What We’re Reading: July 14, 2016

How Was Your Smartphone Made? Nobody Really Knows (Wall Street Journal)
by Geoffrey A. Fowler
“The more I ask about my phone’s roots in African mines and Asian assembly lines, the more uncomfortable I become. My phone might have supported forced labor or warlords.”

Indiana Governor Stunned by How Many People Seem To Have Gay Friends (New Yorker)
by Andy Borowitz
“Pence said that from what he has been able to gather thus far, the phenomenon of ‘ordinary folks’ having gay friends ‘has been going on for years.'”

The Church Camps That Aim to Bridge Race Relations (Atlantic)
by Jesse James Deconto
“Many American Christians still grieve something Martin Luther King Jr. articulated more than 50 years ago: Churches are among the most segregated spaces in America.”

When College Students Need Food Pantries More Than Textbooks (Atlantic)
by Emily Deruy
“The report found that many universities have been offering emergency aid to students at risk of dropping out for financial reasons for years, but often in an ad hoc fashion.”