1. Providing shoes to barefoot walkers may be a basic first step to containing Ebola.
By Stephen T. Fomba in Zócalo Public Square
2. Your brain isn’t built to multitask. Give it a break.
By Michael Harris in Salon
3. U.S. intervention, while a key pillar, cannot solve the identity crisis in the Middle East.
By Steven Cook in the Washington Post
By Reihan Salam in Slate
By Robert Giloth and Maureen Conway in the Baltimore Sun
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