elections In California, the 2020 elections will feature an epic battle to allow cities to reinstate property taxes Cory Doctorow

education US tax shortfalls have our public schools begging for donations Cory Doctorow

politics Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws Rob Beschizza

arizona Research into magic mushrooms pondered by Arizona legislators Elías Villoro

music The family of Tom Petty moves to block auction of what they say is stolen memorabilia Ruben Bolling

Boing Boing Gadgets Every worker needs Microsoft Office — and now it's only $29.99 Boing Boing's Shop

twitter DeSantis disastrous campaign launch earns him the nickname "DeSastré" Jason Weisberger

television Buy the "Cheers" bar. Or buy the original Batman and Robin costumes from the 1960s. Ruben Bolling

censorship Amanda Gorman's inspiring Inauguration Day poem banned in Florida Ruben Bolling

police Cops with violent history and criminal records drawn to Florida's $13.5m relocation program Rob Beschizza

Science Ivory-billed woodpecker, thought to be extinct, turns up in Louisiana Rob Beschizza

movies Rick Dalton, the fictional character from Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has died Devin Nealy

crime Popeyes fast-food restaurant in Oakland shut down after child-labor violation claims Rusty Blazenhoff

Delightful Creatures Video: Gorilla brother harasses his baby sibling and gets punished by mom Ruben Bolling

books Spirituality and Abolition, a new book from the Abolition Journal Elías Villoro

fox news Fox News and Infowars rant against "climate extremists" and expose the "globalist agenda" to "force humanity to eat bugs" Jennifer Sandlin

Science The 19th century Central Park dinosaur museum was vandalized by a mad businessman, not Creationists Ruben Bolling

Millennium Tower A $14 million penthouse atop the tilting Millennium Tower is up for sale, again Jason Weisberger

literature Salman Rushdie wins the Freedom to Publish award at the British Book Awards Elías Villoro

racism Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri, punishes student who recorded teacher's racial slurs Rob Beschizza