The contemporary opioid epidemic is just the latest in a long history of Big Pharma–fueled crises in the U.S., argues David Herzberg in his new book, White Market Drugs. But […]
Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago with Simon Balto
To understand issues like mass incarceration and racist policing, you have to go back in history—farther back than Reagan’s war on drugs or even Johnson’s proposed war on crime. That’s […]
Rodrigo Duterte and the Specter of Dictatorship in the Philippines
Since Rodrigo Duterte took office as president of the Philippines in June 2016, there has been a surge in extrajudicial killings for drug-related allegations. Duterte’s controversial “war on drugs” now […]