late stage capitalism America's life-expectancy income-gap widens precipitously Cory Doctorow

corruption Cornered FCC admits that its website was never hacked Cory Doctorow

racism The US military is allegedly investigating the cause of racial disparities in the US military Thom Dunn

makers Jimmy DiResta builds a stool with steel finger joints Gareth Branwyn

Culture An American artist illustrates a webcomic love letter to her hometown of Wuhan Thom Dunn

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

Business Coronavirus emergency is 'Public Enemy Number 1,' says World Health Organization Xeni Jardin

Japan Tokyo installing public urinals made from iron to stop a rash of toilet smashing David Pescovitz

Funny 1917… now starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, and Gary the Snail David Pescovitz

Weird Kentucky man who wished to go to jail to support jailed girlfriend gets wish Xeni Jardin

scholarship Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow

torture The treadmill was commonly used to punish prisoners with hard labor David Pescovitz

trump NASA accused of misrepresenting costs in new GAO report, Trump's moon mission now threatened Xeni Jardin

Science Snail slime inspires new super-strong reversible glue David Pescovitz

music Recording studio magic: how Plate Echo works Rob Beschizza

politics Barr: We'll release the Mueller report in a week but first we gotta color code it and redact the bad stuff Xeni Jardin

Science Elon Musk's SpaceX plans NASA test launch Saturday Xeni Jardin

gone with the wind Does anyone remember Flo.Tv or this Superbowl ad? Jason Weisberger

Business Mark Zuckerberg's 15-year Facebook anniversary post dunks on journalism, omits Myanmar Xeni Jardin

politics Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, 116th Congress is most diverse ever Xeni Jardin