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1. In the fight to close the gender pay gap, is honesty the best policy?
By Thea Joselow in the Broad Side
2. Poaching threatens species — and could start the next pandemic. Here’s how to stop it.
By Laura Krantz in TakePart
3. This is how to make jail better.
By N.K. Napier in Narratively
4. Can we teach computers to spot lies?
By Alan Greenblatt in Poynter
5. How do Chinese students schooled in rote learning make it to the Ivy League?
By Brook Larmer in 1843
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