health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow
Business Big Tech has established a "kill zone" of business ideas that startups can't get funded to try Cory Doctorow
class war The majority of US workers live in "employment monopsonies" where there is little or no competition for workers Cory Doctorow
Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff
tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Business Businesses and stores are adding AI to security cameras for social distancing and mask-wearing compliance Xeni Jardin
protests The student movements at the vanguard of Chile's protests are allied with former student leaders now serving in Congress Cory Doctorow
cool kids 8-year-old, denied school picture over cool hairstyle, becomes star of own photoshoot Rob Beschizza
Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow
law Affluent parents surrender custody of their kids to "scam" their way into needs-based college scholarships Cory Doctorow
antitrust To help the news business, subject Big Tech to antitrust — but don't forget Big News's antitrust problem Cory Doctorow
Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow
Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
