We Never Talk Anymore

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1. Have Americans forgotten how to talk to each other?

By Steven Petrow in the Washington Post

2. This is a better way to care for infants born into drug withdrawal.

By Christine Vestal in the Pew Charitable Trust’s StateLine

3. Get science education out of the classroom.

By Amanda Giracca in Orion

4. Minority and low-income communities need cleaner air.

By Georges C. Benjamin in the Huffington Post

5. This bike lane glows in the dark.

By Monika Kozub in Next Nature

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