santa claus 10-year-old asks for a DNA test on a cookie allegedly bitten by Santa to prove if he's real or not Rusty Blazenhoff
politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin
nypd NYPD won't defend the warrantless subpoena it tried to get Twitter critic's data with Rob Beschizza
art Junior high school art teacher secretly sold students' paintings online without their consent David Pescovitz
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
censorship Tunisian cartoonist arrested, interrogated, and facing prison for satirical cartoons about prime minister Ruben Bolling
politics In his sex-obsessed newsletter, Paul Gosar calls for General Milley to be executed Mark Frauenfelder
supreme court Democracy-hating Missouri attorney general loses bid to keep legalized abortion amendment off ballot Mark Frauenfelder
mistakes Correctile Dysfunction: the global crisis of men correcting women who know more than they do Elías Villoro
california The SCOTUS decision to let California demand the pork industry become slightly less cruel is pretty important Jason Weisberger
books "Who Would Believe a Prisoner?" chronicles America's first separate prison for women Elías Villoro
censorship Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds Constitutional Right to be a dick at town meetings Thom Dunn