Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow
elections Two years ago, Juli Briskman was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade; now she's been elected as a Virginia county supervisor Cory Doctorow
justice U.S. reinstates death penalty, AG William Barr orders execution of 5 federal inmates Xeni Jardin
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow
Kids Chicago is demanding that children on bail wear private-sector ankle-cuffs with mics that can record them without their consent Cory Doctorow
fake news Scientology hell, Hollywood destroyed, and Prince Charles’ illegal marriage, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
News A portrait of Maria Butina, as told through the accused Russian agent's social media profiles Xeni Jardin
fake news Tabloids turn on Trump, Brad and Jen reunite, and Natalie Wood’s death mystery solved, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
law In 1968, the Supreme Court gutted the Fourth Amendment, certain that it would all work out in the end. It didn't. Cory Doctorow
crime Mladic the genocide: a moment of silence for the Balkans' lost lives, honor and credibility Jasmina Tesanovic
fake news Celebrity cosmetic surgery, secret hookups, and a baby black market, all in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan
crime Obama's legacy: eight years of not holding executives criminally responsible for their companies' misdeeds Cory Doctorow
