1. Solitary confinement has a race problem.
By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams in the Atlantic
2. Computers will make the best literary critics someday.
By Inderjeet Mani in Aeon
3. Why don’t we talk about radicalization for all terrorists?
By Jack Hitt in the New York Times Magazine
4. Facebook is asking users to rate the fakeness of the news they’re reading.
By Devin Coldewey in TechCrunch
5. One company is finding great workers in the ranks of ex-offenders.
By Olivia Anderson in YES Magazine

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