not food The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Bernie Sanders' "Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education" will desegregate schools, defund charters, pay teachers, end the school-to-prison pipeline Cory Doctorow
race Police lobbyist: cops will not be motivated to stop crime unless they are allowed to steal people's stuff Cory Doctorow
class war American towns survive by fining poor people, and use debtors' prisons to make them pay Cory Doctorow
religion LA's teachers are ready to strike on Tuesday, rejecting privatization of public education Cory Doctorow
trumpism Jeff Sessions encourages courts to continue practice of fining poor people for being too poor to pay their fines Cory Doctorow
law Louisiana's public defender's office is largely nonexistent so poor people just plead guilty Cory Doctorow
politics Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama's blackness, America's white supremacy, and Trump's victory Cory Doctorow
politics "Massive scale" shut-down of polling places in districts known for suppressing black voters Cory Doctorow
usausausa Mississippi's prison town are in danger of collapse, thanks to tiny reforms in the War on Drugs Cory Doctorow
class war The blacker a city is, the more it fines its residents (especially black ones) Cory Doctorow
politics 2016: the first presidential election in 50 years without Voting Rights Act protections Cory Doctorow
