Headlines from July 16, 2014

After 350 posts and 40,000 deaths, a Times blogger reflects on what she learned cataloging American gun violence.
A map of gun incidents in New York City thus far in 2014 correlates with the city’s race and class lines.
An exposé of the NYPD’s “21st-century arsenal.”
The position of most black men, relative to white men, is no better than after the Civil Rights Act in 1965.
US immigration policies are directly tied to gang violence in Central and South America.
The case against summer vacation: Low-income families suffer if they can’t afford daycare or camps.
Oxfam says that at the current rate, it will take 75 years to close the gender pay gap.
For more than a decade, the ingredients that make other countries’ sunscreen superior have been caught in the FDA’s approval pipes.
Using “selfie sticks”—poles to attach to a phone or camera to take a wider-shot selfie—will become (even more) prevalent.
A family dog’s last day. #photos
We don’t live in a multiple-choice world. AP test graders on their “supremely nerdy” work.
The most at-risk jobs are those that involve paper: e.g., mail carriers, lumberjacks.
Crossword puzzle enthusiasts worry that with print’s eventual death, boomers may be the last crosswording generation.
Three years after distressing over a highly anticipated novel that ultimately failed, John Warner is publishing a new book, and sleeping fine.
If we’re to learn anything from the honeybee collapse, it might be how to avoid our own extinction. #opinions
The man behind the mask often bleeds into the creation of the character. Heteronymity in Kierkegaard and MF Doom.
From 2006, a critical analysis of Weird Al’s career, beginning with 1981’s “Another One Rides the Bus.” #music
The stunning trailer for Nick Cave’s forthcoming 20,000 Days on Earth. #video