/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/45488404/2008_5_barack.0.jpg)
Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.
Local:
· Americana's "cheek-by-jowl proximity of residential and retail architecture" [LAT]
· That's a lot of merch! $7 million pot farm bust [LAT]
National:
· Airplanes slow down and save fuel costs, look for longer flights [TreeHugger]
· Bicycles with automatic transmissions [LAT]
· Beauty companies being sued for falsely advertising as organic [Pretty by Nature]
· Home Depots closing stores and not opening new ones as planned [Retail Wire]
· Buy Barack in acrylic of oil (pictured) [W]
International:
· $1.2 million prefab going up for auction, proceeds to charity [TreeHugger]
· Topshop.com gets Pay Pal [Topshop Blog]