Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow
music Unreleased Beatles recordings, John Lennon/Yoko Ono album and George Harrison album up for auction David Pescovitz
art "Seven Magic Mountains" is a colorful "large scale desert artwork" outside of Las Vegas Jennifer Sandlin
trump Judge orders Georgia prosecution of Trump and his co-conspirators to be televised Jason Weisberger
mistakes Science figures it out: "social media's addictive loop compels users to share mindlessly" Rob Beschizza
corruption Could a random lottery solve the sociopath problem in American politics? Mark Frauenfelder
the florida purge Fascist Ron DeSantis removes elected state prosecutor — a Black Democrat — because he doesn't agree with her Carla Sinclair
Comics Marvel's Children of the Vault is a post-human cyber thriller from the writer of 20th Century Men Thom Dunn
sticker shock Deep red Arizona county insisted on hand counting ballots – until they saw the price tag Carla Sinclair
Science Ancient animal revived after 46,000 years in ice could help prepare us for the climate apocalypse David Pescovitz
military Train to nowhere and dead-eyed stares: my visit to the Korean demilitarized zone Mark Cerulli