May 13, 2016

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White House directs all US public schools to accommodate trans students’ gender identities.

Seven months after promising to relocate 10,000 Syrian refugees, America has settled under 2,000.

Global urban air pollution is worsening, and most cities in developing countries fall far shy of WHO air quality standards.

EPA announces first-ever regulations on methane emissions by the oil and gas industry.

People in low-income rural areas are five times more likely to not have access to high-speed internet, creating a massive information gap.

The FBI won’t say whether or not it’s wiretapping your Amazon Echo.

The algorithm doesn’t determine Facebook’s trending topics, which means…something.

Facebook Live is turning journalists into the cast of Jackass.

Colombian government frightened that the US will rescind funding for peace talks to protect Big Pharma profits.

A quarter of a million Big Poultry assembly line workers are routinely denied bathroom breaks.

More than 6,500 US mail carriers were bitten by dogs last year.

A writer discovers the unpleasantries of becoming a US mail carrier, including threats, lies, and dog attacks.

What we would potentially learn from looking at Trump’s tax returns, by someone who’s seen them and can’t talk.

Realistic digital renderings of bicycles drawn by people from memory.