labor Catalonian General Strike called for tomorrow, separation imminent Cory Doctorow

police brutality Troops fire rubber bullets to prevent Catalan independence vote, injure at least 465 Cory Doctorow

eu After Madrid seized Catalonia's ballot boxes, they unveiled their secret backup stash of ballot boxes Cory Doctorow

statues Melania statue in Slovenia is removed after it was burned by mysterious "vandals" Carla Sinclair

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

holidays Happy Independence Day Rob Beschizza

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Los Angeles County beaches CLOSED for 4th of July weekend as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

pentagon The Pentagon developed a plan to stop a potential Gen Z rebellion in the 2020s. Thom Dunn

Gadgets Kickstart your freelance career with the help of these online classes Boing Boing's Shop

books The best 250 adventure novels of the 20th century Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Send Pics: ripping, brutal, amazing novel about teens, sextortion, revenge and justice Cory Doctorow

tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets You're probably paying too much for car insurance, but that's an easy fix Boing Boing's Shop

fantasy A free short story about Irish history to read while you're quarantined over St. Patrick's Day Thom Dunn

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