Political Scandals NY Mayor Adams disputes his own memoir over schoolyard gun incident — "What book is this?" Mark Frauenfelder

plagiarism Ghostwriting's plagiarism problem Rob Beschizza

J.K. Rowling Off-the-wall Harry Potter chapter created using predictive text Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Herbicide "safety" paper ghost­written by Monsanto gets bounced 25 years too late Jason Weisberger

rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza

foia McKinsey designed ICE's gulags, recommending minimal food, medical care and supervision Cory Doctorow

wikileaks What it was like ghostwriting for Julian Assange Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow

The joy of telling people how much money you make Nicole Dieker