donald trump Bad news for MAGA grifters: violent crime has decreased over the last two years, but hate crime is up Mark Frauenfelder

History New histories of Black California Elías Villoro

books Invisible Man is the best book to read during Black history month Devin Nealy

Copyfight Copyright and the "male gaze": a feminist critique of copyright law Cory Doctorow

gun violence Kentucky Kroger shooting suspect to face hate crime charges Séamus Bellamy

News FBI report shows thousands more hate crimes in Trump's first year, a record high Xeni Jardin

handsy hockenberry Disgraced radio host publishes 7000-word pity piece about himself in Harper's Rob Beschizza

web theory More than a decade's worth of Facebook catastrophes Cory Doctorow

books Challenge Racist Narratives with Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors, a New Book and Teaching Tool David Pilgrim

politics Anyone who continues to work with Trump is complicit in his support of white supremacists Rob Beschizza

picks Study: bodycams increase some fatal police shootings Andrea James

politics Minuteman co-founder gets 19½ years for sexually abusing 5-year-old. All 3 of his daughters say they're also victims. Xeni Jardin

black lives matter Five shot at Black Lives Matter protest; white gunmen sought Rob Beschizza

racism South Carolina State Senate votes to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds Xeni Jardin

#SayHerName movement brings attention to female victims of police brutality Caroline Siede