News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin
mistakes were made Barnes and Noble canceled its plan to put black characters on classic novels written by white authors featuring white characters Mark Frauenfelder
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
native americans The White House declared the first "National American History and Founders Month" — and forgot about Native Americans Thom Dunn
corruption Hunter Biden's Ukraine gig was corrupt, just not in the way Republican conspiracists claim it was Cory Doctorow
censorship Tiktok has become a vital tool for monitoring abuses against Xinjiang Uyghurs, but that's threatened by the company's new censorship rules Cory Doctorow
books Notpetya: the incredible story of an escaped US cyberweapon, Russian state hackers, and Ukraine's cyberwar Cory Doctorow
tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan
Business Pangea raised $180m to buy up low-rent Chicago properties "to help poor people," and then created the most brutally efficient eviction mill in Chicago history Cory Doctorow
class war Burning Man purges one-percenter camp that charged up to $100K, littered like crazy, and ripped off its attendees Cory Doctorow
crime Detroit cop who posted racist video of woman he made walk home in freezing cold was once charged with torturing ex-girlfriend Rob Beschizza
gender The FBI invented a fictitious "abortion extremist" movement, then warned local cops about potential acts of domestic terror from it Cory Doctorow
