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

coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn

coronavirus How the coronavirus response reveals the arbitrary bullshit of so many US policies Thom Dunn

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn

incarceration Objectivity is a myth, and a single tweet explains why Thom Dunn

Gadgets This cash management account lets you literally pay it forward Boing Boing's Shop

criminals Incarcerated fraudster Martin Shkreli says he can cure coronavirus if he's released from prison Mark Frauenfelder

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

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

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow

corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow

health China is still harvesting organs from prisoners and covering it up Cory Doctorow

corruption The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic Cory Doctorow

politics Why don't more Chinese people oppose the Chinese government? Cory Doctorow

torture The treadmill was commonly used to punish prisoners with hard labor David Pescovitz

human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow

corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow

corruption A trove of leaks show that Brazil's "anti-corruption" task force was secretly trying to oust Lula and install a far-right strongman Cory Doctorow

twitter AOC condemns solitary confinement for Paul Manafort Cory Doctorow