May 18, 2016

• 1954 or 2016? Court orders Mississippi schools to desegregate.
• Oklahoma's dedication to tax cuts for oil producers ended up gutting the state's school system.
• This tool shows how the gender pay gap varies across US industries.
• McConnell wants women to register for Selective Service, where, if drafted, they'll presumably earn less.
• Since being abducted by Boko Haram two years ago, the first of the missing Chibok girls has been rescued.
• Even people who are alarmed about climate woes are unlikely to take action unless they see others do so first.
• Kochs increasingly see lobbying as business, not politics, as focus moves from Trump-tinged federal stage to quieter state races.
• "America's economic illness has a name: financialization."
• Civility is overrated. History shows the victors are the vulgar.
• Thoreau never anticipated a walk in the woods when the woods have burned down: "Thru-Hiking a Bushfire."
• Texas court reporter realizes she can't keep a bison in her house any more.
• Minimalism in computer design debuted long before Apple.
• Before and after rent control, San Francisco rent has risen 2.5% more than inflation annually. That adds up over 60 years.
• Nearly 40 years ago, David Nash planted 22 ash saplings and trained them to grow into a dome.
• After his last book—a "guide for playing Cairo"—Ahmed Naji was imprisoned by Egyptian authorities for an insurgent creativity.
• "They just pay the carriers for content they don't want versus media companies for content they do want."
• A look book at the disappearing facades of BEST, a department store owned by architecture enthusiasts.
• "We pretend to be a ship full of explorers instead of a floating rest home, and McMurdo pretends to be a scientific research station instead of a placeholder for Exxon-Mobil."
• Suffering from anxiety attacks, a writer finds relief in ambient music.