US Supreme Court punts on one of the most important tribal land cases ever ~news usa politics.usa Article 646 words 7 votes
In the late 1970s, Chinatown restaurants in California started booking some unlikely dinner entertainment: the rowdy young bands of the nascent West Coast punk scene ~music Article 1159 words 8 votes
Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff named WWE executive directors, will run WWE TV (Raw and Smackdown respectively) ~sports.combat Article 5 votes
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The oral history of Four Loko in New York ~food drinks history.oral Article 3571 words, published Aug 13 2018 7 votes
Was Apollo 11 a beginning or an end? Fifty years after man walked on the Moon, mankind is still stranded on Earth. That’s not the way it was supposed to be. ~space Article 2634 words 14 votes
The hidden cost of GoFundMe health care - When patients turn to crowdfunding for medical costs, whoever has the most heartrending story wins ~health medicine healthcare Article 6415 words 7 votes
Father-daughter border drowning highlights migrants' perils ~news nsfw.death usa Article 614 words 14 votes
Illinois becomes eleventh state to allow recreational marijuana ~news usa.il law politics.usa Article 609 words 25 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order compelling disclosure of prices in health care ~health healthcare Article 10 votes
Minimum wage still can’t pay for a two-bedroom apartment anywhere ~life housing work Article 27 votes
NYPD confirm the death of YouTuber Desmond Amofah, aka Etika ~games Tweet @nypdnews: We regret to inform that Desmond Amofah aka Etika has been found deceased. https://t.co/sedwZZxglw 9 votes
A fundamentalist community forges a new identity: Hildale and Colorado City, born of fundamentalist LDS doctrine, are rebuilding themselves—but not without holding on to their core beliefs ~humanities religion Article 8 votes
Axios releases nearly 100 leaked internal vetting documents of top Donald Trump administration officials, showing "red flags" deliberations ~news usa politics.usa Article 1139 words 12 votes
'It's totally unfair': Chicago, where the rich live thirty years longer than the poor ~life Article 1598 words 7 votes
NASA rover on Mars detects high amounts of methane gas, hinting at possibility of life ~space Article 820 words 8 votes
White House official once appeared on podcast whose host touted race pseudoscience and interviewed white nationalists ~news usa politics.usa Article 3 votes
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code ~books libraries.prison Article 903 words 8 votes
Oregon governor sends police to find missing Republicans, bring them to Capitol ~news usa.or politics.usa Article 503 words 31 votes
US Women’s team and US Soccer agree to mediation over gender discrimination claim ~sports.football Article 540 words 4 votes
German patients get the latest drugs for just $11. Can such a model work in the US? ~health healthcare Article 1690 words, published Jun 19 2019 8 votes
The revenge of the poverty-stricken college professors is underway in Florida. And it's big. ~life work education.higher Article 4809 words 20 votes
How will the movies (as we know them) survive the next ten years? Twenty-four major Hollywood figures peer into the future. ~movies Article 596 words 7 votes
How did the Dallas courthouse gunman get radicalized? ~news usa.tx.dallas crime Article 1333 words 5 votes
Sixteen-year-old STEM shooting suspect said he wanted to target classmates over bullying ~news usa.co crime Article 837 words 7 votes
Trump approves strikes on Iran, but then abruptly pulls back ~news usa iran politics.usa Article 1253 words 20 votes
The new American family: Trans, gender queer, nonbinary, two-spirit ~lgbt transgender Article 7 votes
New California Bill Could Revolutionize How the U.S. Tackles Plastic Pollution ~enviro plastics pollution Article 1145 words, published Jun 14 2019 4 votes
Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago ~tech security.cyber Article 5 votes
When white supremacists overthrew a government - The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ~humanities.history Video 12:22 9 votes
YouTube under US Federal investigation over allegations it violates children’s privacy ~tech privacy google social media Article 906 words 9 votes
Is it time for truth and reconciliation in the US? ~humanities.history Article 1255 words, published Feb 16 2014 9 votes
Hell is high water: When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans? ~enviro Article 3338 words 6 votes
It’s great that Taylor Swift now supports queer people, but her messaging needs some work ~lgbt Article 533 words 9 votes