Headlines from October 20, 2014

Officials declare dozens of people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan are now no longer at risk of Ebola.
High school dropouts with wealthy backgrounds tend to earn as much as college grads with poorer backgrounds.
Many, if not most, individual American households possess next to nothing.
I just don’t buy into the nonsense about discrimination. PBS debuts interviews from The Whiteness Project. #video
Generations of prejudice led to the systematic—and ongoing—exclusion of black jurors in North Carolina. #longreads
Over the past three decades, the number of Mississippians put behind bars exploded, growing 300%—more than 17 times the population growth.
Alex P. Keaton is a douchebag, but Marty McFly is not. “Douchebag” is the white racial slur we’ve all been waiting for. #language
Addressing a decline in membership, the Girl Scouts considers shifting away from its outdoor focus to STEM.
Pacific Island nations whose habitable land is threatened by rising seas may have to trade their vast maritime rights for asylum.
Once a staple of election season, US newspapers reconsider endorsements in a hyper-partisan world.
Chinese government closes children’s libraries—possibly because they “emphasize individual values.”
Baltic-Russian tensions remain high as Sweden searches for suspicious foreign submarine spotted off Stockholm.
Siri’s responses are not entirely predictable, but they are predictably kind. An autistic boy befriends AI.
Possible real-world locations for Sesame Street, and how to get there.
Stuart Murdoch: “You can read about bands on the internet ‘til you’re blue in the face, but you really don’t know until somebody tells you.”