money Can you pass this personal financial literacy test? David Pescovitz

politics U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Trump can continue to keep his finances secret Xeni Jardin

politics SCOTUS to hear Trump tax and financial records cases on May 12, remotely Xeni Jardin

Economy This chart reveals why the rising GDP hasn't helped the middle class Mark Frauenfelder

design Instead of plastic bottles, here's drinking water in an edible blob Mark Frauenfelder

Business Billionaire Bloomberg won't have to disclose finances until late March Xeni Jardin

Business Fatal car wrecks are correlated with stock-market fluctuations Cory Doctorow

crime Court case lays bare KPMG's crimes: poaching employees from its own regulators and making them steal government secrets Cory Doctorow

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Gadgets Master your finances in 2020 with the help of this QuickBooks® training Boing Boing's Shop

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 Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow

snowden Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow

politics Giuliani's Ukraine business dealings probed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan Xeni Jardin

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health Sleuths discover the source of $28m in dark money lobbying in favor of emergency room "surprise bills": private equity firms that own doctors' practices Cory Doctorow

politics Trump is "not well" Rob Beschizza

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