surveillance Oakland passes groundbreaking municipal law requiring citizen oversight of local surveillance Cory Doctorow
happy mutants In a time of "driving while black," the Negro Motorist Green Book gets a new edition Cory Doctorow
christ what an asshole Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow
law In 1968, the Supreme Court gutted the Fourth Amendment, certain that it would all work out in the end. It didn't. Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Molly Ringwald's brilliant essay about John Hughes is a superb exploration of what it means to love "problematic" art Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Lawsuit reveals the deadly, out-of-control free-for-all inside Red State America's for-profit prisons Cory Doctorow
police If patrolling US soldiers can avoid shooting civilians, why can't US cops stop murdering unarmed black men? Cory Doctorow
race Most ancient Briton yet found was black-skinned, blue-eyed and clearly laughing at enraged Daily Mail comments about him Rob Beschizza
race Racist authoritarians insisted that ending stop-and-frisk would increase violent crime, but the opposite just happened Cory Doctorow
Business Inmate, denied health care in an Arizona private prison, chews his own fingers off Cory Doctorow
AI Two years later, Google solves 'racist algorithm' problem by purging 'gorilla' label from image classifier Cory Doctorow
books Facsimile editions of the "Negro Motorist Green Books" from 1940, 1954 and 1963 are selling briskly in 2017 Cory Doctorow
trumpism Jeff Sessions encourages courts to continue practice of fining poor people for being too poor to pay their fines Cory Doctorow
