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  • opioids How the Sacklers' opioid lawsuit could scam the bankruptcy system Thom Dunn
  • News OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty on criminal charges including anti-kickback law, and defrauding the U.S. Xeni Jardin
  • politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
  • murder Leaks reveal how the "Pitbull of PR" helped Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers ignite the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
  • happy mutants The Sacklers come to Sesame Street as a muppet is revealed to have had an addicted mother Cory Doctorow
  • law US prosecutors say the "bankrupt" Sacklers still have billions hidden away Cory Doctorow
  • law New York AG finds a billion dollars that the Sacklers funneled through a single bank Cory Doctorow
  • law Purdue's court filings understate its role in the opioid epidemic by 80% Cory Doctorow
  • Business Massachusetts says Purdue's profits from a single opioid addict were $200,000 Cory Doctorow
  • glam Louvre purges every mention of the Sackler opioid family after artist's protest Cory Doctorow
  • health Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Fentanyl execs found guilty of racketeering, face 20 year prison sentences Cory Doctorow
  • john oliver John Oliver tackles the Sacklers: the litigious, secretive billionaires whose family business engineered the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
  • late stage capitalism UPDATE: New York State goes after the Sackler family's opioid fortune, claims they funneled their Oxy millions through offshore laundries Cory Doctorow
  • law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow
  • late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow
  • law The billionaire family who profited off the opioid epidemic are finally facing legal reprisals Cory Doctorow
  • drugs The pharma billionaires whose family company created the opioid epidemic are disintegrating into a bickering mess Cory Doctorow
  • halloween Forget drugs in candy — Halloween is a day of ritual sacrifice for the cult of the automobile Thom Dunn
  • Purdue Pharma The Sackler family gets sacked from NY's Met museum Carla Sinclair

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