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books "Prisons Make Us Safer" tackles myths of mass incarceration Elías Villoro
birds "The State Birds are Garbage" Rusty Blazenhoff
COVID-19 Americans are getting fined for goofing off in Canada Séamus Bellamy
usa CGP Grey on 'What is Federal Land?' Rusty Blazenhoff
retro A cool retro map of USA song titles Rusty Blazenhoff
trump As with Nicaragua, so too America Séamus Bellamy
surveillance Trump administration will require every visitor to the USA to divulge all social media identities Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism "Court guardians" kidnap old people, sell all their stuff, doom victims to pharmaceutical oblivion in institutions Cory Doctorow
Business Indicted Dieselgate VW execs advised not to leave Germany, lest they be extradited to the USA Cory Doctorow
art Censoring Santa Barbara politician thwarted, painting restored Cory Doctorow
privacy California legislature wants to mandate radio-readable driver's licenses (CALL NOW!) Cory Doctorow
surveillance Anti-NSA messages projected on US embassy in Berlin Cory Doctorow
privacy NSA spies on human rights groups, including those in the USA Cory Doctorow
Copyfight What the US government tells European parliamentarians about ACTA Cory Doctorow
Copyfight US copyright lobby to Canada: pass our stupid laws or we won't let you into the suicide pact! Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Leaked memo: USA blackmailed Spain into passing brutal, censoring copyright law Cory Doctorow
law Alabama's racist "immigration" law creates misery and fear for brown people Cory Doctorow
Kids Cost of raising middle-income child in USA increases by 40% in ten years Cory Doctorow
crime Woman who shot neighbor through door charged with manslaughter Rob Beschizza
politics Right-wing protest turns violent outside school board meeting in Glendale, California Rob Beschizza