COVID-19 New study: pointing out racial disparities in COVID-19 makes white people more reckless Thom Dunn
racism Doubletree Portland apologizes to racially harassed guest Jermaine Massey, manager will investigate Xeni Jardin
racism Residents call police on black firefighter in uniform for doing his job while black David Pescovitz
Everyday racism LA Fitness assumes black man isn't a member (but he is), bars him from entering and calls police Carla Sinclair
Everyday racism Tennessee congressional candidate appeals to his white supremacist base Jason Weisberger
archaeology Archaeologist braves the Joe Rogan podcast to counter Graham Hancock's nonsense Jennifer Sandlin
music Listen to Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark's stunning contribution to NPR's "Morning Edition Song Project" David Pescovitz
trumpism The FCC will move to kill net neutrality over Thanksgiving and it thinks that we'll all be too busy eating and shopping to notice Cory Doctorow
books Challenge Racist Narratives with Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors, a New Book and Teaching Tool David Pilgrim