real estate Private companies can make more than your property is worth if you fail to pay taxes Thom Dunn

corruption Trump pledged that Amazon would be forced to pay its taxes; thanks to his #taxscam, their profits went up and their taxes stayed $0.00 Cory Doctorow

san francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors rules that if you're rich enough to own a private sidewalk, you don't have to worry about overdue taxes Cory Doctorow

elon musk "They're such NPCs" — Why Elon Musk thinks you're not real Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Miss USA "murdered" and an unrelated Biden "cover-up" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

billionaires ProPublica investigation finds ultra-rich pay almost nothing in federal income tax Rob Beschizza

neoliberalism The dystopian roots of the concept of "Meritocracy" Thom Dunn

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

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

mental illness It's Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare's dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

air travel Delta Airlines kicks man off plane for urgent need to use the restroom before takeoff Mark Frauenfelder

Games The Dwarven Lord of Kickstarter Ethan Gilsdorf

Wind farm to destroy Canada's first 'dark sky preserve' Jason Weisberger

40,000 people have paid thousands for an Elio car – will it ever be built? Jason Torchinsky

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century Cory Doctorow