class war Laurie Penny blazes: Brexit is just the latest alibi for austerity Cory Doctorow

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

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow

climate change Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn

happy mutants Marina Abramovic in Belgrade Jasmina Tesanovic

elections Clown Car 2.0: Matt Taibbi on the Democratic nomination race Cory Doctorow

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

usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

art New Ways of Seeing: James Bridle's BBC radio show about networked digital tools in our "image-soaked culture" Cory Doctorow

trump Triple amputee veteran starts GoFundMe for Trump's border wall Gina Loukareas

History Burned down National Museum of Brazil rises from the ashes, thanks to Google Seamus Bellamy

war Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old is a stunning act of remembrance Seamus Bellamy

Reviews I love the Garmin Tactix Charlie, so it'll likely get lost or broken Seamus Bellamy

music Pianist Henry Butler dead at 69 Seamus Bellamy

History The BBC finally admits that MI5 secretly vetted its employees, an open secret for generations Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Americans have no savings, with good reason: housing, education and health care costs are out of control, wages are stagnant, and the Fed has suppressed interest rates Cory Doctorow

classics Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey Rob Beschizza

News Photos show Richard Branson's private Necker island destroyed by Irma Carla Sinclair

surveillance Bad news: tech is making us more unequal. Good news: tech can make us more equal. Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous