communism "The flour tastes like acid." Cuba cuts daily bread rations amid food shortage crisis Ellsworth Toohey

picks Fidel Castro, former Cuban president, is dead at 90 Xeni Jardin

donald trump Over 200 ex-GOP officials warn of "irreparable damage" to democracy if Trump wins in 2024 Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

podcast Podcast: Cubans in Wisconsin Elías Villoro

politics Orlando Bosch and anti-Cuban terrorism A.E. Gómez

politics The blowback of embargoes, cigars and capitalist wars A.E. Gómez

movies John Leguizamo isn't happy with James Franco playing Fidel Castro Devin Nealy

tabloids Castro killed JFK and his son in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

activism A revolutionary record label led by a white American woman who sung the blues, hung out with Fidel Castro, and spread the global sound of protest David Pescovitz

tabloids Hollywood's most hated in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Photos from MAKE's 2008 visit to MAD Magazine Cory Doctorow

Fidelito Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide Carla Sinclair

media Trump's wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity "news" Peter Sheridan

trump Trump can't stop lying about Cuba, or threatening the truth-tellers who expose him Xeni Jardin

cuba Castro's Cuba – 50 years later, the island nation is still Castro country Ben Marks

happy mutants On the bewildering regional names for corner stores Cory Doctorow

media Stories from the alternate universe inhabited by the tabloid magazines Peter Sheridan

politics Here is how much of a badass Jorge Ramos is Xeni Jardin

Vintage Weird Bizarre illustrations from old men's adventure magazines Mark Frauenfelder