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documentaries Billy Preston's estate and friends are suing to halt the release of his new documentary Yoy Luadha

politics "I've got too much self-respect and concern for hygiene," Rep Raskin says no to Trump hotel Mark Frauenfelder

trump NY attorney general asks for summary judgment that Trump's "inflated wealth" a lie in lender fraud case Rob Beschizza

tabloids Secrets the Queen took to her grave, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow

algorithmic bureaucracy Facebook isn't free speech, it's "algorithmic amplification optimized for outrage" Mark Frauenfelder

class war To solve America's housing crisis, build public housing Cory Doctorow

class war China's 1 percenters are now worth as much as the GDP of the United Kingdom Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Free online course: how to write and read fake news Cory Doctorow

law Trump threatens to sue New York Times over new groping allegations Rob Beschizza

politics How Joseph McCarthy's trusted hitman Roy Cohn became Donald Trump's mentor Xeni Jardin

copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan