mistakes Why did a Maine cop lie about dropping off missing person Erik Foote at a hospital? Rob Beschizza
law Two racist cops who tortured black men jailed for 20 and 17 1/2 years. Four more are yet to be sentenced. Rob Beschizza
surveillance New DHS reports reveals terrifying scope of the Department's manufactured Antifa scare Thom Dunn
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
scams A 17-year-old was arrested for being the "mastermind" of the massive bitcoin Twitter hack Mark Frauenfelder
law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin
authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn
crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow
trumpism Pledge: I will not participate in any event organized by or including institutions that employ Kirstjen Nielsen Cory Doctorow
sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman
trumpism Applicants for the Customs and Border Protection agency keep admitting to ghastly crimes during polygraph tests Cory Doctorow