education About half of Detroit can't read Andrea James

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

occupy Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn

health That time in 2005 when junior senator Barack Obama argued for 'decisive action to prevent a pandemic' Xeni Jardin

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

Japan Fun new Japanese anti-drug video featuring creepy cannabis bats David Pescovitz

satire Marco Rubio's recent rant on socialism accidentally proved Marx right Thom Dunn

education Watch this teacher's brutal resignation speech to her school board David Pescovitz

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

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

666 Now on eBay: burnt bits of Aleister Crowley's infamous Boleskine House David Pescovitz

science fiction Welcome to 2020 and your annual State of the World discussion with Bruce Sterling, Jon Lebkowsky and The WELL Cory Doctorow

Business U-Haul decides to stop hiring nicotine users Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Happy Public Domain Day 2020! Cory Doctorow

Kids Illinois schools don't just lock special ed kids in solitary, they also restrain them Cory Doctorow

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow