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1. One fast way to make college more affordable: free books.
By Nichole Dobo in the Hechinger Report
2. The hardest part of the battle for Mosul will be after the last shot is fired.
By Daniel Byman in Lawfare
3. Half of us are in some law enforcement face recognition network. These systems need oversight.
By Clare Garvie, Alvaro Bedoya and Jonathan Frankle at the Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology
4. Your Kickstarter idea could be on sale in China before you’re done funding it.
By Josh Horwitz in Quartz
5. How smaller roles at work can still lead to the corner office.
By Margaret Keane in Fortune
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