Roiling headlines in the last couple of years were the bankruptcy filings of the corporations Purdue Pharma and the national organization of Boy Scouts of America (now called Scouting America).

Let’s explore ten shocking examples of how the ultra-wealthy have manipulated charitable organizations to hide their wealth ...

A Washington, D.C. fundraiser for Helena Foulkes' Rhode Island gubernatorial run is being hosted by a former Ambassador who was criticized for antisemitic comments, ...

A bill that would allow the state to start a pilot program for overdose prevention centers passed the Senate on Thursday.

Martin Elling, former partner at McKinsey & Co., received a six-month prison sentence for obstructing justice, Reuters ...

Deaths caused by drug overdose decreased in the U.S. by 30,000 last year, marking the largest one-year decline in drug-related deaths. Around 80,000 people died from an overdose last year, according ...

The provisional numbers are estimates of everyone who died of overdoses in the U.S., including noncitizens. That data is still being processed, and the final numbers can sometimes differ a bit. But it ...

Purdue Pharma has filed a new bankruptcy plan that will distribute more than $7.4 billion to compensate opioid epidemic victims and fund addiction treatment programs. The Stamford, Connecticut-based ...

when the Sacklers agreed to sell their non-U.S. businesses and exit the opioid business. A representative for one branch of the Sackler family said Tuesday that the deal term was “not new ...

The notorious Sackler family, opioid pushers responsible for countless cases of addiction and death, can’t seem to settle their legal problems without turning to some kind of unprincipled maneuver.

“The Sackler family relentlessly pursued profit at the expense of vulnerable patients, and played a critical role in starting and fueling the opioid epidemic,” James said in a press release.

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis ...