national crime wave Georgia police taser an 87-year-old woman who was cutting dandelions with a knife Mark Frauenfelder

Trump administration Trump sanctions Canadian ICC judge for authorizing Afghanistan war-crime probe Séamus Bellamy

protest Teslas vandalized nationally as angry protest grows Jason Weisberger

corruption NRA president Wayne LaPierre resigns days before trial begins Rob Beschizza

humor Caricatures of people who move to famous places, by Matt S. Lyon Elías Villoro

politics Orlando Bosch and anti-Cuban terrorism A.E. Gómez

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

tabloids Bill Clinton searches Area 51 for aliens in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books Two perspectives on Asian-American life that riff on fantasy and stereotype: "Interior Chinatown" & "Tiger Style!" Thom Dunn

Comic Books A look back at Golden Age "Antiviral Alliance" comic books Joshua Glenn

china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow

class war Terror as disappearances follow Chinese student communists' solidarity with striking workers Cory Doctorow

picks What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country Inside Moldova Katherine Leipper

corruption The growth of Jamaican phone-scamming caused a crime-wave and martial law in Montego Bay Cory Doctorow

trump Obama's policy on Bush's crimes is how Kavanaugh got to the Supreme Court Cory Doctorow

putin Russians' support for Putin drops off a cliff after pension cuts Cory Doctorow

Japan Five dead after air conditioners break down in Japanese hospital Thersa Matsuura

fake news Burt Reynolds' skid marks, Prince Charles' long-lost brother, and another Obama cover-up in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

trumpism Quiz: Breitbart headline, or KKK newspaper headline from the 1920s? Cory Doctorow

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous