politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow

money Half of Americans are afraid for their money's safety in banks David Pescovitz

robin williams Robin Williams perfectly breaks down the upcoming financial crisis by mocking the 2008 financial crisis Devin Nealy

drugs The Great US Adderall Shortage is likely going to last at least for another year Thom Dunn

books "Where Are the Elephants?" is Leon Rosselson's memoir Elías Villoro

politics Pelosi steps down Rob Beschizza

podcasts Podcast about Alex Jones's weird, pre-Infowars history Elías Villoro

capitalism Corporations, capitalism and conceptions of the self A.E. Gómez

real estate Look inside Canada's largest mansion which is completely abandoned and a total mess David Pescovitz

deaths John McAfee found dead in jail cell Rob Beschizza

deaths Bernie Madoff, operator of world's largest Ponzi scheme, dead at 82 Rob Beschizza

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

oil Gen Z'ers who aspired to work in the oil industry are feeling very sad about their future prospects Thom Dunn

tabloids Bill Clinton's Sweetheart deal and Billy the Kid's death in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Speaker Nancy Pelosi +174 House Democrats tell Trump's Postmaster General to reverse changes that threaten mail-in voting Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Troubling explainer on how the US economy lost 33% of its value Andrea James

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist's perspective Ferdinando Buscema

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California's worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

Business U.S. weekly jobless claims 5,245,000 last week Xeni Jardin

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