religion Catholic priest 'caught snorting cocaine in Nazi room' Xeni Jardin

genocide This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids Thom Dunn

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

floss Guidelines for "kind communications" in free software communities Cory Doctorow

picks Facebook: Hackers got (very) personal data from 29M users. FIND OUT if your info was breached. Xeni Jardin

law Theranos's corporate culture was a nightmare Rob Beschizza

books Book review: Melancholy Accidents Mark Dery

fake news Hillary Clinton’s funeral plans, and how to be like Donald Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart

terrible names Afghan toddler was named "Donald Trump" for "good fortune," but name has brought family only bad fortune so far Carla Sinclair

books Cult of Personality: Two crime writers discuss the allure of cults in their own dark fiction Alex Segura

racism Facebook still allows housing ads to discriminate by race Rob Beschizza

novels Interview with Ken Follet about forthcoming 3rd book in Kingsbridge series: A Column of Fire Mark Frauenfelder

Business Amazon is the poster child for everything wrong with post-Reagan anti-trust enforcement Cory Doctorow

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

class war Extreme wealth inequality will always devour the societies that produce it Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

Kids America: where hundreds of thousand of underage girls are married off by their parents Cory Doctorow

History The arc of history is long, but how do we bend it? Cory Doctorow