law Washington State sheriff used courtroom camera to zoom in on defense attorney and juror's private notes Cory Doctorow
myth busting Gustavo Arellano: Donkey Shows are a "wholesale gabacho invention that says more about how America projects its fevered perversions onto Mexicans and Mexico than anything about Mexicans themselves" Jennifer Sandlin
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Séamus Bellamy
gop West Virginia Senator laughed at the idea that hating on teachers would bite him in the ass – then he lost his job Cory Doctorow
elections In Chicago primaries, a string of defeats for the Democratic establishment at the hands of progressive Democrats Cory Doctorow
crime Obama's legacy: eight years of not holding executives criminally responsible for their companies' misdeeds Cory Doctorow
cannabis Free medical marijuana offered to victims of Northern California's Valley Fire Jason Weisberger