sexism Because sexism: Mansize Kleenex to be renamed Rusty Blazenhoff

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

marketing Hello, Dolly… and goodbye, Bob's Big Boy?! Rusty Blazenhoff

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

mistakes Oregon cop "cleared" after flashing white power sign at right-wing demonstrators Rob Beschizza

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

racism Facebook says they removed 220 'Boogaloo' groups and 95 Instagram accounts Xeni Jardin

music UK Royal Mail issues stamps honoring the band Queen David Pescovitz

#blacklivesmatter Homeland Security analyst filmed telling black teen girl, “You don’t deserve to be here” Mark Frauenfelder

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

design Why the Cooper Black typeface is everywhere Mark Frauenfelder

videogames COPS, the Atari arcade videogame from 1994 based on the now-cancelled "reality" TV show David Pescovitz

police The ACLU analyzed the number of police in schools compared to social workers, and the results are staggering Thom Dunn

spiders Three young brothers made a black widow spider bite them, hoped to become Spider-Man David Pescovitz

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

castaways Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys" Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet In 1957, an underdog Mexican team stunned the world of Little League baseball Futility Closet

Monsters The Creature from the Sandpits, a teenage prank that's endured for 60 years David Pescovitz