
• Just in time for Mother’s Day, John Oliver rips into America’s disgraceful lack of maternity leave. [Salon]
• New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued emergency orders over the weekend to protect nail salon employees from rampant wage theft and health hazards. [New York Times]
• Hasta la vista, privacy: The NSA named one of its data-collection programs SkyNet—the same name as the antagonistic, self-aware computer system in the Terminator films. [The Mary Sue]
• Here’s a look at performer Grace Helbig and the culture of women using blogs and YouTube to mentor teen girls with honesty and humor. [The Atlantic]
• I love this story: Residents of a Texas trailer park banded together to sue their multimillionaire landlord for raising their rent. [Guardian]
• A collection of songs to cry about on public transit. [The Nib]
• Prince performed a concert in Baltimore on Sunday and wrote a new song for the city. [NPR]
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