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1. This is why we don’t fix anything anymore.
By Marc Sollinger in the Innovation Hub
2. Here’s how forest loss is triggering a surge in human disease.
By Jim Robbins in Yale Environment 360
3. The U.S. did a lot to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan, but it couldn’t beat opium.
By Alfred McCoy in War is Boring
4. Business Improvement Districts — BIDs — make neighborhoods less equal and less diverse.
By Max Rivlin-Nadler in the New Republic
5. Would bench seating make air travel better — or much worse?
By Daisy Carrington at CNN

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