June 3, 2015

• "The Senate has been riven into a strange mix of groups united by their ideas about surveillance and security."
• The morals of Russia's secret army of misinformation operators don't always match those of the trolls they portray.
• California's constant new crisis.
• Never mind a drought, we're growing cotton in Arizona—because with technology (and federal assistance) we can.
• Two days after the Yangtze shipwreck, 430 people are still missing.
• The Korea conundrum: The nation can't translate its Chinese pop-culture cred into economic power.
• Scarcity of black journalists is a prime factor in media bias.
• Former Cairo bureau chief for Al Jazeera English claims his news org put their reporters in danger.
• Public discussion of concussions focuses on athletes, but domestic violence victims also constitute a major population.
• A blind eye from university administrators, one eye on alumni fundraising, helps Southern frats stay racist.
• "I didn't expect this much polish and savvy from a small-town brothel."
• Aurora gunman felt a sense of destiny when his call to mental health hotline wasn't picked up.
• Giant ocean cleanup system will launch off Japan in 2016.
• On-call shifts, endemic in retail, heinously hold workers hostage; a Victoria's Secret lawsuit may help.
• How Larry Sanders went from up-and-coming NBA star to an early retiree preaching the gospel of self-care.
• Email is no longer mail: You don't need a closing, and certainly not "Best."
• What your salutation says about you.
• Laverne Cox: "Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I have now have."
• If the GOP wants to attract young voters, it must stop invoking Ronald Reagan, a name that means little to their target.