graphic novels Diary of an unknown soldier from WWI illustrated by a contemporary cartoonist Wink

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

law Three Nevada casinos sued over coronavirus protections for workers, unions claim dangerous working conditions Xeni Jardin

History Watch the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video in under four minutes Seamus Bellamy

law IRS sues Facebook for $9bn Rob Beschizza

Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

filmmaking The magic of movie miniatures via the Slice of Life fan film Gareth Branwyn

politics The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United Cory Doctorow

health Medicare for All would cut most Americans' taxes, creating the biggest American take-home pay raise in a generation Cory Doctorow

corruption Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow

twitter Twitter wants to develop an open, decentralized, federated social media standard…and then join it Cory Doctorow

deaths RIP René Auberjonois Rob Beschizza

eff We need to save .ORG from arbitrary censorship by halting the private equity buy-out Mitch Stoltz

education Indiana University Provost: The First Amendment says we can't fire our notorious bigot professor, so here's what we're doing instead Cory Doctorow

Business Huawei to get 3 more months before US ban is enacted Xeni Jardin

Shotguns and Accordions: the 1970s marijuana music of Colombia David Pescovitz

books The second book in Martha Well's 'Murderbot Diaries' is wonderful Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Bipartisan legislation would force Big Tech to allow interoperability with small competitors Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow