John Oyston / FilterFeb 9, 2024
Current regulation of safer nicotine products like vapes is based on politics, not science. It’s costing lives. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Ed Rampell / TruthdigNov 25, 2022
Whether it’s a sophisticated surveillance state, the military-industrial complex, or billion-dollar pharmaceutical firms, Poitras shows us that the high and mighty can be held accountable—and even defeated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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The Associated PressJan 7, 2020
She was in her 20s when the book chronicling her addiction and depression was published, igniting a debate that lasted for much of her life. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mattea Kramer / TomDispatchNov 20, 2019
The pharmaceutical executives behind the opioid crisis could learn a thing or two from people in recovery from drug addiction. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Adam H. Johnson / TruthdigMar 21, 2019
Those with drug and mental health problems also are targets of a media and public obsessed with clickbait. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Jill Richardson / OtherWordsFeb 24, 2019
For decades the U.S. has tried to stop drug traffic and made the problem worse. We need to treat the root causes of addiction instead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 11, 2019
"American Overdose" author Chris McGreal explains how Big Pharma and our health care industry conspired to forge a national epidemic. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )
Jordan Holycross / FAIROct 28, 2018
The New York Times Magazine takes readers on a sensational 6,000-word tour of trauma, complete with cringe-worthy language and compassionless photographs. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigMar 22, 2018
Our addiction to empire is killing us. When will we recognize that this planet is big enough for every global citizen to have a patch of serenity? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Katie Thomas / The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein / ProPublicaSep 20, 2017
Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the epidemic, but the role of insurance companies is under scrutiny too. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Elaine Margolin / TruthdigSep 15, 2017
Karl Ove Knausgaard set the literary world on fire with his six-volume novel, "My Struggle." His new book is a meditation on life, time and family. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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