law Petition: make the FBI explain why they didn't bring criminal charges against bank execs Cory Doctorow
law Arizona's Attorney General cited an 158-year-old anti-abortion law: older than Jim Crow and age of consent laws Elías Villoro
racism Racist Torrance cops texted about killing black children, used slurs to mock black man they killed and his family Rob Beschizza
crimes This man robbed a bank in 1969 and vanished. On Friday, authorities found him, just a few months too late. David Pescovitz
institutional cruelty American are being hit with "zombie debts" from government benefits in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder
elections Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptcies Cory Doctorow
corruption An end-run around Citizens United: passing state laws that ban rewarding campaign donors with political favors Cory Doctorow
corruption The sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on the press have long histories of shady dealings, revealed by the press Cory Doctorow
security Attacks that unmask anonymous blockchain transactions can be used against everyone who ever relied on the defective technique Cory Doctorow
uk Julian Assange is now an Ecuadoran citizen, but the UK government still won't let him out of the embassy Cory Doctorow
all the justice money can buy ICE held US citizen for 3.5 years, then dumped him in rural Alabama with no money and no explanation Mark Frauenfelder