History Forced prison labor put downward pressure on wages at American companies, worsening inequality Cory Doctorow
health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow
predatory lending How New York taxi drivers were conned and bankrupted by medallion loan sharks Mark Frauenfelder
happy mutants Access Restricted: revolutionary teens escape the domes of All Rights Restricted and try for universal liberation Cory Doctorow
class war GDP vs human thriving: a "healthy" economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing Cory Doctorow
strange coincidences Is the villain in Ready Player One based on Scientology leader David Miscavige? Mark Frauenfelder
class war Prisoners sent to Christian "rehab" diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps Cory Doctorow
Annalee Newitz's Autonomous: a robosexual romp through an unequal future where biotech patent-enforcement is the only law Cory Doctorow
class war Trucking company fires worker who spoke to reporter about working conditions, takes truck and $60,000 from him Cory Doctorow
music SXSW will remove contractual immigration threats for international artists who play the show Cory Doctorow