racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

australia Australia's new logo looks like coronavirus stock art Rob Beschizza

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

politics Healthcare providers facing criminal inquiries got coronavirus stimulus checks from Trump Xeni Jardin

politics Trump owes 10s of millions to Bank of China, reports Politico Xeni Jardin

politics As coronavirus spreads, Melania Trump defends new White House tennis pavilion Xeni Jardin

crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Ace your taxes and become more financially literate with this training Boing Boing's Shop

climate change Republicans get billions of dollars in public funding to fight climate change by pretending that it isn't real Thom Dunn

law Bill from Missouri's Rep Ben Baker threatens librarians with prison sentences for allowing minors to read books banned by town committees Cory Doctorow

crime Court case lays bare KPMG's crimes: poaching employees from its own regulators and making them steal government secrets Cory Doctorow

Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow

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

politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups Xeni Jardin

corruption Foxconn wants Wisconsin to keep paying it billions, but it won't disclose what kind of factory it will build 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

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow