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Dec 5, 2016
Robert Redford: Solar Power Must Continue to Be Affordable
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by Robert Redford
Dec 5, 2016
This Wildly Inspired Elf on the Shelf Will Blow Your Mind
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by Sarah Begley
Dec 5, 2016
Bill Gates Picked These Books as the Best of 2016
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by Kirsten Salyer
Dec 5, 2016
Why I’m Embracing My 'Selfish Years'
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by Jennifer Moses
Dec 5, 2016
Donald Trump's Rust Belt Promises Are About Masculinity, Not the Economy
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by Edward McClelland
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Dec 5, 2016
It’s a Mean, Sometimes Sad World — But Reading Can Help
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by Kirsten Salyer
Dec 5, 2016
Virtual Reality Is Taking Lonely Patients Out of Their Beds
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by The Aspen Institute
Dec 5, 2016
Why You Can’t Always Trust the Wisdom of the Crowd
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by Christopher G. Brinton and Mung Chiang
Dec 5, 2016
Donald Trump Is Legitimizing China's Communist Party
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by Isaac Stone Fish
Dec 5, 2016
Burning Flags, Screaming 'Trump' and Our First Amendment
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by Kirsten Salyer
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Dec 5, 2016
I’m a Journalist and I Was Stopped From Covering Standing Rock
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by Ed Ou
Dec 5, 2016
Folk Stories Inspired Me to Become a Women's Rights Activist
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by World Pulse
Dec 2, 2016
Behind the 1947 Law That Could Block Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Dec 2, 2016
America Should Replace Stoplights With Roundabouts
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by The Aspen Institute
Dec 2, 2016
Hate Toward Muslims Is Growing and It’s Donald Trump’s Fault
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by Negar Katirai