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1. The only thing missing from this surprisingly effective therapy is the therapist.
By Tina Rosenberg in the New York Times Fixes
2. America can’t beat ISIS until we convince Sunnis we care.
By Charles Lister in Markaz by the Brookings Institution
3. This is the best way to make nonprofits and foundations way more effective.
By Tate Williams in Inside Philanthropy
4. If everything has a price, here’s the cost of saving the planet.
By Anna Lieb in Nova Next
5. Here’s how ‘drug courts’ let judges practice medicine without a license.
By Maia Szalavitz in Pacific Standard

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