tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Comic Books Creator of the Punisher is organizing a Black Lives Matter benefit to reclaim the skull symbol from police Thom Dunn
politics Twitter says it won't remove Trump tweets on deceased former Joe Scarborough staffer Lori Klausutis Xeni Jardin
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
corruption Lawmaker admits not independently researching lobbyist's claim that ectopic fetuses could be reimplanted in the uterus, blames medical journals Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn
politics Marianne Williamson assails Trump for pardoning Charles Manson's corpse (he hasn't) Rob Beschizza
corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow
airlines United: woman in Marvel "Black Panther" hat is a threat to passengers, but man in "Rope. Tree. Journalist" shirt is just sharing his opinion Rob Beschizza
law New York AG finds a billion dollars that the Sacklers funneled through a single bank Cory Doctorow
music Charles Manson's deeply dark and twisted interpretation of The Beatles' "White Album" David Pescovitz
Business Monsanto ran a psy-ops war-room to discredit journalists and spy on Neil Young Cory Doctorow
racism Frat boys who posed with rifles in front of a shot-up civil rights memorial kicked out of frat Mark Frauenfelder
alt-right terroristic threats Two police officers fired for Facebook post encouraging the murder of Ocasio-Cortez Mark Frauenfelder
health Anti-vaxxer escalates from wishing children dead to threatening to kill adult lawmakers Xeni Jardin
