tax havens As Western nations gave billions to Jordan, the king bought 14 luxury properties abroad worth $106 million Mark Frauenfelder

LGBTQ rights Father arrested while testifying against anti-trans health ban in Arkansas Jess Sabine

Tom the Dancing Bug: Lucky Ducky gets private equitied! Ruben Bolling

politics Texas bill outlaws diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in Texas Higher ed. Elías Villoro

Amazon behaving badly Amazon's high injury rates under scrutiny Jennifer Sandlin

People Over Prime: TikTok Creators take on Amazon Elías Villoro

Gary Chambers Louisiana candidate for Senator burns up a confederate flag in this new kickass ad Carla Sinclair

How did you NOT SEE that? A Georgia school administrator feels an elementary school student's "Gay is OK" artwork is equivalent to flying a swastika Jason Weisberger

inequality What it's like in a "goshiwon", a 50-square-foot Seoul microapartment Clive Thompson

school bus Amid bus driver shortage, high school uses charter bus with stripper poles Annie Rauwerda

illustrations The NY Times presents 74 of its "favorite facts" for 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

class war The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets The era of schoolchildren being forced to buy crappy $100 calculators is nearing its end Rob Beschizza

efficiency Japanese company rewards non-smokers with an extra week of paid vacation Carla Sinclair

canada Justin Trudeau promised reconciliation with indigenous peoples of Canada, but has not delivered Cory Doctorow

discrimination 'Hawaii Five-0' stars quit over racial inequity Jason Weisberger

politics Billionaire tech investors back ballot initiative to purge homeless people from San Francisco Cory Doctorow

class war Some suggestions for sad, rich people Cory Doctorow

offworld Boo at the Confederate flag til it burns. It'll probably make you feel better Leigh Alexander

Latinos outgrew Sábado Gigante's racism and misogyny long before it ended Xeni Jardin