florida Student body president at University of Florida is facing impeachment proceedings over payments to Donald Trump Jr Thom Dunn
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
education NJ school district bans indebted students from prom and field trips, refuses offer to pay off lunch debt Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Just This Banjo: free/open banjo instruction for an angry moment, because you can't be sad while playing the banjo Cory Doctorow
News Maria Butina pleads GUILTY. Russian spy “knowingly engaged in conspiracy against the United States” Xeni Jardin
fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Elvis is haunting Wayne Newton, and Sean Hannity’s secrets are revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
politics Kavanaugh's Yale fraternity brothers posing with a flag of womens' underwear (PHOTO) Xeni Jardin
Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart
solidarity A generation after American "libertarians" helped with mass disappearances, torture and murder of left-wing activists, Frente Amplio surge in Chilean elections Cory Doctorow
christ what an asshole Citing Trump, Philippines dictator declares himself to be a "fascist" and vows to persecute peaceful left-wing opposition groups Cory Doctorow
politics Watch Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Tim Kaine, Mike Bloomberg speeches at 2016 DNC (Video) Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Snowden's flesh is trapped in Russia, but his mind roams the world in a robot body Cory Doctorow
crypto Obama: cryptographers who don't believe in magic ponies are "fetishists," "absolutists" Cory Doctorow