books "When you make a space safe for Black women, it's safe for everyone." Elías Villoro

Atlanta police shot climate activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán 57 times Elías Villoro

san francisco Little Free Library in San Francisco threatened after an anonymous complaint Rusty Blazenhoff

colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro

uk The politics of prison abolition in the UK and Ireland Elías Villoro

Guinness World Record McKinney, Texas elementary school creates the world's longest friendship bracelet Jennifer Sandlin

cars Tesla Fire tracks the company's spontaneous combustion problem Elías Villoro

crime Michigan school district has figured it out and banned backpacks Rob Beschizza

guns A 2nd Kentucky shooting kills one and injures another at a college — both in Louisville, hours apart Carla Sinclair

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

trains Norfolk Southern gave $5 to Ohio East Palestinians affected by toxic train explosion Thom Dunn

california NIMBY proposes using disabled people as a shield against the "poor" Jason Weisberger

music Watch David Byrne sing David Bowie's "Heroes" with beautiful, massive backup choir (video) Jennifer Sandlin

Off Tha Map Los Angeles Hip Hop tours and "Temple Tactics" interview show from Conkrete Mike P. Elías Villoro

politics Baseball and the displacement of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles Elías Villoro

books Rolling Warrior: a polio survivor's memoir of fighting for disability rights Elías Villoro

happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

law Trans rights map of USA shows where the law is headed Elías Villoro