racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow
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 AT&T hikes business customers' bills by up to 7%, charging them to recoup its own property taxes Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
elections America's super-rich write to Democratic presidential hopefuls, demanding a wealth tax Cory Doctorow
monopolism The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow
beating the system Man pretends empty house is his, rents it out, and becomes official owner under squatters' rights Carla Sinclair
law Farming while Black: farmers allegedly sold fake certified seed in an effort to bankrupt them Seamus Bellamy
usausausa How an obscure law allowed white, rich developers to steal African-Americans' land for a century Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Oakland elementary school students resist Caltrans' insistence on taking copyright to their mural Cory Doctorow
Technology Student finds GPS bug on car, uploads photo, FBI demands to have their warrantless bug back Cory Doctorow