National Academy of Sciences Building (Photo by Another Believer, CC-BY-SA3.0)
As reported in the New York Times and The Philanthropy News Digest, the National Sciences Academy has requested of a court to repurpose and rename an endowment of over $30 million given by the Sackler family. The Sackler family is best known for its association with Purdue Pharma, producers of OxyContin. OxyContin and other opiates are thought to have contributed to the opioid crisis currently facing families across America. Read more in the New York Times or The Philanthropy News Digest.