Alec Opperman

YouTube video by Alec Opperman How Capitalism Broke Science

Here's a story about how pharmaceutical companies have infiltrated the scientific process by recruiting respected doctors and ghost-writing their articles.

Many of these practices were implicated in the Oxycontin and Vioxx scandals - and not much has changed since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhnU...

Here is part of Ron Gordon's exchange with Milton Friedman. According to Ron, Friedman's secretary initially responded, which wasn't good enough for him. So he insisted on a response from Friedman himself.

You can see a summary sent to Friedman above his handwritten note.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Why Stadium Food Sucks Now

In 1978, one man went on a crusade against the cost of a hot dog at Candlestick Stadium. His story teaches us what we can do about the craven business culture price gouging you at every concert, game, or airport.

My latest for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7LP...

YouTube video by More Perfect Union How Qatar Bought Trump, And What They Want

As we were putting the final touches on this video, a slew of right-wing influencers attended a luxurious junket to Qatar and Trump pardoned a Democratic lawmaker who accepted bribes from a foreign government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJti...

YouTube video by Newsweek The Truth About Sysco, Private Equity and Why Some Restaurants Suck Now

Talked about Sysco, private equity, and the enshittification of restaurants with @newsweek.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNiG...

A post from Andrew cuomos twitter where he says it was great to join Logan Paul for a 90 minute podcast recording. Attached is a photo of Andrew Cuomo shaking hands with Logan's entourage.

A fox news NYC mayoral race poll posted by the poll tracker Twitter account. It shows Zohran Mamdani with 52%, Cuomo with 28% and Sliwa with 14%. Poll was taken October 10-14 with an error rate of plus or minus 3.5

Andrew Cuomo has the greatest mind in contemporary politics

YouTube video by More Perfect Union The Hidden Reason So Many Restaurants Taste the Same

Corporate consolidation is driving the enshittification of restaurants. youtu.be/rXXQTzQXRFc?...

YouTube video by More Perfect Union A CEO Wanted to Run Healthcare Like Taco Bell. Here’s How His Patients Are Doing

I would like to apologize to Taco Bell for comparing them to such a horrific corporation #livemas www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eV...

BREAKING: We just won an Emmy!

We're honored to have taken home the award for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis.

More Perfect Union was built to tell stories of, by, and for the working class. We're thrilled by the recognition we are receiving for our reporting.

Atlantic article with headline "New York is Not a Democracy" and subheadline: "Too few voters are shooting the next mayor" with a photo of Zohran Mamdani.

An AM New York article describing a surge in voter turnout compared to 2021.

While Annie Lowrey complained that ranked choice is hurting democracy, this primary doubled turnout in most NY boros.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Billionaires Are Gutting The IRS, and You're Footing Their Bill

The richest 1% account for nearly 30% of unpaid taxes in the US.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z5J...

A screenshot showing the 2025 Webby winners - More Perfect Union and Washington Post Universe.

@moreperfectunion.bsky.social just won a Webby for News and Politics 🎉

YouTube video by More Perfect Union How Thousands of Mystery Ingredients End Up In Your Food

A fun, chill story about how thousands of ingredients permeate the food supply with zero FDA knowledge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTb8...

YouTube video by Alec Opperman How GDP Conquered the World and Why It’s Fundamentally Broken

I took the leap! First video of my own channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=umR4...

My FYP is full of anti-congestion toll takes that are either:
A. "I'm a multi-millionaire driving 10 blocks, this will financially ruin me," or
B. "They're not taking MY money, I'll show them (by doing the exact behavior the toll wants to encourage).

YouTube video by More Perfect Union How Corporations Use This Button To Exploit You

Corporations aren't just using terms & conditions to escape one-off lawsuits, they're making class actions impossible, and stopping the public from ever-knowing about their negligence. My latest on @moreperfectunion.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEXT...

Dr. Oz Pushes Medicare Privatization For All The New Jersey TV doctor wants to privatize Medicare — and tax workers to boost the profits of insurance giants whose stock he owns.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Trump just picked Dr. Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid at HHS.

Yes, the same Dr. Oz that literally called for the privatization of Medicare 👇
www.levernews.com/dr-oz-pushes...

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Why CVS Sucks Now — And Is Getting Worse

NEW: There's a crime wave at CVS, but you're being lied to about who's behind it.

The company is under-staffing, underpaying, and forcing pharmacists to chase money at the expense of patient safety.

“I’m afraid I’m going to kill someone,” said one pharmacist.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woAC...

Cited Podcast: Simon Kuznets & the Invention of the Economy We tell the story of the invention of the modern economy, or at least the idea of the economy. It starts with one measure: the GDP, or gross domestic product.

How did Gross Domestic Product come to define modern politics? I tell the story of Simon Kuznets, the man who brought GDP to the world, but had a radically different vision for it. citedpodcast.com/2024/10/21/e...

New York. This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a mayor under federal indictment

The Rationality Wars #4: The (ir)Rational Voters Early pollsters thought they had the psychological tools to quantify American mind, thereby enabling a truly democratic polity that would be governed by a rational public opinion. Today, we malign the...

The original pollsters hoped that measuring public opinion would make for a better democracy. Where did that dream go? I looked into the story of George Gallup to find out citedpodcast.com/2024/07/22/e...

Corporate greed is killing the video game industry. Investors flocked to buy up video game studios during the pandemic. Now they’re laying off thousands of w... This Company is Killing Your Favorite Video Games

Since the pandemic, a private-equity backed gaming company has been aggressively buying studios. They acquired the makers of Borderlands, Tomb Raider, they even got the rights to Lord of the Rings. Now they're closing the studios who make some of your favorite games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORs...

I've written a dozen or so videos that cracked a million views. But it's super cool to see that happen for a video with my stupid face on it.

Can I report @michaelburns.bsky.social to HR even if I don't work there

Who's gonna tell this guy.

There is a massive, totally legal bribery scheme driving up drug prices in America. And pharmacy benefit managers—shady middlemen you’ve probably never heard... We Uncovered a Bribery Scheme Driving Up Drug Prices

There is an entire healthcare industry that thrives under an exemption to federal anti-bribery laws. See my story for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social youtu.be/wmZtBW54GNI?...

This is my Roman Empire

The VP of Publicity for Waffle House is also VP of Food Safety because those two skill sets are obviously deeply related.

The Waffle House media requests drop-down on their site let's you choose between "reporter" and "PETA"

A stranger just spat in my face while I was perusing pastries am I a real New Yorker yet?