tabloids Coronavirus is the new black. COVID-19 hits the stars and the Royals in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow
scholarship Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
Business "Harbinger households": neighborhoods that consistently buy products that get discontinued, buy real-estate that underperforms, and donate to losing political candidates Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Civil society groups protest the sale of .ORG to a private equity fund and a collection of Republican billionaires Cory Doctorow
class war The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich Cory Doctorow
security Why haven't cyberinsurers exerted more pressure on companies to be better at security? Cory Doctorow
Business Countries with higher levels of unionization have lower per-capita carbon footprints Cory Doctorow
uk UK ISP Association, spies, censorship organsation jointly condemn Mozilla for supporting secure DNS because it breaks UK internet censorship rules Cory Doctorow
health Why is the American Medical Association finally weighing to oppose anti-abortion bills Cory Doctorow
security "Massive scale" intrusion into mobile carriers' networks exposed customers' location, call data for years Cory Doctorow
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
john oliver John Oliver tackles the Sacklers: the litigious, secretive billionaires whose family business engineered the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
fake news Scientology hell, Hollywood destroyed, and Prince Charles’ illegal marriage, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan