music Today is the 30th anniversary of REM's "Lifes Rich Pageant" David Pescovitz

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

b-side Trump administration is drafting plans for corporate moon mining Thom Dunn

music On the 50th anniversary of Kent State Massacre, listen to the Isley Brothers' "Ohio" David Pescovitz

music Shut in sounds: Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" Gareth Branwyn

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

creativity How to roll an imaginary 6-sided die in your head Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 What it's like to experience the dreaded COVID-19 "cytokine storm" Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 A train engineer in California took the Trolley Problem way too literally and did it bad Thom Dunn

coronavirus Stream this powerful theatre production about class and motherhood right now Thom Dunn

Nature A featherless nestling fell out of its nest and onto our doorstep, here's what we did Rusty Blazenhoff

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

News Jailed Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus, NYT confirms Xeni Jardin

russia Russia's airborne dicketry comes close to America's shores Seamus Bellamy

oligarchy What the late, great James Connolly got right about socialism and oligarchies Thom Dunn

politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza