Headlines from May 23, 2014

Weeks after slaughtering hundreds and kidnapping more than 300 girls, Boko Haram receives UN sanctions.
#StopSpreadingYourLegs Turkish women launch online campaign to shame men for hogging space on public transportation.
Violent, angry grandmothers defend Ukraine’s pro-Russia breakaway Donestk People’s Republic.
US military has troops on the ground, engaged in active military operations, in 13 African countries.
For decades, the United States government obsessively fought to identify and fire gays in government jobs.
Married woman realizes she’s gay while writing scenes for Orange is the New Black.
Shared custody becoming the norm: from 1988 to 2008, percentage of mothers awarded sole custody dropped from 80% to 42%.
Matt Haughey explains life as an internet property master: Live by the Google sword, die by the Google sword
TIME magazine and Sports Illustrated now sell ads on their covers.
America’s current hiring process—résumés, cover letters—all but encourages employers to give in to their racial biases.
Mark Cuban says he fears black kids in hoodies, though he fears them less than bald white guys with face tattoos.
Memorial Day is more difficult to ignore when a commemorative American flag, honoring your father, turns up in your lap. #tmn
The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence. Nadal on confidence.
Michael Pollan says North Carolina bbq is meat of the gods, tying back to ancient Greece and rabbis of the Old Testament. #video
Mastering the art of French eating requires visiting places—not Paris—where food doesn’t come from freezers.
The world contains little Scientology hip-hop, but much is celebrated when new examples are found.
Photographs of businesses becoming fucking fro-yo places.