1. Find out why recycling used to be a good deal for cities, but now it’s costing them millions.
By Aaron C. Davis at the Washington Post
2. Setting its sights on the next billion users, Facebook is opening its first office in Africa.
By Kurt Wagner in Re/code
3. We can save $40 billion of National Park land and assets from climate destruction.
By the U.S. Department of the Interior
4. Let’s get rid of religious tax exemptions.
By Mark Oppenheimer in Time
5. Violence is contagious. Tackle it like an infectious disease.
By Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips in Salon
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