human rights Report estimates over 400,000 slaves currently live in the US Andrea James

slavery Listen: Voice recordings of black slaves Rusty Blazenhoff

thailand That shrimp you're eating may have been peeled and packed by slaves Xeni Jardin

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

north korea Kim Jong-un's not dead, he's at his seaside palace relaxing with his 2,000 sex slaves, say papers Mark Frauenfelder

America How the United States re-branded as "America" Thom Dunn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

useful stuff Interview with Douglas Rushkoff Mark Frauenfelder

cyberpunk Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace? Thom Dunn

sports Boos vs. 'USA!' as Trump and Melania take field for National Anthem at college football championship Xeni Jardin

college A 52-year-old ex-Navy SEAL reflects on his first semester as a freshman at Yale Thom Dunn

education Elementary school apologizes after children of color were asked by peers to role-play as slaves for lesson David Pescovitz

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

racism Hollywood exec wanted to cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The Porch of Doom: a Halloween haunt that sends visitors to a billionaires' Mars where they are expected to do all the dirty work Cory Doctorow

facebook In Kuwait, domestic laborers are bought and sold on Instagram Xeni Jardin

futility closet In 1631, Barbary pirates abducted 107 people from an Irish village and forced them into a life of slavery Futility Closet