death penalties Death row inmates in South Carolina must now make gruesome choice: electric chair or firing squad Carla Sinclair
china Chinese influencer dies shortly after live-streaming himself downing bottles of potent liquor in challenge Rusty Blazenhoff
florida Ron DeSantis wants to end unanimous jury for death penalty, thus more executions (video) Carla Sinclair
donald trump Donald Trump pushes for U.S. dictatorship: "We have to go beyond the governor" (video) Carla Sinclair
mister bone saws neighborhood Washington D.C. renamed the street in front of the Saudi embassy to "Jamal Khashoggi Way" Mark Frauenfelder
Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California's worst wildfire Xeni Jardin
politics Biden says Section 230 tech liability shield should end for Facebook, Zuckerberg should be subject to civil liability Xeni Jardin
christ what an asshole New Hampshire state Rep John Potucek kills Right to Repair bill: "cellphones are throwaways…just get a new one" Cory Doctorow
law French politicians want to add an ag-gag rule to the country's sweeping online hate speech proposal Cory Doctorow
politics Pompeo announces first U.S. penalties against Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi killing Xeni Jardin
Copyfight On June 20, an EU committee will vote on an apocalyptically stupid, internet-destroying copyright proposal that'll censor everything from Tinder profiles to Wikipedia (SHARE THIS!) Cory Doctorow
slippery slopes Jeff Sessions officially sends memo asking prosecutors to give drug dealers death penalty Carla Sinclair
books I Can't Breathe: Matt Taibbi's scorching book on the murder of Eric Garner and the system that let the killers get away with it Cory Doctorow
Business Epipen: Mylan and Pfizer let people die while jacking up prices on defective devices, says FDA Cory Doctorow