hotels Man claims it's cheaper to spend your old age in a Holiday Inn than a nursing home David Pescovitz

Science At least 12 states inflated coronavirus testing count or deflated deaths Xeni Jardin

politics Coronavirus: 'The notion that everyone needs to be tested is nonsensical' — Kayleigh McEnany, Trump Press Sec Xeni Jardin

health New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares coronavirus state of emergency, confirms 76 cases Xeni Jardin

robots Very weird faceless robot baby for elderly people David Pescovitz

health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

Business Ivanka Trump to get 16 new China trademarks, including one for 'voting machines' Xeni Jardin

Business With the App Store monopoly case, the Supreme Court could reverse decades of frustrated antitrust enforcement Cory Doctorow

law An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into forced arbitration, deprived of the right to class lawsuits Cory Doctorow

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gop Trump wants to cap lifetime Medicaid benefits, even for disabled people, the chronically ill, and people with Alzheimer's Cory Doctorow

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Business Desperate last-ditch attempt to save the right to sue abusive nursing homes Cory Doctorow

health Atul Gawande on the importance of preventative care and the disastrous Senate "health" bill Cory Doctorow

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politics Death is freedom: Republicans pass Obamacare repeal bill Rob Beschizza

class war Hedge fund paid terminally ill people to sign up for "death puts" Cory Doctorow

usausausa US governors vow to protect citizens from mass-shooters if they are Syrian Cory Doctorow