migration U.S. government now caging asylum seekers under the international bridge in El Paso, Texas Xeni Jardin
News Trump orders 5,200 more troops & 1,500 miles of concertina wire to U.S.-Mexico border Xeni Jardin
trump Family separations: the Trump administration stole thousands more children than previously reported Cory Doctorow
politics 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new. Xeni Jardin
graphic novels Casting announced for the upcoming Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" Thom Dunn
obituaries Little-known, criminally underappreciated 70s singer-songwriter, Judee Sill, finally gets an obit in the New York Times Gareth Branwyn
art Self-portrait of van Gogh during psychotic episode, thought to have been a fake, deemed real David Pescovitz
religion Church nativity scene puts the holy family in cages, because that's how America deals with asylum-seekers like Christ Cory Doctorow
foia McKinsey designed ICE's gulags, recommending minimal food, medical care and supervision Cory Doctorow
Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
trumpism Despite denials, it's clear that Google's new top national security hire was instrumental to Trump's #KidsInCages policy Cory Doctorow
china Muslim woman who escaped from a Chinese concentration camp describes gang-rapes, torture, forced medical experiments Cory Doctorow
Journalism After a police raid, a Nicaraguan cartoonist has found sanctuary in the United States Thom Dunn
tabloids Princess Diana’s killer found (yet again) and Epstein scandal blackmail, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan
christ what an asshole "The Tragedy of the Commons": how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought Cory Doctorow
Cokie Roberts describes the "fondling fathers" and the pregnant women they left behind after negotiating the Missouri Compromise John Struan
