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1. Want to close the racial wealth gap? Start with business ownership.
By Joyce Klein in the Aspen Idea
2. In America’s rising struggle over race, where has all the power gone?
By Francis Wilkinson in Bloomberg View
3. Why is Facebook getting so intimate with us?
By Leigh Alexander in Thoughts on Media, in Medium
4. DARPA’s latest drone will hunt submarines.
By Brian Merchant in Motherboard
5. This common sunscreen ingredient drastically cuts infections from medical implants.
By Kate McAlpine at the University of Michigan

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