books Pulitzer prize winner Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, By America" is about consumption, exploitation and how money trickles up Elías Villoro
guns Sales of "Bulletproof" Backpacks are on the rise even though they don't protect from AR-15s Thom Dunn
police US Police have stolen $68 billion in the past 20 years from American citizens without due process Thom Dunn
racism Trump administration bans diversity training for federal workers, calling it "Anti-American" Thom Dunn
police Massachusetts governor proposes a $5000 bonus for cops who undergo anti-racist training Thom Dunn
health Big Pharma's origin: how the Chicago School and private equity shifted medicine's focus from health to wealth Cory Doctorow
uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow
Copyfight How #Article13 is like the Inquisition: John Milton Against the EU #CopyrightDirective Ada Palmer
homelessness New Orleans reduced homelessness by 90% (and saved a fortune) by giving homeless people homes Cory Doctorow
facebook Citing terms of service and "bad actors," Facebook locks out tools that catalog ads and ad targeting Cory Doctorow