History Excavating the underwater wreckage of sunken Trans-Atlantic slave ships Thom Dunn

carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow

human rights Report estimates over 400,000 slaves currently live in the US Andrea James

class war Prisoners sent to Christian "rehab" diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps Cory Doctorow

corruption Jailer-owned "Christian business" forced inmates to make cornhole games Mark Frauenfelder

graphic novels Graphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital & Ideology" Thom Dunn

History How Ibram X. Kendi's STAMPED became a stunning graphic novel history of racism Thom Dunn

scams Undercover video exposes massive "Pig Butchering" romance scam center in Dubai Mark Frauenfelder

racism Pro-slavery hate tweet with 2.9 million views generates ad revenue for Musk Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Covid cover-up, UFO cover-up, and Trump's sadistic sex tapes in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Entertainment Disney's rules for theme park influencers are hilariously ridiculous Ruben Bolling

cults "Warrior Poet" performs an ode to breasts and bodily autonomy, except when it comes to implants Jennifer Sandlin

A book about the rebellious history of the banjo Elías Villoro

uk The politics of prison abolition in the UK and Ireland Elías Villoro

mississippi Come for the pickles, stay for the agricultural history lesson Jennifer Sandlin

youtubers Right-wing commentator Stephen Crowder threatened wife and "exposed himself" to co-workers Rob Beschizza

tabloids Aliens built the Pyramids and monitor Earth, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

graphic novels Under the Banner of King Death is a new graphic novel about piracy rebellion and democracy Elías Villoro

revolutions The concepts of freedom, liberty, and equality were developed by enslaved people and women, not the elite Elías Villoro

religion Conspirituality: A podcast that dismantles New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis Elías Villoro