1. Masculinity Gets Modern Makeover in Latest Getty Images Collection
Tired of seeing stock images that reinforce traditional gender roles? Getty Images is (finally) changing that with the help of Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn.org.
2. The Human Right to Have a Home
As Congress plans to slash funding for housing assistance programs, Catholic bishops in the U.S. are protesting, arguing "housing is a human right."
3. WATCH: ‘What Are You?’ — Multiracial in America
Listen to how multiracial Americans react when they're asked "What are you?" (Hint: It's usually not well).
4. Climate Debate, Meet the ‘Francis Effect’
Jim Wallis' expectations for the pope's encyclical: "We should expect his encyclical to remind us that confronting climate change and reducing pollution are not only important in their own rights but precisely because the global environmental crisis most adversely impacts the poorest and most vulnerable of our fellow human beings."
5. Target Gets in Hot Water for Selling ‘Boys’ and ‘Girls’ Building Sets
One whistle-blower wonders, "Do 'Girls Building Sets' come with a glass ceiling?"
6. Long Commutes Are Awful, Especially for the Poor
"A recent survey released by Citi found that on average, round trip commutes for those who were employed full time in the U.S. took about 45 minutes and costs around $12 per day."
7. The Global Struggle to Respond to the Worst Refugee Crisis in Generations
"Here’s a look at the international response to what has become the worst migration crisis since World War II, according to the United Nations."
8. 16 On-Point Responses from Female Scientists to Nobel Winner’s Sexist Comments
After Sir Tim Hunt said "the trouble with girls" is they fall in love with you or cry when you criticize them, female scientists have responded by posting pictures of themselves with the sarcastic hashtag #distractinglysexy.
9. Inside Mosul: What’s Life Like Under the Islamic State?
"Exclusive [video] footage reveals how the Islamic State wields power over people's everyday lives in Iraq's second city, Mosul, a year after it was captured."
10. Do Britain’s Gunless Bobbies Provide Answers for America’s Police?
"In a country where the vast majority of police officers patrol with batons and pepper spray, the elite cadre of British cops who are entrusted with guns almost never use them."
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