1. Who Gets to Use Facebook's Rainbow 'Pride' Reaction?
“Is Facebook’s rollout of rainbow flags a case of algorithmic hypocrisy, user protection, or something else? Using their ability to detect people’s location and interests, the company's algorithms are choosing which people get the rainbow flag while hiding it from others."
2. As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others
"Maine may benefit from milder winters. Florida, by contrast, could face major losses, as deadly heat waves flare up in the summer and rising sea levels eat away at valuable coastal properties."
3. Pepe the Frog's Creator Can't Save Him From the Alt-right, But He Keeps Trying Anyway.
Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, is trying to give Pepe a gentler image. But it doesn’t seem to be working.
4. The Map That Popularized the Word ‘Gerrymander’
"The practice wasn’t new in 1812. But a map in a newspaper gave it a name that stuck."
5. How Margaret Atwood Became the Voice of 2017
Margaret Atwood’s time has come.
6. Meet the Christians Working to Abolish the Death Penalty
"When we put someone to death, we’re saying that we don’t believe in Christian orthodoxy — we believe in the orthodoxy of violence.”
7. American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017
And we’re only halfway through the year.
8. Grappling with ‘Harry Potter’ on the Series’ 20th Anniversary
“But even as a progressive “Harry Potter” fan, I’ve felt a certain queasiness over the political revisions and uses of the series in recent years.”
9. What Mormon Family Trees Tell Us About Cancer
"By searching the church's famed family trees, scientists have tracked down a cancer-causing mutation that came west with a pioneer couple—just in time to save the lives of their great-great-great-great grandchildreBy searching the church's famed family trees, scientists have tracked down a cancer-causing mutation that came west with a pioneer couple—just in time to save the lives of their great-great-great-great grandchildren."
10. Talk Shows, Islamist Women and Post-Arab Spring Media
"Today, there is real debate over how the women's movement had been fought and interpreted."
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