Headlines from October 22, 2014

ISIS claims to have received a US weapons drop meant for Kurdish fighters.
Reports indicate ISIS struggles to meet basic needs of residents, who are kept in line by fear of reprisals.
Political scientists fail to understand why countries sign human rights treaties they have no intention of following.
After months of posting on social media about Mexican drug cartel activity, an online journalist’s murder was tweeted.
Superintendents at urban schools need four years to make a difference—but they only last an average of three and a half years.
Atlantic City, undone by greed and poor economic strategy, is on its way to becoming a failed city.
Women astronauts are a better choice for a Mars mission: They’re lighter and require fewer calories. #space
If there is an upside to Gamergate, it’s that the evidence for misogyny in gaming is now impossible to deny.
The Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed are the most- and least-trusted news sources in America, respectively.
Tell him to go fuck himself. Tributes to the Washington Post‘s Ben Bradlee.
I’m a black journalist. I’m quitting because of newsroom racism.
For stuntpeople of color in Hollywood, discrimination and black-face are far from relics of the past.
How Silicon Valley is eating the middle class, and widening an already appalling wealth disparity in the US.
I knew within minutes I was not taking the SAT that day. On sex work.
Kenny G made a smooth appearance at Occupy Central in Hong Kong.
There’s really no such thing as a “non-lethal” weapon.