native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

Gadgets Save 15% on this craft tequila that comes with free shipping right to your door Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction New edition of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother/Homeland with intro by Edward Snowden Mark Frauenfelder

smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

black hills Why Native Americans are protesting Trump's celebration at Mount Rushmore Maddie Lee

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

trump Lincoln Project's Steve Schmidt: "Trump's betrayal to U.S. troops is impossible to overstate" Mark Frauenfelder

baseball No more spitting in Major League Baseball David Pescovitz

art Milton Glaser, legendary graphic designer, RIP David Pescovitz

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

the cruelty is the point A catalog of Trump's top cruelties 2011-2020 Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Trump rally youth: 'Aunt Jemima was canceled… She was the picture of the American dream' Xeni Jardin

politics Trump uses racist 'Kung Flu' slur against Asians again, was 'coronavirus' too many syllables? Xeni Jardin