racism Here's the video NYPD released of a plainclothes cop brutally attacking tennis star James Blake Xeni Jardin

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

police Sheriff's deputy says he was told to play copyrighted music in hapless attempt to prevent video of him being uploaded Rob Beschizza

tabloids Obama marriage crisis and new China plague in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

music Dr. John, the New Orleans music icon born Malcolm John Rebennack, dies at 77 Xeni Jardin

Comic Books Watch the trailer for the upcoming Watchman series on HBO Mark Frauenfelder

law James Alex Fields, Nazi who drove car into Charlottesville protesters, found guilty of murdering Heather Heyer Xeni Jardin

corruption Cheap dates: here's how much it cost the telcoms sector to buy Congress and murder Net Neutrality Cory Doctorow

fake news Hollywood sex scandal predators go unnamed and unashamed in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

media Trump's wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity "news" Peter Sheridan

music Treasure Island Music Festival 2016: Sigur Rós, Ice Cube, and many more David Pescovitz

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery