "would not budge, period," he said. "So I can’t get my work equipment, and you expect me to make money to pay you?” Read the full story: https://propub.li/4kMpQob (fb)

To treat his cancer, ProPublica reporter David Armstrong takes a drug that costs nearly $1000 per pill. The price of the drug, Revlimid, has gone up 26 times since 2006 — yet according to a deposition Armstrong found, a top executive admitted it has always cost just 25 cents to make. Here's the full story: https://propub.li/4mutMeW (fb)