Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• About how little progress we’ve made on school desegregation, 60 years after Brown v. Board? —Steve Bogira
• About the debate over scientists’ attempts to revive animal species that have gone extinct? —Mick Dumke
• About how albatrosses stay together for life? —Aimee Levitt
• That deer on the Czech-German border still avoid areas where electrified fences used to be, 25 years after they were taken down? —Ben Sachs
• About the tax problems of Ty Warner, the mastermind behind Beanie Babies? —Tal Rosenberg
• This oral history of Mystery Science Theater 3000? —Aimee Levitt
• Questlove on the dominance of hip-hop? (“Maybe domination isn’t quite a victory. Maybe everpresence isn’t quite a virtue.”) —John Dunlevy
• Shaq’s LinkedIn profile? —Brianna Wellen
• That Drake’s the type to lint roll his pants while sitting courtside at a Toronto Raptors playoff game? —Drew Hunt