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police Kalamazoo criminalizes homelessness, arrests city commissioner and other activists Cory Doctorow

trumpism Ben Carson wants to raise rents on public housing tenants by 300%+, attacking elderly, people with disabilities and working poor Cory Doctorow

law Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes finally heads to prison today Rob Beschizza

science fiction Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke on the writers' strike and AI Elías Villoro

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photography The mystery person who spies on theme parks from the sky Ruben Bolling

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russia Drone attacks hit Moscow Rob Beschizza

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conspiracy theories The Real Truther fact checks and debunks anti-vaxx misinformation and disinformation Jennifer Sandlin

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