california Deep-fried filet mignon, spaghetti donuts, and "unicorn-specific" foods debut at the San Diego County Fair Rusty Blazenhoff
coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn
police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn
corruption Foxconn wants Wisconsin to keep paying it billions, but it won't disclose what kind of factory it will build Cory Doctorow
racism Meet the Krazy Klown Kavalcade of racists, homophobes, islamophobes and transphobes serving as appointed South Carolina magistrates Cory Doctorow
corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow
tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants McMansion Hell visits the wealthy DC suburbs, home to the Brick Behemoth, the Tragic Tudor, the Chonky Corinthian, and more! Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's plan for traffic deaths from same-day delivery: deflect blame to anonymous subcontractors Cory Doctorow
politics In Ireland, Mike Pence stays at Trump’s Doonbeg resort 150 miles away from VP's meetings in Dublin Xeni Jardin
jeffrey epstein Palm Beach sheriff opens internal affairs investigation into Jeffrey Epstein Florida case Xeni Jardin
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder
