junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

climate change A top Exxon lobbyist was secretly recorded bragging about climate denial Thom Dunn

corruption 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow

politics New York passed the nation's first right-to-repair law. Pleasing tech lobbyists, Governor Kathy Hochul hasn't signed it Rob Beschizza

media Right-wing political propaganda posing as local news circulating across country Jennifer Sandlin

jared kushner "Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog's eye goo." NY Times reviews Kushner's White House memoir Mark Frauenfelder

abortion Leak reveals corporate donors at anti-abortion GOP event: Tik Tok, Comcast, 3M, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Anheuser-Busch, Juul, Koch Industries, Lowe's and Walmart Rob Beschizza

Welcome to Gilead Kenneth Copeland's Christofacist "Watchman Decree" is straight out of The Handmaid's Tale Mark Frauenfelder

lauren boebert Lawmaker Lauren Boebert thinks she has the power to extend "Micky" Mouse's trademark Mark Frauenfelder

covid CDC shortens recommended Covid quarantine time to 5 days, after airlines tell it to Rob Beschizza

Funny Read these funny letters that "Little Billy" wrote to famous people, and how they replied Mark Frauenfelder

Poll: 78% of Americans approve of Afghanistan withdrawal Rob Beschizza

punk rock This new music video from Jeff Rosenstock is like a delightful 90s PSA from Hell Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Is anyone surprised?: "Reopen America" is an astroturf campaign Gareth Branwyn

taxes Howto: file your taxes for free without getting defrauded into paying a big tax-prep firm Cory Doctorow

uk US pharma and biotech lobbyists' documents reveal their plan to gouge Britons in any post-Brexit trade-deal Cory Doctorow

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

transparency Suppressed internal emails reveal that the IRS actively helped tax-prep giants suppress Free File Cory Doctorow

california Burbankers! Help put an eviction-protection measure on the 2020 ballot! Cory Doctorow

corruption Meet the deep-pocketed Biden Bros: lobbyists for arms dealers, for-profit health-care, Azerbaijani oligarchs, Comcast Cory Doctorow