1. The search for parking gridlocks cities. Enter the driverless car.
By Peter Wayner in the Atlantic
2. Privilege at the principal’s office: White kids get medicated, black kids get suspended.
By Jack Holmes in the Science of Us
3. Chinese textile manufacturers found a cheap new place for outsourcing: the U.S.
By Jenni Avins in Quartz
4. Here’s what tech firms should do on college campuses to boost diversity.
By Tony Luckett in Re/code
5. Find out how to save poor kids from the summer vacation brain drain.
By Libby Nelson in Vox

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