The evidence against criminalizing addiction has been overwhelming for decades. The war on drugs persists not because it works, but because too many powerful interests profit from its continuation.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceResearch into whistleblower retaliation psychology reveals a grim pattern: institutions don't just fail to protect truth-tellers, they actively deploy coordinated strategies to neutralize them, from psychiatric labeling to social isolation.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionA 50-year, 18-country study confirmed what critics always suspected: tax cuts for the rich produce no growth, no jobs, just inequality. The real question is why trickle-down economics failure never matters at the ballot box.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceCopyright law was never written for creators. From the 1557 Stationers' monopoly to Disney's $6.3 million lobbying campaign, the documented history reveals a system designed by and for publishers, with authors as the justification rather than the beneficiary.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceThe United States spends $445 billion a year on a criminal justice system that fails by its own metrics. The per-prisoner math on alternatives is straightforward, documented, and politically radioactive.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceThree decades of charter school research reveals a messy truth neither advocates nor critics want to acknowledge: these schools work well for some students, fail others entirely, and aren't the silver bullet anyone promised.
Opinion Policy & GovernancePurdue Pharma's executives knew OxyContin was addictive. They marketed it as safe anyway. The FDA approved unproven claims and hired captured advisors. This was not a tragedy that befell America; it was one that was manufactured.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionPlatforms say their research shows social media helps teens. Independent studies find small but real effects. Internal documents reveal companies knew more than they admitted. Neither the panic nor the dismissal is warranted.
Media & Press Criticism OpinionOver 122 controlled trials across six countries say the same thing: people do not stop working, they do not blow the money, and local economies do not inflate. The standard objections to UBI are running out of empirical runway.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceOver 70 lawsuits, a $1.5 billion settlement, and three contradictory federal rulings have exposed AI copyright law as fundamentally broken. The global rewrite has begun, but no one agrees on what comes next.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceTech companies have discovered that blaming layoffs on AI sends stocks soaring, but the data tells a different story: only 2% of workforce cuts are tied to actual AI implementation. The rest is corporate theater dressed in Silicon Valley's favorite buzzword.
Artificial Intelligence OpinionA new NBER study reveals CFOs privately expect AI job cuts nine times higher than 2025's public figures. The gap between boardroom plans and press releases tells a story of corporate spin, investor incentives, and a workforce kept in the dark.
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