The FTC has brought a sweeping monopolization case against Facebook. 

From the NYT, This Year in Photos. Incredible and deeply affecting work.

From the AP, This Year in Pop Culture. Some of those notes feel like an eternity ago.

From Google, What We Searched This Year.

Pantone’s colors of the year: Ultimate Gray and Illuminating.

Reasons to love New York City, in saying goodbye to the destinations lost this year.

An essay on divorce, matrilineage, and toffee.