texas Austin's guaranteed basic income pilot program was a hit. A GOP state senator doesn't want it to happen in Houston Jennifer Sandlin
pay it forward Billionaire hands UMass Boston grads $1000 in cash with their diploma Rusty Blazenhoff
mistakes WSJ: Jeffrey Epstein threatened Bill Gates over affair with Russian bridge player Rob Beschizza
portraits This video of Brother Theodore sparring with Jerry Lewis on Merv Griffin in 1966 is incredible Mark Frauenfelder
new york city This 1970 documentary shows dirty old New York at its meanest and most decrepit Mark Frauenfelder
muppets Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and other Sesame Street characters shill DoorDash in Super Bowl ads Rusty Blazenhoff
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
philanthropy Resource Generation: rich kids who are determined to give away their parents' money and make America more fair and equal Cory Doctorow