Business Bell Canada asks Canadians for permission to harvest and sell their browsing, location, viewing and other data Cory Doctorow

politics Instead of a bible, congressman sworn in with his hand on a rare Superman comic David Pescovitz

politics Kevin McCarthy finally becomes House Speaker on 15th round of voting; Matt Gaetz loses interest after count enters teens Rob Beschizza

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History Every day is Columbus Day for indigenous peoples Elías Villoro

politics Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola flips House seat in special election, defeating Sarah Palin Rob Beschizza

music "Why Lhasa de Sela Matters" is an intimate portrait of the creativity that resulted from the collision of a hopeful and hopeless romantic A.E. Gómez

abortion Conservative Kansas votes overwhelmingly to preserve abortion rights Rob Beschizza

happy mutants My Life on the Road: Farewell to the Chill Séamus Bellamy

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

dance Interview with Dark Fusion Metal Belly dancer Diana Bastet Jeffery Klaehn

canada Canadian officials caution against letting moose do this to your car Kevin Reome

wine Taco Bell is now selling "Jalapeño Noir" wine in select locations Thom Dunn

tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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tabloids Prince Harry begs forgiveness, the Queen shops Prince Andrew to the Feds, and Kirstie Alley's secret life, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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