religion Church nativity scene puts the holy family in cages, because that's how America deals with asylum-seekers like Christ Cory Doctorow

protests D.C. man welcomed over 60 protesters overnight into his home Rusty Blazenhoff

News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin

politics Rob Porter's ex-wives told FBI of abuse, he got Trump WH job and security clearance anyway Xeni Jardin

Trivia Hooray! I’m not the stupidest person at the 2015 Trivia Championships of North America Jackie Fuchs

offworld How card games became cool again Kim Nguyen

travel What it's like to take a 36-hour sleeper train from LA to Seattle Nicole Dieker

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

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