activism Activist Shaun King relaunching Frederick Douglass' abolitionist paper, North Star Rusty Blazenhoff

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn

police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

racism Hollywood exec wanted to cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman Rob Beschizza

class war NYT calls for an end to legacy college admissions Cory Doctorow

movies Trailer for new Harriet Tubman biopic David Pescovitz

music San Francisco: Kronos Quartet's Kronos Festival 2019, May 30 – June 1 David Pescovitz

politics Texas lawmakers want Death Penalty for women who get abortions Xeni Jardin

trump Trump: "People of faith" led the "abolition of civil rights" Rob Beschizza

facebook Fans of Brazil's new fascist president chant "Facebook! Facebook! Whatsapp! Whatsapp!" at inauguration Cory Doctorow

scholarship Costa Rica abolished its army in 1949 and thereafter enjoyed the best per-capita GDP growth in the region Cory Doctorow

books Pennsylvania to end prison book donations, forcing inmates onto pricey eBook platform Rob Beschizza

politics Pope Francis declares death penalty inadmissible Rob Beschizza

politics A hive of scum and villainy: meet the right-wing "Democrats" the DCCC is planning to win 2018 with Cory Doctorow

class war MLK: anti-capitalist activist Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow

church Church built by former slaves, attended by Harriet Tubman in dire need of repairs Jason Weisberger

slavery Listen: Voice recordings of black slaves Rusty Blazenhoff