wayback machine Sex-obsessed site run by House Speaker's wife suddenly goes dark Mark Frauenfelder

police "Oh my god, I'm gonna get shot" — Vermont cops terrorize high school students with mock mass shooting Mark Frauenfelder

police French gamer gets sentenced to three years of community service for swatting Grant St. Clair

Japan Short doc looks at Japan's 'evaporated people' and the industry that helps them run away Rusty Blazenhoff

san francisco Merchants in San Francisco neighborhood threaten to stop paying taxes and fees if homelessness is not addressed Mark Frauenfelder

crime North Carolina can prosecute 6 year olds (but they're trying to stop) Jess Sabine

News Bill Cosby jailed for 3 to 10 years after judge rules hims a "sexually violent predator" Rob Beschizza

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Séamus Bellamy

corruption Republican lawmaker Doug Cox tricked legislature into exempting "Christian" forced-labor camps from regulation Cory Doctorow

class war Prisoners sent to Christian "rehab" diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps Cory Doctorow

china Chinese wives, denied legal rights, hire "mistress dispellers" to keep their marriages intact Cory Doctorow

colorado Colorado's investment in IUDs and other fire-and-forget birthcontrol produced a "miracle" Cory Doctorow

trumpism COUP: Under cover of #muslimban, Bannon throws top general and spy off the National Security Council and installs himself in their stead Cory Doctorow

law Florida prosecutor who bumbled George Zimmerman trial is really good at putting children in adult prisons for life Cory Doctorow

politics Bernie Sanders' Democratic National Convention speech Xeni Jardin

religious intolerance Non-religious woman who refused judge's order to meet with Christian counselor loses her sons Mark Frauenfelder

Victims of police torture fight for reparations Caroline Siede