late stage capitalism "Court guardians" kidnap old people, sell all their stuff, doom victims to pharmaceutical oblivion in institutions Cory Doctorow
intellectual property More shady legal trouble over the rights to American classic To Kill a Mockingbird Thom Dunn
violence in america Nancy Pelosi's husband hospitalized after a violent attack by home intruder [UPDATE: "Where is Nancy?" said attacker] Carla Sinclair
middlebrow shock-jocks Atlantic staff writer David Frum angers Trump voters by calling them obese drug abusers who enjoy "weirdly homoerotic fanfic images of Trump" Mark Frauenfelder
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don't use Viagra, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow
apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow
politics Revenge porn shitweasel and U.S. Senate hopeful Craig Brittain has a "racist texts" problem Rob Beschizza
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow