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1. Is it time for the Jews to leave Europe?
By Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic
2. The divorce rate is falling. Here’s why that’s bad news for some Americans.
By Sharadha Bain in the Washington Post
3. Across the planet, cost and class determine who lives and who dies.
By Paul Farmer in the London Review of Books
By Elizabeth C. Economy in Asia Unbound
By Patrick O’Donnell in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
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