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 New York AG finds a billion dollars that the Sacklers funneled through a single bank 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
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
supreme court Supreme Court halts settlement protecting Sacklers from opioid lawsuits Mark Frauenfelder
halloween Forget drugs in candy — Halloween is a day of ritual sacrifice for the cult of the automobile Thom Dunn
