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History A brief history of how the rich world brutalized and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to Cory Doctorow

not food The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Man gets life in prison for selling $20 worth of weed to undercover cop Mark Frauenfelder
Science Donate to help schools purchase science supplies Maggie Koerth
art Scenes from "Petrochemical America" David Pescovitz
Business Provocative metaphor for the Irish bailout Cory Doctorow
Science Elderly gentleman wants to give away reproductions of 1839 atlas (UPDATED) Xeni Jardin
Business Debt-crisis explained through tearful laughter Cory Doctorow
Business September 2008 crash cost $108K per US household Cory Doctorow
Action Chevron demands "Crude" filmmaker hand over footage Xeni Jardin
Culture Wade Davis on voodoo, the Haiti quake, and Pat Robertson David Pescovitz
Action New Orleans cops use ancient "unnatural copulation" law to turn prostitutes into sex-offenders Cory Doctorow
Art and Design Mardi Gras photos from 1956: "Cowboy and Belle," by John Mizenko Xeni Jardin
Culture The Year Before The Flood: Chapter One excerpt (text and audio) Ned Sublette
Funny One terabuck, visualized Cory Doctorow
History Bailout costs more than Marshall Plan, Louisiana Purchase, moonshot, S&L bailout, Korean War, New Deal, Iraq war, Vietnam war, and NASA's lifetime budget — *combined*! Cory Doctorow
Los Disneys: Magic Kingdom shooter game Cory Doctorow
Book Howard Waldrop blog Cory Doctorow
Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke" Katrina doc is online Xeni Jardin
Katrina: Blog account from Oklahoma "FEMA Detainment Camp" Xeni Jardin