crime Woman busted for allegedly running "the QVC of stolen clothes" David Pescovitz

music Wuhan, coronavirus ground zero, is also China’s punk music capital Xeni Jardin

canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow

military Could Brazil become a military dictatorship once again? Seamus Bellamy

china The last of China's cave dwellers want nothing to do with modern housing Seamus Bellamy

class war Coal execs' pay rises and rises, while miners' wages stagnate Cory Doctorow

books Spill Zone: fast-paced, spooky YA comic about the haunted ruins of Poughkeepsie Cory Doctorow

politics Milosevic, Berlusconi, Trump Jasmina Tesanovic

nyc Coming soon to New York, an underground park: The Lowline Xeni Jardin

corruption Illinois prisons spy on prisoners, sue them for rent on their cells if they have any money Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Brian Krebs's "Spam Nation" Cory Doctorow

When Russians thought the Internet would make them free Sergey Kuznetsov

politics EuroMaidan: a Facebook revolution in the streets of Kiev Daniel Kovzhun

Environment Inside a mile-deep open-pit copper mine after a catastrophic landslide Tim Heffernan

The Sound of Silence in the National Library Glenn Fleishman