racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow

Technology FBI and DHS's CISA warn China-backed hackers are targeting U.S. COVID-19 research Xeni Jardin

Weird Hawaii police seek fruit thieves who stole $1K worth of durian and other exotics Xeni Jardin

crime Florida man impersonated state prosecutors in order to drop charges against himself David Pescovitz

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin

florida Florida Man is back and he's packing a sword Seamus Bellamy

law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

art Two suspects arrested after $5 million gold toilet stolen from Britain's Blenheim Palace Xeni Jardin

In search of How coconut crabs may have absconded with Amelia Earhart's skeleton Clive Thompson

surveillance Amazon struck secret deals with local cops to get them to push surveillance-camera doorbells Cory Doctorow

law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow

videos Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow

security Hackers stole a US Customs and Border Patrol facial recognition database Cory Doctorow

Weird Thief sucked used Burger King grease into 1,600 gallon truck container to resell for biofuel Xeni Jardin

class war The Pinkertons' plan for climate change: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Netherlands court strikes down Dutch grifter's patent claim over Ethiopia's ancient staple grain teff Cory Doctorow

puzzles This is what 'going viral' looks like Rusty Blazenhoff

guns Washington State county sheriff refuses to enforce new gun laws Seamus Bellamy

News FBI report shows thousands more hate crimes in Trump's first year, a record high Xeni Jardin