US Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob ~news usa.dc politics Article 1353 words 12 votes
Boeing charged and agrees to pay $2.5 billion for 737 MAX fraud conspiracy ~transport Article 1932 words 16 votes
US trade group asks VP Mike Pence to ‘seriously consider' invoking 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump ~misc politics Article 466 words 37 votes
Joe Biden is certified as the 46th President of the United States ~news usa politics Article 5773 words 43 votes
A brief history of peanut butter: The bizarre sanitarium staple that became a spreadable obsession ~food history Article 1296 words 6 votes
Number of people killed in deadly attacks in the post-9/11 era, by ideology ~misc politics Link 9 votes
Pennsylvania Republicans block seating of Democratic state senator, take control from lieutenant governor ~news politics usa.pa Article 692 words 20 votes
JetBrains' continuous integration server TeamCity may have been compromised as part of the wide-reaching Russian hack of the US federal government ~tech security.national Article 803 words 13 votes
It Could Happen Here: A podcast series from 2019 about how a second American Civil War might take place ~misc politics Link 16 votes
The US is building a bike trail that runs coast-to-coast across twelve states ~hobbies Article 673 words 21 votes
Joint session of Congress for counting of Electoral College ballots (objections to certify election) ~news politics usa Video 10 votes
The history of Yellowstone: Debunking the myth that the great national park was a wilderness untouched by humans ~humanities.history Article 4979 words 5 votes
Until 1968, a married Texas woman couldn’t own property or start a business without her husband’s permission. Attorney Louise Raggio fought to change that. ~life.women Article 1770 words 10 votes
Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology ~tech Article 365 words 14 votes
Joseph Rainey was the United States' first Black congressman ~humanities.history Article 5878 words 6 votes
Who named the United States and what alternatives gained the most traction? ~humanities.history Video 3:27, published Jan 17 2020 5 votes
US passes ‘historic’ anti-corruption law that effectively bans anonymous shell companies ~finance business Article 564 words 26 votes
January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1925 are open to all! ~arts Article 3842 words 28 votes
Trump took a wrecking ball to media credibility—can Biden repair it? ~misc politics Article 1731 words, published Dec 27 2020 7 votes
Officials increasingly alarmed about US President Donald Trump’s power grab ~news usa politics Article 288 words 21 votes
US consumes more green energy than coal for first time since 1885 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 468 words 15 votes
Hawaii is famous for its spectacular beaches. But over the past century, three of the state’s major islands have lost roughly one-quarter of their sandy shores. ~enviro climate change Article 12 votes
The year of Karen: How a meme changed the way Americans talked about racism ~life Article 1517 words 17 votes
Experts lay out the criteria for choosing Biden's CTO, who will be faced with using tech to tackle everything from climate change to vaccine distribution ~tech Article 1678 words 6 votes
On Marx, Lincoln, slavery and socialism in the years following the Civil War ~humanities.history Article 2688 words 13 votes
An RV exploded in Nashville, TN around 6:30 today - police suspect it was intentional ~transport Article 1102 words 25 votes
Where year two of the pandemic will take us: As vaccines roll out, the US will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget ~health Article 4635 words 10 votes
National Police Association 2020 Year in Review: "Another thing furries are doing is dredging the Internet looking for ways to cancel us" ~tech Article 686 words 9 votes
Hiding COVID-19: How Trump Administration guidance suppresses photography of the pandemic ~health Article 3099 words 6 votes
Blood Incantation - Inner Paths (to Outer Space) (2019) ~music metal.death Video 5:40, published Oct 11 2019 3 votes
Los Angeles Department of Public Health urges film industry vigilance to help contain COVID-19 ~movies Article 427 words 7 votes
What the hole is going on? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020. ~food Article 4015 words 11 votes