Further selections are available via my (more up-to-date) Contently and author pages.
Forbes Online:
Medicaid, Marijuana And Me: An Ex-Opioid Addict’s Take On American Drug Denial
After NYC Suicides, Drivers Urge Lawmakers To End Uber’s Exploitative Ways
Sex Workers And Immigrants Are Under Attack. Don’t Like It? Send DC A Fax
Video Is Erasing People, From Prison To Porn, As Wall Street Profits
Scammers Used My Article And Montel’s Name To Hock ‘CBD’ For Months; Now It’s Lawsuit Time
Mayor’s Plan Suggests NYC Still Failing To Take Marijuana Seriously
Gizmodo:
How the Invention of Spreadsheet Software Unleashed Wall Street on the World
The Psychology of Faking Your Own Death
Next-Gen Baggies Are Transforming Legal Weed
mental_floss Online:
From Bondage to Brains: A Cultural History of Zombies
15 Deadly Facts About ‘GoldenEye 007’
11 Classic Barbecue Staples that Were Once Used as Medicines
AlterNet:
My Migraine Meds Cost $40,000 a Year, And We’ve Known About This Drug for Millennia
After ‘Year of Pot,’ Cannabis Industry is Worth Serious Cash (also Salon, Pasadena Weekly)
Where Are All The Poor Kids in Disney Movies?
Mixed bag:
How Urban Farming Could Change Hawaii – CityLab
Fire Safety Lessons from The Towering Inferno – The Toast
Local Surfers Rebuild Their Second Home – The Local (New York Times blog)
Award-Winning App Promises Butlers for All – PSFK
STILL want more stuff? Check out my AlterNet and (two) mental_floss archives.
Warmly, Janet Burns 