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Friday Nite Videos | October 14, 2022

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The Trump Allies Who Invoked the Fifth Amendment | Liz Cheney. Crime Reporting | John Oliver. The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales | Movie. The Problem of Gender in Arkansas | Jon Stewart. This Family Made Billions While Killing Half A Million.

This Family Made Billions While Killing Half A Million

The Sacklers Purdue Pharmaceuticals are responsible for the opiate painkiller Oxycontin–which is nearly entirely responsible for the opioid addiction epidemic. This is how they got away with it by exploiting byzantine corporate and financial law.

Friday Nite Videos | August 13, 2021

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The Sacklers and Opiods: You Judge. Jimmy Cliff | Human Touch. Not Going Quietly: The Life of Ady Barkan. How Presidents and Military Leaders Misled Americans About the War in Afghanistan. Can a Trans Runner Like Me Compete Fairly?

The Sacklers and Opiods: You Judge

John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling opiod lawsuits and why you should judge the situation for yourself.

Friday Nite Videos | July 23, 2021

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How Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée's Phone. Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris). How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000. MAGA Crime Spree: Count Up to 12 Indictments. The Decline of the Death Penalty.

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The CW’s Superman & Lois Premiere Is Surprisingly Somber

Caroline Siede AV Club
Superman & Lois pointedly comments on real-world issues. The Daily Planet suffers a round of brutal media layoffs and Smallville, once thriving, is crumbling under an economic collapse that sees big businesses buying up all the small family farms.

Friday Nite Videos | April 3, 2020

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'My House' | Alicia Keys. Trump Pretends He Never Compared Coronavirus to the Flu. Why Trump’s Troubadour Has Turned Against Him. Sailors Cheer Fired Navy Captain Brett Crozier. Samuel L. Jackson Says Stay the F**k at Home.
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