History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan

climate change There's 22 million gallons of nuclear waste under a concrete dome on a Pacific Island, and it's sinking Thom Dunn

racism Old UK military film about Belize incredibly smug and insulting Rob Beschizza

happy mutants We Stand on Guard: in 100 years, America seizes Canada for its water Cory Doctorow

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

brexit After Brexit, Britain may finally lose its Marbles — specifically the ones they stole from Greece Thom Dunn

politics Wakanda removed from official U.S. list of trade partners Rob Beschizza

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

Old school An archive of Freedom, Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham's radical Harlem newspaper Cory Doctorow

videos Bruce Sterling on the next 50 years of climate-wracked maker architecture Cory Doctorow

elections Why Democratic Socialists aren't afraid to call themselves "Socialist" anymore Cory Doctorow

books Paypal blacklists payments for a World Socialists pamphlet about the Iranian opposition Cory Doctorow

privacy The coming EU privacy regulation will end up remaking the world's web Cory Doctorow

History The brilliant book that inspired Dune author Frank Herbert Rob Beschizza

Science Psychology journal editor asked to resign for refusing to review papers unless he can see the data Rob Beschizza

science fiction Mumia Abu Jamal on science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek and American imperialism Cory Doctorow

science fiction The word "taser" comes from an old racist science fiction novel Cory Doctorow

shakespeare The meaning of blackness in Othello Rob Beschizza

books Tales of the Gold Monkey, another lost tv treasure Jason Weisberger