July 10, 2014

• Three years ago the Arab Spring brought hope, now replaced by ruin—outsiders, no matter their intention, can't restore that future.
• Female Syrian refugees face constant sexual harassment.
• Dubai has unveiled its first state-sponsored construction project since the pre-crash bubble: an indoor city with hotels, shops, and trams.
• How Chinese development—"buildings, infrastructure, and urban districts"—is changing African cities.
• National Parks Service calls possible retail development on the Grand Canyon's south rim a "serious threat."
• It's illegal to run for office in eight US states, but it's a law that isn't enforced.
• "The asshole effect": The very wealthy are more likely to be mean, cheat, feel entitled, and drive aggressively.
• How coffee fueled the Civil War.
• What happens when a funeral turns into a riot.
• "Classic rock" means different things to different listeners, but most radio stations still peg it as songs from 1973 to 1982.
• Statistics show a significant number of Millennials in fact do live with their parents.
• The best way to invest a single dollar, according to two dozen people, including a JP Morgan associate, a sex worker, and more.
• [Michael] Sam has...joined an elite club: the miniscule number of people whose reputations have been damaged, not enhanced, by an association with Oprah Winfrey.
• Co-author of a book about how to run with the bulls in Pamplona survived a goring yesterday at the running of the bulls in Pamplona.
• Hospital elevator buttons have more bacteria compared to hospital toilet surfaces.
• On Clement Street, San Francisco's "second Chinatown."
• If potato salad leads people to reflect on the injustices of modern American capitalism, then we really may be on to something.