January 20, 2016

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In 21 states during 2014, gun deaths outnumbered car deaths. [pdf]

Drug overdoses are the cause of a recent spike in deaths among young, white people.

California has the most death row inmates in the US, hasn’t executed anyone in a decade, but won’t end the death penalty.

Google News owns trust, Facebook owns news distribution, and journalism is left out in the cold.

Putting UChicago’s recent decision to open the South Side of Chicago’s only trauma center in its racial and political context.

UN document shows an organization woefully unprepared to deal with continued genocide in Burundi.

Human Rights Watch accuses Western businesses operating in Palestinian territories of complicity in land theft.

The Koch Brothers’ rebranding machine. #longreads

The number of billionaires whose wealth equals half the world’s population shrunk by 84% in the last five years.

European policies only worsened the migration and refugee crisis in 2015.

MI5 named the UK’s most LGBTQ-friendly employer.

An oral history of Now That’s What I Call Music!

Startled recognition is the thing. The genius of Wile E. Coyote, painstakingly explained.

Fans of Archy Marshall (aka King Krule) will like knowing about his lifetime of creating with his brother Jack. #video