politics How a dictator keeps things fresh: From polonium tea to severed cables Ellsworth Toohey

politics Eastern Europeans who survived dictatorships share tips for Americans Ellsworth Toohey

music Machine Girl meets Game Boy: an 8-bit photo gallery Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

privacy Meta fined 91m euros for storing passwords in plaintext Rob Beschizza

politics Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help governments surveil users Rob Beschizza

politics Ireland, Norway and Spain recognize Palestinian state Rob Beschizza

donald trump I challenge you to find a person stupider than Trump Yoy Luadha

mistakes DUI Delta pilot jailed for 10 months Rob Beschizza

russia France's "bedbug infestation" was Russian disinformation, says minister Mark Frauenfelder

politics Swine flu detected in UK for first time, days after former Prime Minister famed for sex with pig rejoins government Rob Beschizza

censorship "Titicut Follies" (1967) is a once-banned documentary about the horrific treatment of prisoners at Bridgewater State Hospital Jennifer Sandlin

Science Drought in Amazon reveals rocks with ancient human faces David Pescovitz

half-eaten bananas Italy's far-right Prime Minister dumps her boyfriend to distance herself from his constant sexist comments Rob Beschizza

mistakes EU reverses suspension of aid to Palestine after backlash. It's like if Kylie Jenner was a supranational political entity Rob Beschizza

Environment Woman given maximum fine for walking into Australian airport with a rose Mark Frauenfelder

History The long arc of counter-revolution to fascism, according to historian Gerald Horne Elías Villoro

global logistics The shortcomings of the European food supply chain  Katherine Hreib

art How Stéphane Breitwieser stole over a billion dollars worth of art, and the sad desperate destruction that ensued Andrew Yi

politics The Originalism of White Supremacy and Judicial Review Elías Villoro

russia Footage from nearby park shows Russian rockets hitting Ukraine mall Rob Beschizza