ireland Lidl Ireland becomes "first major retailer in the world" to offer free sanitary products Jess Sabine

law America had laws banning ugly people from public until 1974 Ellsworth Toohey

Science This physics professor transformed his country to 98% renewable energy in five years Ruben Bolling

new orleans New Orleans mayor spent $250,000 on travel expenses, taxpayers foot the bill Natalie Dressed

texas Austin's guaranteed basic income pilot program was a hit. A GOP state senator doesn't want it to happen in Houston Jennifer Sandlin

Republicans Idaho Republicans block free tampons for public school students Jason Weisberger

gop Anna Paulina LunaI is the new George Santos Mark Frauenfelder

los angeles Homelessness has killed five times as many Angelenos as murder Thom Dunn

smartphones Say farewell to LG's occasionally wonderful smartphones Séamus Bellamy

scotland Scotland just became the first country to provide free tampons and pads to all Janelle Hessig

manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder

institutional cruelty American are being hit with "zombie debts" from government benefits in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

Business Rockstar Games made £4b between 2013-19, paid no corporate tax in the UK, claimed £42m in tax relief Cory Doctorow

piketty Elizabeth Warren proposes Thomas Piketty-style annual wealth tax Cory Doctorow

class war Americans' happiness is correlated with spending on public goods Cory Doctorow

canada Poverty grounds for separating kids from their families in Canada Séamus Bellamy

books Challenge Racist Narratives with Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors, a New Book and Teaching Tool David Pilgrim

law Louisiana's public defender's office is largely nonexistent so poor people just plead guilty Cory Doctorow

News Unprotected database exposes off-grid energy users in Guatemala, South Africa Xeni Jardin

world government Arthur C. Clarke and his vision of world government Stephen Baxter