Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy 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
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow
music Tiktok is valued at $75b, is spending $3m/day on US advertising, and in China, it has been turned into a state propaganda vehicle Cory Doctorow
normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin
smart cities IBM supplied surveillance gear to Davao while Duterte was mayor and cheering on the city's police-linked death-squads Cory Doctorow
eff The European Copyright Directive: What is it, and why has it drawn more controversy than any other Directive in EU history? Cory Doctorow
politics Alleged human sex trafficker gave thousands to Trump campaign and hung out with Don Jr. at Mar-a-Lago Xeni Jardin
politics Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposes gag order on Roger Stone, can no longer speak publicly about the investigation or case Xeni Jardin
ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow
