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The success of OxyContin hinged on racially bifurcated understandings of addiction. The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine, after all, has always been the race and class of users.
Donna Murch
We live in a world made by neoliberalism, with its hostility to equality and democracy. It is time to stop.
Joshua Cohen
Jackson has a long history of black resistance—a seeming contradiction in a state better known for its stubborn poverty, violent Confederate fan boys, and deeply entrenched black oppression.
Makani Themba
By examining the opioid crisis alongside the War on Drugs Murch brings an otherwise familiar story into new territory.
Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen
Reputational currency, like China's Social Credit Score, rebrands repression as rational nudging. And these algorithmic governance models are spreading.
Frank Pasquale
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