War on the poor Churro vendor video resurfaces, and Andrew Yang now regrets complaining about NYC's unlicensed street vendors Mark Frauenfelder

War on the poor California city bans smoking and vaping in apartments Mark Frauenfelder

poverty Minnesota high school threw away hot lunches for students with over $15 of lunch debt Mark Frauenfelder

philosophy How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn

Business Pangea raised $180m to buy up low-rent Chicago properties "to help poor people," and then created the most brutally efficient eviction mill in Chicago history Cory Doctorow

animation "The Magician's Elephant" Review: An Elephant-Sized Misfire for Netflix Greg Nussen

movies Ben Affleck is pretty adamant that he'll never direct a movie for DC Devin Nealy

Maternal death rates soared in U.S. during pandemic Rob Beschizza

movies Disney CEO Bob Iger is beginning to question the Marvel method Devin Nealy

Food A nutritionist explains when and why she buys "organic" fruits and veg Jason Weisberger

H5N1 Thousands of sea lions in Peru have died from H5N1 Jennifer Sandlin

music Is "Come Out, Ye Black & Tans" just the 1920 version of "Fuck The Police?" Thom Dunn

movies Watch: a new edit of Guccione's disastrous "Caligula" is in the works Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids The coming alien invasion and a sweet-smelling Kardashian vagina in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Cryptozoology The cryptid complications of Wikipedia's editing policies Thom Dunn

chemistry is fun! Chemist makes moonshine from toilet paper Jennifer Sandlin

books Everyone bopmuggered by vomitous gobblefunk in censored Roald Dahl books Rob Beschizza

video games Saints Row has an uncertain future Grant St. Clair