prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn

prison You can buy death row inmate's art at the San Quentin gift shop Rusty Blazenhoff

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

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

trump Michael Cohen sent back to jail after being seen dining in Manhattan while on house arrest Rob Beschizza

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Covid-19 hospitalizations increased 50% in California Mark Frauenfelder

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

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

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

trump Trump ad uses Nazi symbol to woo voters Mark Frauenfelder

politics Trump on coronavirus: If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any Xeni Jardin

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

fashion Skin tight, with bite: lion-mauled jeans Matt Maranian

politics Roger Stone proclaims support for Britney Spears in this weird new video Xeni Jardin

books Do libraries fumigate books to disinfect them? David Pescovitz