private property County seizes man's home because he owed $8.41 in property tax Mark Frauenfelder

gop Reminder: ousted California Republican Dana Rohrabacher is a filthy tenant from hell Cory Doctorow

police brutality Police union leader invites bad cops to work in Florida Rob Beschizza

Technology FBI and DHS's CISA warn China-backed hackers are targeting U.S. COVID-19 research Xeni Jardin

oligarchy What the late, great James Connolly got right about socialism and oligarchies Thom Dunn

copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

climate Climate denial has destroyed the libertarian movement Cory Doctorow

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

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

privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow

History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

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

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

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

occult Weird "witch bottle" found in former pub's chimney David Pescovitz

militarized police Cops who blew up innocent man's house don't have to pay, says appeals court Mark Frauenfelder