December 10, 2015
- Use of federal watchlists has dramatically increased under Obama; half of those being watched have no known ties to terrorist organizations.
- Obama continues his push to ban those on the no-fly list from buying guns.
- How Chicago's black police officers handle their department's legacy of brutal racism.
- FBI expanding database that tracks police shootings; the current system is a "travesty."
- A quarter of black Floridians can't vote due to draconian disenfranchisement Republican laws.
- Donald Trump explained his media strategy in 1987's Art of the Deal.
- Current anti-Muslim sentiments echo American anti-Catholic movements near the turn of the century.
- Coalition of Syrian opposition groups meet for secretive talks in Riyadh.
- Thai policeman who connected influential figures to human trafficking seeks asylum in Australia.
- Database of the 44 current NFL players who have been accused of sexual or physical assault.
- Uranium levels in drinking water in California's Central Valley are dangerously high, and officials are doing little to inform the public.
- Moving interview with Ronda Rousey.
- After School, a Yik Yak-like app targeted at high schoolers, brings anonymous cyberbullying directly to millions of children.
- The Yahoo! board cancels Marissa Mayer's signature revenue-raising plan and moves to possibly sell the company.
- How Marissa Mayer's attempts at being a Steve Jobs-like visionary killed Yahoo!
- Notes from a roast of Stephen Crane, December 1895.
- Our long, long list of 2015's best fiction.