modern monetary theory Cory Doctorow wrote a good explainer about modern monetary theory Mark Frauenfelder
police Police chief, stripped of duty, dramatically walks out of town meeting in his underwear David Pescovitz
Business New Trump budget proposes deleting current rider protecting state medical cannabis laws from federal interference Xeni Jardin
elections Meet Jackie Fielder, the recently homeless indigenous woman who's primarying a San Francisco Democrat in a state senate race Cory Doctorow
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism McKinsey bills the US government $3m a year for anodyne advice from 23-year-old college grads Cory Doctorow
Food The south's latest culinary trend: inadequate, rotting prison food, supplemented by cattle feed Cory Doctorow
corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow
trump Taxpayers spent $10b for Trump's wall (so far); smugglers are cutting it with $100 saws and $10 blades Cory Doctorow
finance "The People's Money": A crisp, simple, thorough explanation of how government spending is paid for Cory Doctorow
cable company fuckery Consumer Reports documents the deceptive cable industry practices used to hike real prices 24% over advertised ones Cory Doctorow
los angeles Burbankers! Tell city council to enact a rent freeze between now and when statewide rent control kicks in Cory Doctorow
politics Google tells U.S. House it spends 'hundreds of millions' on content review each year, found +1M 'terrorist videos' on YouTube in Q1 2019 Xeni Jardin
