News Death penalty sought for CEO assassination — Justice Department labels killing "political violence" Ellsworth Toohey

guns The problem with "Red Flag" gun laws Thom Dunn

social media Watch: bored judge plays with smartphone during trial of man convicted of killing toddler Rob Beschizza

racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro

florida Ron DeSantis wants to end unanimous jury for death penalty, thus more executions (video) Carla Sinclair

Alex Jones Alex Jones loses big in Sandy Hook lawsuits Rob Beschizza

murder Florida man interrogates his own son in court after killing the rest of his family Thom Dunn

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California's worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

religion Pennsylvania to Ohio: we see your terrible life-threatening anti-abortion bill and raise you with funerals for unimplanted, fertilized eggs Cory Doctorow

justice U.S. reinstates death penalty, AG William Barr orders execution of 5 federal inmates Xeni Jardin

youtube John Oliver on America's immigration courts, where families are torn apart and young children represent themselves Cory Doctorow

slippery slopes Jeff Sessions officially sends memo asking prosecutors to give drug dealers death penalty Carla Sinclair

News White Florida cops appear to racially profile driver, then learn she's state attorney Aramis Ayala Xeni Jardin

crime Bank fraud and Dieselgate: how do we design regulations that are harder to cheat? Cory Doctorow

trump Russia may turn Snowden over to U.S. as 'gift' to 'curry favor' with Trump (who wants to kill the NSA leaker) Xeni Jardin

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

News Some questions for those who are cheering Gawker's demise Trevor Timm

corruption Arizona tried to illegally import an execution drug not approved for use in U.S. Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Bobcat Goldthwait does the impossible in his latest film — again Martin Olson