Norman Rockwell is considered one of America’s most beloved and influential artists, painting scenes of ordinary Americans at work, at play and at war, capturing simple yet compelling details that illuminated everyday life in the country.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topekadecision specifically was about Linda Brown, an African-American girl who was denied admittance to her local elementary school in Topeka, Kansas. The ruling effectively overturned the controversial 1896 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson which ruled that segregation in public facilities was allowed as long as the facilities were of equal quality, something that became known as “separate but equal.”

Americans might be down on Congress — which has a 20% approval rating — and on the government in general, but we’re apparently feeling pretty good about the folks who deliver our mail. Almost three-quarters of Americans give the U.S. Postal Service a thumbs up, according to Gallup. Seventy-four percent of respondents say the postal service is going a “good” or “excellent” job.

A record number, 8.34 million university graduates, are set to enter the Chinese job market this summer amid escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. These new graduates will face a tighter-than-normal job market as new tariffs start to bite.

A proposed “fair, modern and legal” overhaul of the American immigration system, which lawmakers from both major U.S. parties contend has little chance of winning congressional approval, was announced Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump.

VIDEO: Soil gets tired as repeated farming slowly robs it of nutrients. In the past, farmers would be forced to keep their fields empty for a season while the soil recharged, or plant crops like peanuts that put nutrients back into the soil. But UK researchers are adding garbage to their dirt as a way to keep it healthy. As VOA reports, the project is important because so much of the world’s topsoil is degraded.