News WHO: Risk of returning to lockdown ‘very real’ if countries don’t manage coronavirus transitions carefully Xeni Jardin
kentucky Registered voters in Kentucky have reached an all-time high ahead of Mitch McConnell's re-election Thom Dunn
Civil War Virginia will eliminate state holiday honoring confederate generals and make Election Day a holiday instead Mark Frauenfelder
trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow
music Private equity looters startled to be called out by name in Taylor Swift award-acceptance speech Cory Doctorow
climate "Hope literacy," "functional denial" and other ways to keep going in this difficult time Cory Doctorow
elections Twitter is awash in disinformation bots tweeting lies about the Kentucky gubernatorial election results Cory Doctorow
scholarship An academic pollster explains why she thinks any Democratic nominee will win the presidency in 2020 Cory Doctorow
politics Boris Johnson tops first vote in UK Conservative Party election; winner will be prime minister too Rob Beschizza
elections All weekend, California Democrats booed neoliberal would-be presidents who talked down the Green New Deal and Medicare for All Cory Doctorow
youtube After viral Youtube denunciations, Germany's establishment parties falter — so the ruling party's leader faxed her colleagues demanding action Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Telcoms lobbyists have convinced 26 states to ban or restrict municipal broadband Cory Doctorow
net neutrality House Republicans propose poisoning Net Neutrality bill with Article-13-like liability Cory Doctorow
grand old pedophiles Tucker Carlson concedes child rape is "unpopular" in passionate defense of child rape Rob Beschizza
article 13 UPDATED! How do you pass the most unpopular measure in European history? With the most undemocratic dirty trick in EU history: stop the #Article13 vote from being moved ahead of day of protest! Cory Doctorow
