Business Chinese environment ministry finds widespread pollution coverups and corruption at the local government level Cory Doctorow

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

tabloids Megxit Explodes – Who’s to blame? in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business From Enron to Saudi Arabia, from Rikers Island to ICE's gulag, how McKinsey serves as "Capitalism's Consigliere" Cory Doctorow

grifters George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie Thom Dunn

happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trumpism Despite denials, it's clear that Google's new top national security hire was instrumental to Trump's #KidsInCages policy Cory Doctorow

crime Five hitmen jailed after trying to subcontract job to one another Rob Beschizza

corruption 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

law Bizarre story of a millionaire hacker's secret tunnel system and a tragic death Rob Beschizza

alt-right terroristic threats Two police officers fired for Facebook post encouraging the murder of Ocasio-Cortez Mark Frauenfelder

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

media theory The reporter on the NYT's Bernie Sanders beat consistently fails to identify her sources as corporate lobbyists Cory Doctorow

politics Watch Jared Kushner squirm Rob Beschizza

tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama’s secret lover, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art This talented courtroom artist has drawn the trials of John Gotti, Martha Stewart, and Donald Trump David Pescovitz

ngos Report: WWF hires paramilitary torturers and murderers in developing world Rob Beschizza

trumpism Kleptocracy in America: Russian-style corruption, driven by global oligarchs, enabled by US elites Cory Doctorow