The University of Houston got a big win this week when a state appeals court agreed to reverse a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Houston photographer to sue the university for using an aerial photograph the university used to promote its ...

Allowing any person or company this sort of control is absolute insanity. By Michael Krieger.

It’s increasingly clear that our situation is worse than we’ve been told, perhaps far, far worse. By Kollibri terre Sonnenblume.

The Democrats who voted against this common sense amendment just threw immigrants, LGBTQ folks, activists, journalists, and political dissidents under the bus by voting to rubberstamp the Trump administration’s Orwellian domestic spying capabilities. ...

Today, vaccinating against cervical cancer is routine. But before Sarah Stewart, scientists dismissed the idea of a cancer-preventing vaccine as ludicrous. By Leila McNeill.

Could war games replace the real thing? By Jonathon Keats.

Open source infrastructure is a commons, much like our ecological systems. By André Staltz.

The bottom 50% have gotten poorer. By Eric Levitz.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Who is Reuel Marc Gerecht? By Shane Ryan.

Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities. A war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, an IRA operative—Jeremy has claimed to be all those things and more. And oh, what a mess he's made. By Guy Lawson.

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We got our hands on an actual Tesla Solar Roof quote sent to a potential customer and the price is shockingly high, but it could still make sense for some homeowners. By Fred Lambert.

For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called. By Elena Saavedra Buckley.

James McCune, a farmer from Mineral, Illinois, was unable to plant 85% of his intended corn acres and wanted to commiserate with his fellow farmers by hosting the “Prevent Plant Party” at The Happy Spot. By Tom Polansek.

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Criticising agreement, former president says Pacific archipelago is 'not for gringo use.' By Tom Embury-Dennis.

Officers and their families abused and humiliated in what union boss calls ‘quest for revenge’ from ‘rioters.’ By Denise Tsang.

Team Blacksheep

Authorities are violently cracking down on protesters who oppose a bill that would extradite people to China. Is resistance futile? By CG Fewston.