corruption Petition: make the FBI explain why they didn't bring criminal charges against bank execs Cory Doctorow
institutional cruelty American are being hit with "zombie debts" from government benefits in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder
elections Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptcies Cory Doctorow
corruption An end-run around Citizens United: passing state laws that ban rewarding campaign donors with political favors Cory Doctorow
corruption The sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on the press have long histories of shady dealings, revealed by the press Cory Doctorow
security Attacks that unmask anonymous blockchain transactions can be used against everyone who ever relied on the defective technique Cory Doctorow
uk Julian Assange is now an Ecuadoran citizen, but the UK government still won't let him out of the embassy Cory Doctorow
all the justice money can buy ICE held US citizen for 3.5 years, then dumped him in rural Alabama with no money and no explanation Mark Frauenfelder
Copyfight Class action: publishers paid writers "sale" royalties on ebooks whose fine-print says they're "licensed" Cory Doctorow
Business Motel owner spent 30 years spying on his guests' sex lives, considered himself a "researcher" Cory Doctorow
copyright The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable Glenn Fleishman