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1. See how the world’s most popular video game slashed online harassment 40 percent.
By Jack Smith IV in Mic
2. Bananas are doomed. Can we genetically modify their salvation?
By Mark Hay in Good
By Vicky Gan in CityLab
4. Unglamorous peacebuilding — not military might — is the only way to beat ISIS.
By David Alpher at George Mason University
5. Find out how activist investors are shorting America’s future to make big profits now.
By William Budinger in Democracy Journal
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