May 18, 2016

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1954 or 2016? Court orders Mississippi schools to desegregate.

Oklahoma’s dedication to tax cuts for oil producers ended up gutting the state’s school system.

This tool shows how the gender pay gap varies across US industries.

McConnell wants women to register for Selective Service, where, if drafted, they’ll presumably earn less.

Since being abducted by Boko Haram two years ago, the first of the missing Chibok girls has been rescued.

Even people who are alarmed about climate woes are unlikely to take action unless they see others do so first.

Kochs increasingly see lobbying as business, not politics, as focus moves from Trump-tinged federal stage to quieter state races.

“America’s economic illness has a name: financialization.”

Civility is overrated. History shows the victors are the vulgar.

Thoreau never anticipated a walk in the woods when the woods have burned down: “Thru-Hiking a Bushfire.”

Texas court reporter realizes she can’t keep a bison in her house any more.

Minimalism in computer design debuted long before Apple. #photography

Before and after rent control, San Francisco rent has risen 2.5% more than inflation annually. That adds up over 60 years.

Nearly 40 years ago, David Nash planted 22 ash saplings and trained them to grow into a dome. #video

After his last book—a “guide for playing Cairo”—Ahmed Naji was imprisoned by Egyptian authorities for an insurgent creativity.

“We pay the carriers for content they don’t want versus media companies for content we do want.”

A look book at the disappearing facades of BEST, a department store owned by architecture enthusiasts.

“We pretend to be a ship full of explorers instead of a floating rest home, and McMurdo pretends to be a scientific research station instead of a placeholder for Exxon-Mobil.”