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London’s V&A Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia and Jasmine Liu October 3, 2022October 4, 2022

But a museum in Harvard is still named after a member of the disgraced family, notorious for its role in the opioid crisis.

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British Museum Drops Sackler Name — But Not Everywhere

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

The disgraced family’s name will remain on the museum’s benefactors’ board and its Great Court donor list.

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Museums Will be Able to Remove Sackler Name Without Penalty

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

If the deal is approved, the Sacklers would pay up to $6 billion and lose their cherished naming rights at institutions.

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PAIN Activists Say They Were Followed by Sackler-hired Investigators

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

The alleged surveillance of members of PAIN, the advocacy group founded by Nan Goldin, is detailed in Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book.

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23 States Call for Protections for Nonprofits That Choose to Drop Sackler Name

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called for protections that would allow museums to get out of perpetuity contracts without facing lawsuits.

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NYU to Remove Sackler Name Following Pressure From Students and Artist-led Group, P.A.I.N.

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 22, 2020November 5, 2020

The decision comes the day after a settlement between Purdue Pharma and the Justice Department, in which members of the Sackler family will pay $225 million in civil penalties, less than 2% of their estimated net worth.

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P.A.I.N Sackler Calls Proposed Purdue Pharma Settlement “Justice for Sale”

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 7, 2020November 5, 2020

Founded by artist Nan Goldin, the activist group P.A.I.N. criticized the potential settlement, which would protect the family’s personal wealth.

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“It’s a Fake Settlement”: Protesters Descend on Purdue Pharma HQ

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

“We want the Sacklers to have their day in court,” said an activist from PAIN Sackler at the protest in Connecticut. “We want to see all the documents of when they decided to poison the population in this country.”

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Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Opioid Cases

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 11, 2019January 31, 2022

The family will provide a $3 billion payout over seven years. However, the settlement does not include a statement of wrongdoing.

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Artist Nan Goldin Arrested in Protest Outside Governor Cuomo’s Office in NYC

Avatar photo by Hakim Bishara and Jasmine Weber August 28, 2019September 11, 2019

The activists are calling on the governor to establish overdose prevention centers to combat the growing opioid epidemic.

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Louvre Removed Sackler Name From Its Walls and Website

by Hakim Bishara July 17, 2019September 11, 2019

President of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez denied any connection between the decision and a recent PAIN Sackler protest outside the museum.

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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre “Take Down the Sackler Name”

by Hakim Bishara July 1, 2019August 25, 2022

The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum’s iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler’s name from one of its wings.

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