devos DeVos' Civil Rights Office appointee opposes civil rights Jason Weisberger

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

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

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

debt High prices and debt mean millennials don't plan to stop renting, and that's before their parents retire and become dependent on them Cory Doctorow

economics Washington establishment freaks out as Modern Monetary Theory gains currency Cory Doctorow

Inside the lives of people writing essays for US students Clive Thompson

trumpism Wisconsin commissioned an independent report on how to fix the Foxconn deal. Result: it can't be done. Cory Doctorow

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

Business Huawei plans hundreds of layoffs at U.S.-based research subsidiary Futurewei Xeni Jardin

Gadgets 10 cooking gadgets that belong in any kitchen Boing Boing's Shop

trumpism Foxconn's inconsistent, chaotic behavior in Wisconsin looks awfully grifty Cory Doctorow

Business Sears not dead yet, Lampert wins bankruptcy auction with $5.2 billion bid Xeni Jardin

Copyfight The EU's Copyright Directive charm offensive pats Europeans on the head and tells them leave it up to the corporations Cory Doctorow

Business Sears chairman Eddie Lampert submits new $5 billion bid to save doomed retailer Xeni Jardin

class war Trump gave AT&T a $20B tax break and killed Net Neutrality, now they're prepping mass layoffs Cory Doctorow

education US tax shortfalls have our public schools begging for donations Cory Doctorow

gop As Wisconsin's corporate welfare to Foxconn keeps rising, the number of jobs to be created keeps falling Cory Doctorow