Business LA's new rule: homeless people are only allowed to own one trashcan's worth of things Cory Doctorow

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn

News COVID-19 grows in Los Angeles's poorer communities Jason Weisberger

movies Why some movies and TV shows now have a strange "yellow tint" David Pescovitz

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

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

corruption Olympics warns athletes that kneeling, fist-raising and other political actions will be banned at the Tokyo 2020 games Cory Doctorow

climate change Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time's Person of the Year Rob Beschizza

kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

class war After workers tried to form a union, trans rights group ditches most of its staff Cory Doctorow

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philosophy How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn

happy mutants The First Scarfolk Annual: a mysterious artifact from a curiously familiar eternal grimdark 1970s Cory Doctorow

health In Kansas's poor, sick places, hospitals and debt collectors send the ailing to debtor's prison Cory Doctorow

dream vacations Jaywick once again named Britain's poorest town Rob Beschizza

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan