new york city New York man loses $800,000 home over unpaid water bill — "I would have just paid it" Ellsworth Toohey
banking Nightmare at Wells Fargo: customer battles fraudulent charges for months until NY Times shames the bank into helping him Mark Frauenfelder
music The family of Tom Petty moves to block auction of what they say is stolen memorabilia Ruben Bolling
misinterpretations Texas woman who read in major newspapers that she died disagrees: "I am alive" Carla Sinclair
real estate Private companies can make more than your property is worth if you fail to pay taxes Thom Dunn
ransomware The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Burbank! Come to an emergency City Hall meeting on 10/29 to deal with the city's eviction crisis! Cory Doctorow
Calling the kettle black Here's a smart person deconstructing Steven Mnuchin's dumb speech about cryptocurrencies Mark Frauenfelder
usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow
mistakes After double lot sold to separate owners, one of them erects fence through pool and garage Rob Beschizza
scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow
corruption Wells Fargo blames "computer glitch" for its improper foreclosure on 545 homes Cory Doctorow
