urban theory Owner of Phoenix apartment building serves eviction notices to every tenant so he can turn their homes into unlicensed hotel rooms Cory Doctorow

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

landlords Blair Witch star fighting for public access to woods in rural Maine Rob Beschizza

History Harvard's $27.50 copy of the Magna Carta may be one of 7 issued by Longshanks in 1300 Rob Beschizza

News New Oklahoma standards teach kids how to be conspiracy theorists Ellsworth Toohey

politics Python star John Cleese deletes tweet suggesting violence against Stephen Miller Ellsworth Toohey

News Kanye West ode to Hitler a big hit in Musk's digital cesspool Ellsworth Toohey

politics I've stopped eating pre-bagged lettuce in the midst of an "undermined" FDA and an "almost guaranteed" looming leafy greens E. coli outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

politics First American Pope is not Trump, despite his own fantasizing Grant St. Clair

politics White smoke! American Robert Prevost chosen as Pope, takes name Leo XIV Rob Beschizza

Games Gears of War: ancient chest-high wall simulator coming to PlayStation Grant St. Clair

vintage Old military plane says "screw it, I'm a restaurant now" Popkin

politics Trump approval sinking even in rural areas, but he's not underwater there yet Rob Beschizza

Technology Algorithms in college admissions could make discrimination worse Mark Frauenfelder

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

houses "Victorian death stairs" are as scary as they sound (video) Popkin

Games Spooky-looking Ghost of Tsushima sequel gets release date Grant St. Clair

politics Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin Rob Beschizza

drugs Eighty-two years ago, a weird and wonderful bicycle ride changed culture forever (video) Allan Rose Hill