Building a Military of Hackers and Makers

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1. The Pentagon needs a military full of makers and hackers. Here’s how to start.

By Patrick Tucker in Defense One

2. Want to close America’s digital divide? See how Globaloria teaches through games.

By Rebecca Reynolds and Ming Ming Chiu in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

3. Misdemeanors are the secret weapon of America’s structural racism.

By Evan Stewart in the Society Pages

4. The government agency that oversees industrial accidents is imploding.

By Dan Vergano in Buzzfeed

5. The “welfare queen” is a myth. Doctors are the true face of Medicare fraud.

By David A. Graham in the Atlantic

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