May 17, 2012: Afternoon
- White births no longer a majority in America; "minorities" gain majority for the first time in U.S. history.
- Quintessential American food: the taco.
- Short study of Euro-fringe currencies—the British pound, the Bulgarian lev—and how they're absorbing anxiety.
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's favorite records listed in no particular order.
- FDA to weigh in on over-the-counter home HIV test this year.
- Tom Waits narrates a brief history of John Baldessari.
- Pictures of transsexuals in 1960s Paris.
- Part two of "Our French Connection"—TMN editor visits American places called Paris to measure current U.S.-France relations.
- Related: Full story available now as an e-book for the cost of a fancy French coffee.
- Economist's report after a month of shopping in an Asian grocery store.
- In case you missed it, Rushdie on censorship.
- Accounts of Iranian and Moroccan rappers running into political trouble.
- Anti-Wes Anderson critic finds charm overwhelming twee-ness at Cannes.
- Paper planes redesigned by artists.
- Portraits of people enduring gale-force winds directly to the face.
- Murky definition of death and organ harvesting from the "pretty dead."
- Tree music—modified record player translates year rings into sound.