Keep the homeless homeless Man who invites homeless people to his home during freezing temperatures threatened by city officials Carla Sinclair
drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn
san francisco SF residents dump "anti-homeless" boulders, prankster puts them on Craigslist Rusty Blazenhoff
dark patterns DoNotPay's latest service will auto-cancel your free trials before the billing period starts Cory Doctorow
Business Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow
racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente
los angeles In homeless LA, the families, retirees and working people who live in their cars are desperate for overnight parking Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "prosperity gospel" convinces poor people to give everything to grifty millionaire preachers Cory Doctorow
Business Pangea raised $180m to buy up low-rent Chicago properties "to help poor people," and then created the most brutally efficient eviction mill in Chicago history Cory Doctorow
homelessness Sesame Street introduces Lily, the first muppet to experience homelessness Rusty Blazenhoff
trump The prosecutor who helped a rich serial child rapist escape justice is now a Trump Cabinet member Cory Doctorow
california Bay Area organization offers free birthday parties to homeless kids, cake and all Rusty Blazenhoff