happy mutants Cabaret with the “Pope of Trash” John Waters in Providence, RI (Sat. 10/24) David Pescovitz
trump Immigrant detention facility driver slams truck into protesters, causing serious injuries Xeni Jardin
health The widening health gap between America's rich and poor is the result of worse health for the poor, not better health for the rich Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism How a millionaire slumlord got sweetheart government deals to maintain armed forces housing and then left them to rot Cory Doctorow
trumpism The longest-serving Congressman in US history proposes a four fixes for American democracy Cory Doctorow
picks Cop who killed black man in his own apartment could face murder charges from new District Attorney Seamus Bellamy
News Scott Pruitt quits EPA after corruption exposed by staffers. His resignation letter to Trump is bonkers. Xeni Jardin
Copyfight France's Front National (who support the EU's mandatory copyright filters) furious when Youtube's copyright filters kill their channel Cory Doctorow
History A brief history of how the rich world brutalized and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to Cory Doctorow
sixties Original Rankin/Bass 'Rudolph' puppets up for sale, but have an enormous price tag Rusty Blazenhoff
Science New York's rat population has genetically diverged into "uptown" and "downtown" subpopulation Cory Doctorow
surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar