child abuse "God, The Rod, and Your Child's Bod" is somehow worse than it sounds Thom Dunn

books "Girls who code" book series banned by a Pennsylvania school district Jason Weisberger

Conservative Freak Out! Boebert mad Target is selling clothes designed to fit the people who want to wear them Jason Weisberger

The Show must go on After anti-LBGTQ+ parents had a school play canceled, students raised $75k to put it on anyways Jason Weisberger

books Republicans no longer seeking to ban individual books go after the whole library Jason Weisberger

Only 180,000 people in the U.S. are paying for Twitter Blue. That covers about 1% of its annual debt. Mark Frauenfelder

refugee Cruise ships are rescuing more and more refugees adrift at sea Jason Weisberger

politics Kanye West spotted with prominent far-right figures Grant St. Clair

politics Don't be afraid of the F-word. Be afraid of whom the F word refers to. Elías Villoro

politics Antifa means Anti-fascist Elías Villoro

Fountain of Youth Miami-Dade school declines to recognize October as National LBGTQ+ history month Jason Weisberger

unity of church and state Michigan Gov. candidate says the "bible should be the basic textbook" in schools — then gets stumped Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow

nazis The alt-right loves Nietzsche, but Nietzsche would not love them Rob Beschizza

nazis Why are these children "sieg heiling" the American flag? David Pescovitz

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

politics EuroMaidan: a Facebook revolution in the streets of Kiev Daniel Kovzhun