transgender Bank card makes it easier for trans and non-binary people to display their true names Thom Dunn

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Trans Rights Op-ed recommendation: “Why Straight Men Kill The Trans Women They Love” Caroline Siede

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

Technology IBM to exit facial recognition business, opposes use of AI technology for mass surveillance Xeni Jardin

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

Business ICANN board votes to reject .org registry sale to private equity firm Ethos Capital Xeni Jardin

surveillance Under coronavirus lockdown, Russia expands surveillance state Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Stream this powerful theatre production about class and motherhood right now Thom Dunn

music The 'Super Bad Transmittable Contagious Awful Virus' song, a parody of 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!' Xeni Jardin

health Coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, WHO says Xeni Jardin

oligarchy What the late, great James Connolly got right about socialism and oligarchies Thom Dunn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

poetry Ferlinghetti's prescient poem, "Pity the Nation," describes actual SOTU, 2020 Gareth Branwyn

racism Delta fined for discriminating against Muslim passengers Rob Beschizza

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corporatism The sordid tale of Microsoft's epic tax evasion and the war they waged against the IRS Cory Doctorow

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn