seeds This rare, vibrant heirloom corn is the work of a Dust Bowl farmer with Cherokee roots Rusty Blazenhoff

Alex Lubin's book, "Never-Ending War on Terror", explains it Elías Villoro

Food Deep-fried Goo Goo clusters and oysters on a stick — a celebration of fair food Jennifer Sandlin

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

agriculture New England heirloom corn grown on its native land for the first time in 300 years Thom Dunn

mistakes 9/11 parade tribute a bit much, say locals Rob Beschizza

apple Apple fires misogynistic employee just hours after he was hired Mark Frauenfelder

Rosemary Leary describes her life as a psychedelic pioneer and her decades as a fugitive Mark Frauenfelder

indiana jones Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Cat Miss Cellania

video games Deep analysis of the new Indiana Jones video game's trailer Jason Weisberger

literature Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English" Thom Dunn

racism Kentucky lawmaker freaks over Day of the Dead zombies Thom Dunn

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

surveillance Is this the full list of US cities that have bought or considered Predpol's predictive policing services? Cory Doctorow

politics KKK nut who shot at black man protesting racist Charlottesville rally gets 4 years in prison (yay) Xeni Jardin

law The future of "fake news": Pepsi gets Facebook to censor jokes about plastic in its Kurkure corn puffs Cory Doctorow

indiana There's an a-maze-ing Stranger Things corn maze in Indiana Rusty Blazenhoff

drugs Smoke some shoes? The DEA's list of slang terms for cannabis David Pescovitz

corruption Ohio Republicans create winnable electoral districts by siting nonvoting prisons near friendly voters Cory Doctorow

fires Corn silo collapse gets hotter than expected Rob Beschizza