barack obama Visiting the Obamas while they're in town Kevin Reome

News Medical cannabis to federal approval, recreational remains criminal Mark Frauenfelder

art You can visit a 30-foot-tall eyeball in downtown Dallas, Texas Jennifer Sandlin

climate change New study: air pollution is deadlier than cigarette smoke or AIDS Thom Dunn

racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

medicine The booming world of leg-lengthening surgery Jennifer Sandlin

donald trump Donald Trump pushes for U.S. dictatorship: "We have to go beyond the governor" (video) Carla Sinclair

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

police A year-long investigation into the unaccountable police brutality of K9 units Thom Dunn

dinosaurs Dinosaur for sale David Pescovitz

police How funds from major fossil fuel corporations help control police departments Thom Dunn

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Lynda Barry is a Macarthur "genius" Cory Doctorow

health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow

law The Antitrust Case Against Facebook: a turning point in the debate over Big Tech and monopoly Cory Doctorow

Kids Chicago is demanding that children on bail wear private-sector ankle-cuffs with mics that can record them without their consent Cory Doctorow

corruption Beyond GIGO: how "predictive policing" launders racism, corruption and bias to make them seem empirical Cory Doctorow

corruption Chicago police data reveals how dirty cops spread corruption like a disease Cory Doctorow