Why Concussions Don’t Keep College Athletes Off the Field

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1. How can college athletes keep playing after being disqualified for multiple concussions?

By David Armstrong in Stat News

2. It’s not a question of if North Korea will collapse, but when.

By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry in the Week

3. Learn how prisons are slowly breaking their addiction to solitary confinement.

By Maurice Chammah in the Atlantic

4. Who should the U.S. back in the Saudi Arabia-Iran dispute? Nobody.

By Stephen Kinzer in Politico

5. The secret to helping the blind see? Skip the eyes.

By Hilary Brueck in Fortune

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