aviation United passenger threatened with handcuffs to make room for "higher-priority" traveler Mark Frauenfelder

aviation Oversold, understated and authoritarian: debullshitifying the reporting on United's "removal" of Dr David Dao Cory Doctorow

fraud Restoration revealed 1920s roulette table was rigged Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Federal magistrate judge in Illinois rules that being forced to unlock your phone with a fingerprint could violate your rights Cory Doctorow

corruption By stealing from innocents, Chicago PD amassed tens of millions in a secret black budget for surveillance gear Cory Doctorow

picks Report finds over 125,000 complaints against more than 25,000 Chicago police officers Xeni Jardin

corruption Merciless reporting on the Chicago Police Department's extortion racket, & the senior officials who covered it up Cory Doctorow

crime Chicago reporter's three grim years of covering overnight crime Andrea James

scholarship Predictive policing predicts police harassment, not crime Cory Doctorow

corruption Chicago cops switched off bodycams and high-fived after shooting unarmed black teen Cory Doctorow

picks Mother's Day was Chicago's most violent weekend in the last 7 months Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Chicago’s hottest tourist ticket: a corruption walking-tour Cory Doctorow

picks Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Report: racism, corruption, and a "broken system" Cory Doctorow

politics Photo of Bernie Sanders being arrested in 1963 Chicago protest Cory Doctorow

police Report: Chicago PD dashcams sabotaged by officers Rob Beschizza

corruption In the data, Chicago's crooked cops are so obvious they practically glow Cory Doctorow

corruption Survivor-count for the Chicago PD's black-site/torture camp climbs to 7,000+ Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Hands-free, self-saranwrapping toilet at O'Hare Airport Cory Doctorow