neighborhoods Gallery of 34 notes written by pissed-off neighbors Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Topic is an international favorites streaming service that’s on sale for just $2.50 a month Boing Boing's Shop

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

politics Trump claims he didn't know racist origin of his 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' tweet (and WH retweet) Xeni Jardin

News COVID-19 grows in Los Angeles's poorer communities Jason Weisberger

COVID-19 California city turns 74 miles of streets car-free to allow residents more space to social distance Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Black and Latino New Yorkers are dying of coronavirus at twice the rate of whites Xeni Jardin

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin

politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

marijuana Citing experience selling marijuana, unemployed Chicagoans seek permits to sell legally Jason Weisberger

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

late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow

scholarship Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow

Business "Harbinger households": neighborhoods that consistently buy products that get discontinued, buy real-estate that underperforms, and donate to losing political candidates Cory Doctorow

racism Amazon secretly planned to use facial recognition and Ring doorbells to create neighborhood "watch lists" Cory Doctorow

law About Face: EFF's new campaign to end government use of face surveillance Cory Doctorow

california California's housing bubble is spilling over into poor and exurban neighborhoods, creating waves of crises Cory Doctorow