public archives A Studs Terkel Radio Archive will soon be public Jason Weisberger

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

mistakes Exploding Whale Memorial Park opens near site where that beached whale was blown up in 1970 Rusty Blazenhoff

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

History This unlucky fellow was the first person to have been killed by a meteorite in recorded history David Pescovitz

ireland Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. Thom Dunn

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

star wars C-3PO and R2-D2 present a hip-hop PSA about coronavirus Thom Dunn

dna Scientists have successfully performed CRISPR gene editing in a live human body for the first time ever Thom Dunn

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

photography The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million images into the public domain David Pescovitz

cartoons Cartoonist sells his "crappy rejected" New Yorker submissions Rusty Blazenhoff

Ukraine Internal memo proves Fox News knew they were spreading disinformation about Ukraine — especially Hannity Thom Dunn

Space Breathtaking image of a red giant star swallowing another star David Pescovitz

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

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