trade war consequences Trump's "ego driven trade war" more than decimates American whiskey exports Jason Weisberger

politics China imposes export restrictions the rare earths we need for everything Ellsworth Toohey

Science Short-form video makes it hard to remember what you're doing and worse at doing it Rob Beschizza

canada The number of countries issuing travel warnings about the U.S. is growing Séamus Bellamy

History Queen Victoria was the world's biggest and most muderous drug kingpin Ellsworth Toohey

literature Illustrated 1915 Aesop's fable: When frogs traded democracy for tyranny Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump "lab leak" website "inaccurate, flawed, and misleading" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Bezos, Zuck & Musk learn expensive lesson in Trump economics Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Student says University of Washington has threatened to expel him for a course-trading app he built for class project [UPDATED] Mark Frauenfelder

ftc FTC bans tax-filing parasite TurboTax from advertising itself as 'free' Rob Beschizza

Comic Books After nearly 30 years, there's finally a new issue of Miracleman by Neil Gaiman Thom Dunn

science fiction Octavia Butler's Kindred to premiere on Hulu on December 13 Elías Villoro

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

Business Many Chinese manufacturers are behaving as though they have no future Cory Doctorow

class war How the British left should seize this moment to strip finance of its political clout Cory Doctorow

disease Ebola outbreak declared a public health emergency of international concern Séamus Bellamy

Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's Acting Attorney General was an active participant in a scam company that marketed "masculine toilets" Cory Doctorow