June 20, 2014

• The Social Security Administration and Veterans Affairs are taking steps to provide some recognition of same-sex couples.
• South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has declined to veto penalties for college assigning "gay-themed" books in the 2014 state budget.
• Concerned for female students' future in the workplace, UK principal implements strict dress code.
• Photographer fights racial profiling and negative stereotypes with images of African-American fathers ​and their children.
• In praise of editors.
• Australia sends troops to Iraq to secure its embassy.
• At its current growth rate, Beijing will soon have more residents than all of Australia.
• A short history of Grand Central Terminal.
• The right way to cut a cake.
• For lipreaders, some speakers obscure comprehension.
• The case against cognitive enhancement: If smart drugs become the new normal, they won't be a choice but a responsibility.
• John Harney, tea visionary and founder of Harney & Sons, dies.
• American Apparel fires its founder and CEO Dov Charney over charges of professional misconduct.
• See also: Claudine Ko's infamous 2004 profile of Charney, who pleasured himself during an interview.
• A critical profile of the lead investor of Yo, an intentionally worthless app that recently scored $1 million in funding.
• UK Labour Party's Twitter is​ hacked.
• Portraits of record collectors with their massive collections.
• An interview with Hanson about "MMMBop," 17 years after it was released.