yemen Angelina Jolie sheds light on the crisis in Yemen Devin Nealy

urban planning Freeing everyone from The Matrix would be a logistical disaster Thom Dunn

russia After 30 years, McDonalds leaves Russia "for good" Rob Beschizza

homelessness German in Venice offers an update on Venice Beach's humanitarian crisis Jason Weisberger

Ivanka Trump Watch: Ivanka Trump kicks off her rehabilitation tour by boasting of feeding starving Ukrainians Mark Frauenfelder

russia With the Russian economy in freefall, oligarchs are calling for peace Mark Frauenfelder

JD Vance Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance's "I don't really care" comments on Ukraine look even worse today Carla Sinclair

los angeles An update on homelessness in Venice Beach, CA Jason Weisberger

History Read 1920s financial news day by day on Twitter and Substack Rob Beschizza

homelessness LA County Sheriff vows to empty Venice Beach encampments by July 4th Jason Weisberger

trump Kenyan journalist reports on US election like Americans report on other elections Thom Dunn

COVID-19 State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

racism Facebook claims to be taking white supremacist violence more seriously, LMAO Xeni Jardin

economics The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow

immigration Government moving 300 migrant children out of Texas Border Patrol station after AP reveals horrific conditions Xeni Jardin

Clooney's divorce, Obama's divorce, and the truth about Brad & Jen, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

china China's One Child Policy coming home to roost: old people, in big cities, frightened of the sky Cory Doctorow

authoritarianism Bernie Sanders on fighting global authoritarianism Cory Doctorow

puerto rico Donations to help Puerto Ricans in wake of hurricane left to rot Séamus Bellamy