Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow
nazis The Guardian has outed the true identity of the mysterious founder of the Base, a white nationalist terror group Cory Doctorow
trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism NYC paid McKinsey $27.5m to reduce violence at Riker's, producing useless recommendations backed by junk evidence Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation 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
corruption Across America, DMVs make millions selling your license data to private eyes — and randos Cory Doctorow
Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow
News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin
transparency Suppressed internal emails reveal that the IRS actively helped tax-prep giants suppress Free File Cory Doctorow
police Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to realtime 911 data for use in scary alerts sent to Ring owners Cory Doctorow
surveillance Amazon's secret deals with cops gave corporate PR a veto over everything the cops said about their products Cory Doctorow
Your tax dollars at work Even the fireworks were corrupt at Trump's July 4th 'Salute to America' Xeni Jardin
health Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death Cory Doctorow
Technology Trump approved Saudi Arabia nuclear technology permits twice after Khashoggi murder Xeni Jardin
politics FLINT: Investigators seize technology devices of former GOP governor Rick Snyder and 65 others Xeni Jardin
class war Connecticut's racist NIMBYs have used zoning laws and dirty tricks to make it one of the most unequal, racially segregated states in the union Cory Doctorow
