June 8, 2016

• Clinton wins majority of pledged delegates, majority of states that have held primaries, and the popular vote.
• It's complicated. It isn't just "a woman." It's the right woman at the right time.
• "Sanders Vows to Keep Fighting for Nomination Even if Hillary Is Elected President."
• Preparing for a boost after Sanders drops out, Libertarian nominee quits smoking weed.
• On drugs, Clinton is only a fraction to the left of Trump.
• A history and examination of “punching up” in comedy and politics.
• The FBI is “significantly” ramping up undercover stings to target possible jihadis.
• UN whistleblower resigns, decrying “impunity” for those responsible for peacekeepers found guilty of sexual abuse and brutality.
• Perpetrators of sexual violence are far less likely to go to jail than any other kind of criminal.
• A moving essay about rape and college basketball.
• Egyptian official in charge of eradicating graft stands trial for estimating how much graft costs Egypt.
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues first set of regulations for predatory payday loan industry.
• In Germany's train system, infrastructure overhauls "have set off an epidemic of unpunctuality."
• Because of Airbnb, most available apartments in Reykjavik are for sharing, not renting.
• Brief history on the unilateral, undemocratic decision by the Swedish government to switch from driving on the left to driving on the right.
• The Paris floods: Postcards from 1910 compared with photographs of 2016.
• Profiles of all 24 teams and 552 players playing in the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.
• Controversy in curling over better brooms.
• New Pacino/Hopkins film grosses $141 during opening weekend in Britain.
• Terrific online storytelling in the BBC's nonfiction "Body on the Moor."
• Re-reading ‘90s issues of WIRED drives home the point that such publications—enthusiastic, goofy, radical—don’t exist any more.