sports Athlete Mary Cain: "I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike" Rob Beschizza

AI OpenAI releases larger GPT-2 dataset. Can it write fake news better than a human? Rob Beschizza

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fake news Hillary Clinton’s funeral plans, and how to be like Donald Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

corruption Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies Cory Doctorow

News RNC backs Trump's military transgender ban: A 'disqualifying psychological and physical' condition Xeni Jardin

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

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bible Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus – An exploration of prostitution as found in the Christian bible Gareth Branwyn

Business As criminal justice reform looms, private prison companies get into immigration detention, halfway houses, electronic monitoring, mental health Cory Doctorow

politics Young Earth Creationist will run Arizona Senate education panel Cory Doctorow

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corruption Canadian Tories funneled $8M in tax money to US Republican Party's NGO Cory Doctorow

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The Twinkie Murder trial of Harvey Milk's killer Paul Krassner

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery

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Charles Burns brings his haunting cartoon trilogy to a close with Sugar Skull Patrick Lohier