finance Sanders and AOC team up for an anti-loansharking bill that will replace payday lenders with post-office banking Cory Doctorow

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

covid Covid-19 is making New York kinky again Matt Maranian

politics UK trade minister resigns after threatening member of public Rob Beschizza

politics Trump owes 10s of millions to Bank of China, reports Politico Xeni Jardin

politics Senate unanimously passes ~$500 billion coronavirus relief bill to add funds for hospitals, testing, small business loans Xeni Jardin

Business Personal data of 8,000 Economic Injury Disaster Loan applicants may have been shared with others Xeni Jardin

coronavirus How does your local hospital's access to COVID-19 resources like ICU beds and ventilators stack up with other U.S cities? Xeni Jardin

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

art Van Gogh swiped last night during museum smash-and-grab David Pescovitz

News 'CANCEL THE RENT' projected on NYC skyscraper by The Illuminator Xeni Jardin

Business Airlines want $50 Billion federal bailout for coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Technology Adam Savage builds a steampunk rickshaw to be pulled by a Boston Dynamics robot Gareth Branwyn

scams Shady home builder exposed Rob Beschizza

Funny Man gets 55,000 duplicate letters from student loan company Xeni Jardin

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

graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow

corruption Jamie Dimon is a (highly selective) socialist Cory Doctorow

design Fancy "ambient light" projector creates illusion of window overlooking trees David Pescovitz

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz