politics Former MAGA congressman fraudster who fought Obamacare now seeks medical bill help on GoFundMe Ellsworth Toohey

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

elon musk Elon Musk's hypocrisy: funding a lawsuit that silences free speech Mark Frauenfelder

fraud Christian medical cost-sharing ministry accused of stealing $4 million from members Jennifer Sandlin

explosion $300 million in aid pledge to help the survivors of massive Beirut explosion Séamus Bellamy

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

books Crowdfunding to help science fiction great Mike Resnick pay off the medical bills from a near-death experience Cory Doctorow

foia Crowdfunding public access to the Social Security death index Cory Doctorow

Business Gofundme jumpstarts a golden era of snake oil as desperate people raise millions for quack homeopathy cancer "remedies" Cory Doctorow

trump Today in "do not give this asshole your money": the Michael Cohen Truth Fund Gina Loukareas

hippocratic Crowdfunding for medical costs is turning health-care into a reality-TV competition Clive Thompson

gender Crowdfunding a subscription to Ms. for every state official in Wyoming, home of America's worst wage-gap Cory Doctorow

Kids Boy, 7, who donated his hair to child cancer patients is diagnosed with metastatic cancer Xeni Jardin

politics A cashless society as a tool for censorship and social control Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Crowdfunded food gadget marketer Tellspec threatens to sue critic Rob Beschizza

Business Five private prison myths that Muckrock will bust with its crowdfunded Freedom of Information Act blitz Cory Doctorow

Games Campaign to fund movie about the inventor of the game Operation Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

youtube How crowdfunding helps haters profit from harassment Jay Allen