Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights
The concentration of a virus in wastewater can paint a picture of how much COVID-19 is present in that community. Testing at airports can help provide context for how prevalent…
These videos show the police aren’t neutral. They’re counterprotesters.
law enforcement officers are treating America like a battlefield.
Turkey cuts all trade ties with Israel: report
The Israeli Foreign Minister said Ankara was also blocking Turkey’s ports for Israeli imports and exports.
Detroit People’s Food Co-op Opens May 1
Join the Celebration! “On opening day, I want everyone in Detroit to walk through our doors and feel like this is their store,” said Talley. The DPFC opens for business…
Killing the Middlemen in the Rideshare Industry
How Things Work: If the coop model can succeed in Minneapolis, that would significantly undermine the power of Uber and Lyft's threats to pull out of other cities in the future.…
Art and Ephemera Once Owned by Pioneering Artist Mary Beth Edelson Discarded on the Street in SoHo
The purge of material, including works on paper, was organized by her son, Nick Edelson. Some who came to take items criticized the disposal.
Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be
As relentless rains pounded LA, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water—enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.
Louisiana High Court: Priests Have a “Property Right” Not to Be Sued For Sexual Abuse
Over the course of years in the 1970s, several boys between the ages of eight and fourteen in St. Martinville, Louisiana, were repeatedly sexually assaulted by their parish priest, suffering…
Fuck You Press Archive
It was a good day when I finally got my hands on Fuck You Vol. 5/No. 7. Quite possibly the coolest, hippest magazine of the mimeo revolution (Fuck You epitomized…
In Memory of Nicole Brown Simpson
There was a time when the law, including the FBI, and social scientists maintained that wife-beating did not exist in the United States. Eventually the FBI did estimate that a…