Why It’s Time to Rethink the Fire Truck

1. It’s time to rethink the fire truck.

By Linda Poon at CityLab

2. The water crisis in Flint is a lot of things, but it’s not a natural disaster.

By Carlos Martín at the Urban Institute

3. Why aren’t attacks on civilians part of the Syria peace talks?

By Kenneth Roth at Project Syndicate

4. Americans are bargaining away their innocence.

By Tim Lynch at the Cato Institute

5. This open-source tool can detect sarcasm online. Really.

By Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica

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