Who has the right to be civil?
US border patrol pauses criminal prosecution referrals—and therefore family separation—for those illegally entering the US with children. 1/16
You know Auschwitz isn't going to be for you. Filipino author Rin Chupeco's Twitter thread on calls for civility amid Marcos's rise to autocracy. 2/16
Supreme Court upholds gerrymandered Texas voting maps, overturning lower courts' verdicts of discriminatory intent. 3/16
The NSA's surveillance efforts appear to route through eight AT&T-affiliated buildings in major US metro areas. 4/16
“If boys were being pulled out of school, forced into marriage, raped on their wedding night, raped repeatedly, all their hopes and dreams for the future gone, I think that we would have a very quick response to that.” In 48 states, child marriage is still legal, and it’s usually an adult man marrying a minor girl. 5/16
Sesame Workshop has long operated internationally to help traumatized children—sometimes under authorities' radar. 6/16
Medicare ends heart transplant funding for Houston hospital following reports of declining quality—and increasing deaths. 7/16
Laura Ingalls Wilder's name is removed from an award over her dehumanizing, racist depictions of Native Americans. 8/16
Why some bilingual authors argue against italicizing non-English words: doing so creates the sound of otherism. 9/16
Video: An imaginary synthetic biology catalog offers a future where modified plant DNA could grow buildings. 10/16
Scientists fly hyperspectral cameras over olive groves to catch an incurable plant pathogen before it spreads. 11/16
You can understand 75% of everyday, spoken English if you know just 800 of the most common root terms. 12/16
From the archives: On a quest to find the person who speaks the most languages on Earth, Michael Erard encountered Emil Krebs, a German diplomat who knew, by some accounts, 65 of them—and happily swore in dozens. 13/16
Search for the word "not," and other tips for how to read a privacy policy. 14/16
It elevates endorphins connected with pleasure centers in the brain. Humans like loud music because it overstimulates our brains. 15/16
Video: Vintage ads and television commercials woven together into surreal narratives. 16/16
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