Copyfight Insider sources say Apple is shutting its east Texas stores to escape the jurisdiction of America's worst patent court Cory Doctorow
fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow
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racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow
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corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's staffing up a news vertical full of crime stories designed to scare you into buying a spying, snitching "smart" doorbell Cory Doctorow
picks Creek Indians donate $180,000 to cover funeral costs for 23 Alabama tornado victims Xeni Jardin
class war American towns survive by fining poor people, and use debtors' prisons to make them pay Cory Doctorow
corruption America's big box stores sucked up corporate welfare and killed Main Street — now they're ducking property tax Cory Doctorow
britain Spiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk Rob Beschizza
facebook American Conservative laments market concentration and private property as bad for free expression Cory Doctorow
