May 28, 2015

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The silence of FIFA’s sponsors shows that the big business of global soccer still outweighs bad press.

Piers Morgan: Thank you, America, for bringing down one of the world’s most “disgraced and disreputable” organizations.

The only way self-government can re-emerge in Libya, Iraq, Yemen, and Syria is for all sides to accept “no victor/no vanquished.”

Nebraska legislature abolishes death penalty in defiance of governor’s veto.

Charts and graphs visualize the 67 Justice Department investigations into local police departments since 1994.

Research finds that the most cost-effective way to combat homelessness is to give homeless people homes.

Starbucks, despite $14 billion in revenue, begins to close some New York stores because the rent is too high.

Mexican drug cartels use CCTV to monitor civilians and law enforcement.

Beyond a certain age women become invisible in public spaces. Fighting back against condescension, one insult at a time.

Hilary Mantel: People ask, “How does it feel to see your characters come to life?” I answer: “When were they dead?”

Percentage of undernourished people in the developing world has fallen from 23.3% to 12.9% over the last quarter century.

Netflix streaming consumes more bandwidth than YouTube, Amazon, and Hulu combined at peak periods.

Kindle readers finally get typography that doesn’t suck.

The Internet’s love of fail videos is rooted in the evolutionary utility of schadenfreude.

Related: Schadenfreude “doesn’t square with America’s national obsession with the comeback story,” but we love it anyway.

Even in a mild-mannered crowd, it was important not to show anyone up. William Finnegan on learning to surf and fight in ‘60s Hawaii.