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1. Is group fitness replacing organized religion?
By Derek Beres in the Big Think
2. What if lowering student loan debt was as easy as sending students a letter?
By Sophie Quinton at Stateline
3. Think you’re a pretty ethical person? That might be your selective memory at work.
By Francesca Gino and Maryam Kouchaki in Harvard Business Review
4. Why is health care still segregated?
By Vann R. Newkirk II in the Atlantic
5. Here’s why you need to be lonely sometimes.
By Emily Singer in Quanta

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