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1. Here’s how local libraries can succeed in the digital age.
By Maria R. Traska in American Libraries
2. How ISIS spread in the Middle East and how to stop it.
By David Ignatius in the Atlantic
3. Black colleges aren’t waiting for the tech industry to fix its diversity problem.
By Charlie Warzel and Brendan Klinkenberg in BuzzFeed News
4. These neighbors couldn’t get reliable Internet service. So they built their own ISP.
By Jon Brodkin in Ars Technica
5. In the 2016 election — and every election — the Native vote matters.
By Amber Richardson in the Aspen Idea
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