politics In America, "proximity and shared values" is all it takes to turn protesters into felons Cory Doctorow

privacy Have your devices and social media been invasively searched at the US border? EFF wants to know about it Cory Doctorow

corruption California's "gang" database is a sick joke; today, you can do something about it Cory Doctorow

Business Big Potato under fire: how 4 suppliers raised prices in suspicious lockstep Ellsworth Toohey

graphic novels Graphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital & Ideology" Thom Dunn

olympics WTF is the Paris Olympic mascot? Gail Sherman

wales LP from Welsh band Samana includes map to find hidden obelisk Natalie Dressed

books LeVar Burton replaces Drew Barrymore as National Book Awards host Rob Beschizza

texas Celebrate Banned Books Week (October 1-7) with Harris County Public Library, which was recently declared a "book sanctuary" Jennifer Sandlin

education DeSantis's laws and policies have Florida educators fleeing the state and the profession Ruben Bolling

maga Summit for "female conservatives" was feast of transphobia and far-right crackpottery Jennifer Sandlin

politics Illinois bans book bans Rob Beschizza

deaths Feminist scholar Maria Mies dead at 92 Elías Villoro

books Republicans no longer seeking to ban individual books go after the whole library Jason Weisberger

fbi Still free: Assata Shakur, fifty years on the FBI's most wanted list Elías Villoro

supreme court It seems Justice Thomas' Nazi collecting "dear friend" had business before the Supreme Court; guess how Clarence ruled? Jason Weisberger

escapes Bear escapes from zoo enclosure – 2nd time this month – forcing guests to move indoors Carla Sinclair

Reviews This is not a review of "BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" Elías Villoro

36 months after George Floyd's murder, police reform finally considered in Minnesota Elías Villoro

Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022 Elías Villoro