china Animated graph shows incredible difference between China and India's GDP over the last 60 years Mark Frauenfelder

public health Renegade fire department illegally saved baby, says private ambulance firm Thom Dunn

class war Striking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next? Cory Doctorow

trumpism Superstorms are tearing up America's crumbling, neglected infrastructure Cory Doctorow

nsa 5 companies now control 80% of America's contracted spying Andrea James

Science Our public health data is being ingested into Silicon Valley's gaping, proprietary maw Cory Doctorow

Business Sneak-privatization of public schools: attacking teachers, unions and standards Cory Doctorow

Weird facts about far-right Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei Mark Frauenfelder

Space Sex in space is serious business, scientists report David Pescovitz

capitalism The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism Elías Villoro

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

security theater A comic book history of the Pinkerton Agency Thom Dunn

brazil Lula da Silva and zero deforestation Elías Villoro

politics In conservative states, people die younger Elías Villoro

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

haiti What Sniglets, Haiti and the International Monetary Fund have in common Elías Villoro

toys Day of the Dead Barbie gets a second edition Elías Villoro

colonialism There are only two US states where it's legal to own the ocean Thom Dunn

A satellite made out of wood Clive Thompson

usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn