heroic acts A 13-year-old boy takes over a school bus after the driver passes out (video) Carla Sinclair

"old-school" punishments Cruel school bus driver faces 30 child abuse charges after slamming on the brakes (video) Carla Sinclair

police "Suspicious buses" attempting to pick up children in Virginia David Pescovitz

schools MA Governor calls in the National Guard to drive students to school Thom Dunn

vehicles This is why yellow school buses have those black stripes David Pescovitz

poor planning Kentucky's 1st school day ends in "disaster" when buses drop kids off at 10pm. Superintendent apologizes (video) Carla Sinclair

Junipero Serra Rejecting forgiveness, Catholics demand more punishment Jason Weisberger

tiktok Crash simulation videos: watch cars and buses smash into walls and wrecking balls Mark Frauenfelder

knives Indiana Senate to end statewide ban on throwing stars Thom Dunn

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

Funny High school principal required by law to look after horses that students rode to school David Pescovitz

insert coin Internet vending machines sell Web access in five minute increments David Pescovitz

politics Biden's first executive orders: pandemic, climate change, racism, immigration Xeni Jardin

surveillance French government proposes new ban on filming and photographing police Thom Dunn

privacy How coronavirus restrictions inadvertently lead to mass surveillance Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Turkey arrests 410 citizens for "provocative" coronavirus posts Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Materiality: a new science fiction story for the Oslo Architecture Triennale about sustainable, green abundance Cory Doctorow

education #RedForEd rebooted: Chicago's teachers are back on strike Cory Doctorow

go round and round How school buses became yellow, and some of the safest vehicles on the road Clive Thompson

privacy Putting a price on our data won't make the platforms stop abusing our privacy Cory Doctorow