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1. Cheap student loans are helping colleges boost tuition costs. Find out how.
By Taylor Moore in NextAdvisor
2. Americans are living longer. That’s not a good thing.
By Michael Grunwald in Politico
3. Subject to whim and shrouded in mystery, America’s prison parole system must be reformed.
By Beth Schwartzapfel in the Marshall Project
4. This needle-free Ebola vaccine could change everything.
By Anna Almendrala in the Huffington Post
5. Food powder from expired produce could feed the world’s hungry.
By Kathleen Wong in Mashable
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