law Farming while Black: farmers allegedly sold fake certified seed in an effort to bankrupt them Seamus Bellamy

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

Business Brooks Brothers bankrupt Rob Beschizza

coronavirus 347 risk analysts were asked: "What are the most likely risks for the world over the next year and a half?" Mark Frauenfelder

pizza Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankrupty David Pescovitz

rona Nieman Marcus files for bankruptcy Rob Beschizza

Business Cirque du Soleil launches online portal for viewing shows, explores bankruptcy in coronavirus shutdown: Reuters Xeni Jardin

gross polluters Reality TV stars of Diesel Brothers fined $850,000 for removing smog prevention devices from trucks Mark Frauenfelder

sex abuse Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy protection over sex abuse lawsuits Rob Beschizza

finance The cum-ex scam stole $60b from European tax authorities: it's monumentally boring, complicated, and very, very important Cory Doctorow

birthdays Boing Boing is 20 (or 33) years old today Mark Frauenfelder

Business Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt Cory Doctorow

crime Court case lays bare KPMG's crimes: poaching employees from its own regulators and making them steal government secrets Cory Doctorow

Business Explaining the con that is private equity Cory Doctorow

Business Remembering Laundroid and other robotics companies that died in 2019 Xeni Jardin

health Medicare for All would cut most Americans' taxes, creating the biggest American take-home pay raise in a generation Cory Doctorow

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

mckinsey McKinsey's internal mythology compares management consultants to "the Marine Corps, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jesuits" Cory Doctorow

music Minor Problem: a punk anthem about Donald Trump's mockery of Greta Thunberg Cory Doctorow

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn