crime FBI agent describes finding "Frankensteins" and a "cooler full of penises" at an unregulated Arizona body-donation center Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch When Trump's #TaxScam meant that affluent people no longer had to use the paid version of Turbotax, Turbotax started charging poor people, disabled people, students and elderly people Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Ex-Fox & Friends host, accused of a Ponzi scheme that turned Indianapolis real-estate investors into slumlords, moves to Portugal Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
Business Understanding "transfer pricing": how corporations dodge taxes through financial colonialism Cory Doctorow
security Independent evaluation of "aggression detection" microphones used in schools and hospitals finds them to be worse than useless Cory Doctorow
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
Business The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow
law Porno copyright troll sentenced to 14 years: "a wrecking ball to trust in the administration of justice" Cory Doctorow
usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow
trumpism The NRA begs gun nuts for donations, spends lavishly on its board of directors and execs Cory Doctorow
corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow
crime That woman who got fired for comparing Michelle Obama to an ape is now going to jail for defrauding FEMA Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow
crowdfunding Trump supporters astonished to learn that the man they gave $20m to "build the wall" has nothing to show for it Cory Doctorow
scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow
