family politics Trump's son-in-law's brother Joshua Kushner quietly donates $50,000 to gun-control's March For Our Lives Carla Sinclair
voter suppression Kentucky Election Board conveniently cuts 3,500 polling stations ahead of primaries Thom Dunn
News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin
Business Nearly 27 million Americans lost their job-based health insurance in pandemic, study shows Xeni Jardin
tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
corruption The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic Cory Doctorow
star wars "To Boldly Go With The Force", Mindy Clegg's essay on the politics of popular sci-fi Ken Snider
not food The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story Cory Doctorow