politics Tiny town's first black mayor, locked out of office by white clique, wins in landslide Rob Beschizza
libertarians Mystery land buyer in California turns out to be Silicon Valley investors, to build utopian community Rob Beschizza
colonialism Puerto Ricans resist disaster capitalists and "Puertopians" in Hurricane Maria's wake Elías Villoro
police brutality Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn
late stage capitalism Burbank! Come to an emergency City Hall meeting on 10/29 to deal with the city's eviction crisis! Cory Doctorow
education Today, Michigan regulators vote on conservative education "reform" plan to purge the word "democracy" from curriculum Cory Doctorow
politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin
corruption Using data-science to evaluate whether Xi Jinping's anti-corruption sweeps were really about consolidating power Cory Doctorow
disasters How anarchist organizers in rural Puerto Rico rebooted their power grid after the privatized power company abandoned them Cory Doctorow
surveillance China has perfected the internet control playbook and now it's exporting it to the world Cory Doctorow
surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar
