coronavirus A bleakly touching webcomic compares our apocalyptic fantasies to the real experience of coronavirus quarantine Thom Dunn

movies We might be getting that long-rumored Captain Planet movie from Leonardo DiCaprio after all Devin Nealy

michael flynn Musk replatforms Trump-pardoned felon Michael Flynn on second anniversary of January 6 insurrection Mark Frauenfelder

climate change Water futures are "going to be ugly" Elías Villoro

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

I AM THE CRUDITÉST Some television doctor with a penchant for crudité picks on a stroke victim Jason Weisberger

sidney powell Financial penalties for pro-Trump lawyers in Michigan election lawsuit Kevin Reome

trumpanzees Bullhorn Lady indicted Mark Frauenfelder

politics Night of the Short Fingers Rob Beschizza

fill the swamp Trump's Bureau of Land Management director is serving illegally and refuses to leave his post Thom Dunn

cosplay Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis cosplayed as himself at Comic Con. Janelle Hessig

qanon The QAnon cult has started appropriating the Punisher skull logo, too Thom Dunn

politics House passes Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore Voting Rights Act of 1965 Xeni Jardin

museums Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the Smithsonian's Exhibits Central Gareth Branwyn

The Museum is delighted Easter Island wants the statue England took from them in 1869 Mark Frauenfelder

politics Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, 116th Congress is most diverse ever Xeni Jardin

politics Anyone who continues to work with Trump is complicit in his support of white supremacists Rob Beschizza

News Kushner and Trump meet with Tech CEOs including Apple's Tim Cook, Alphabet/Google's Eric Schmidt Xeni Jardin

lies "Anonymous sources" now more credible than the White House Jason Weisberger

books Rep. John Lewis' civil rights comic trilogy still at #1. Thanks Trump! Andrea James