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1. For people in poverty, making bail makes all the difference.
By Sabri Ben-Achour at Marketplace
2. Can going digital fix education in the Arab world?
By Maysa Jalbout at Project Syndicate
3. Fewer than 1% of tech companies with black founders get VC funding. Here’s how to change that.
By Sherrell Dorsey in Fast Co.Exist
4. This bank pays interest in a new currency: Mobile data.
By Stefan Nicola at Bloomberg Technology
5. This is how people burn out, and how to avoid it.
By Josh Cohen in 1843
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