law Washington State sheriff used courtroom camera to zoom in on defense attorney and juror's private notes Cory Doctorow

wonderful animals Alert circle: San Diego Zoo elephants show off their earthquake defense superpowers Jennifer Sandlin

jewish The Ten Commandments featuring music by the Flaming Lips and Los Lobos David Pescovitz

monkeys Baby spider monkey in a onesie discovered in a Rolls Royce during a DUI stop Thom Dunn

sports Climber finally rescued after being stuck on cliff face for 12 hours David Pescovitz

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

law Beware this marijuana vaping cartridge brand Xeni Jardin

ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Séamus Bellamy

drugs Stench from marijuana farms outrages some California residents David Pescovitz

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

marijuana Even the Texas GOP is ready to decriminalize marijuana Mark Frauenfelder

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

utah Utah white minority claims gerrymandering protects from discrimination Jason Weisberger

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

social justice ¡Ask a Mexican! tackles BurritoGate Jason Weisberger

picks Adventures in Pain Mangement: a TENS unit really helps Jason Weisberger

crime Obama's legacy: eight years of not holding executives criminally responsible for their companies' misdeeds Cory Doctorow

crime Rapist Brock Turner texted pals photos of victim's breasts Xeni Jardin