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Topic: moral panics

Illegal fentanyl is safely handled and contained. (Getty Images/Darwin Brandis)

Fentanyl panic mirrors crack epidemic

Ryan Hampton
A cosplayer dressed as The Joker attends the New York Comic Con at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for ReedPOP)

The entertainment–psychopathy connection

Nicole Karlis
A sign posted at the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska, July 12, 2016. (AP/Mark Thiessen)

Don't fear the Poképocalypse

Amanda Marcotte