scotus Supreme Court agrees to consider Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution, delaying his trial Rob Beschizza

corruption Why are America's elites so needy? A.E. Gómez

politics Conservative judge upset at "diversity policy" rejects Boeing's deal in 737 MAX crashes Rob Beschizza

sweet deals Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets off fraud charges by paying $300k and promising to attend two days ethics training Rob Beschizza

law Trump's staff moved boxes of classified documents hours before Justice Department came to look for them Rob Beschizza

billionaires City of London is where the world's elite hide their money Mark Frauenfelder

trump New York prosecutors have Trump's tax returns Rob Beschizza

politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow

inequality Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream" Cory Doctorow

Business Chinese environment ministry finds widespread pollution coverups and corruption at the local government level Cory Doctorow

corruption Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies Cory Doctorow

Business Thailand is losing the war on dissent, thanks to user notifications and HTTPS Cory Doctorow

science fiction Women and African-American sf writers created trumpist dystopias because they were beta testing trumpism Cory Doctorow

trump People who voted for Trump knew their shot at the elites was fired through the guts of their neighbors Cory Doctorow

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Boing Boing

Business Massive email leak reveals the worst bribery scandal in history Cory Doctorow

guatemala Guatemala's President resigns amid corruption probe, faces prison for "criminal conspiracy" Xeni Jardin

tech Online activism and why the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act must die Molly Sauter