parody A gritty Netflix-style documentary on the Tide Pods epidemic Rusty Blazenhoff

coronavirus Healthcare providers are allegedly denying chloroquine to patients because of Trump's statements Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

china Billionaire Sackler family accused of pushing addictive opioids in China Mark Frauenfelder

podcast A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective Thom Dunn

happy mutants The Sacklers come to Sesame Street as a muppet is revealed to have had an addicted mother Cory Doctorow

law Purdue's court filings understate its role in the opioid epidemic by 80% Cory Doctorow

Science Sleeping fish may help us understand why we snooze David Pescovitz

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

privacy Harm reduction: an opioid "vending machine" 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

Science Mice given an experimental gene therapy don't get fat, regardless of caloric intake Cory Doctorow

law The billionaire family who profited off the opioid epidemic are finally facing legal reprisals Cory Doctorow

Business Former Obama trade official teams up with Trump to create highly profitable TB epidemics in poor countries Cory Doctorow

tabloids The Queen’s Nazi shame, JonBenet’s killer found, and Owen Wilson’s baby mama revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Giant heroin spoon installed outside of OxyContin manufacturer's headquarters David Pescovitz