Pets Can Help People With Serious Mental Illness

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1. Here’s how pets can be a lifeline for people with serious mental illness.

By Erin Ross at NPR

2. Lego is the perfect toy. Here’s why.

By Genevieve Smith in the Science of Us

3. A hard line on immigration leaves an unanswered question: Who will grow, process and serve our food?

By Elizabeth Grossman in Civil Eats

4. The midwest has infrastructure to spare. Let’s move some government agencies there.

By Matthew Yglesias in Vox

5. Medical marijuana is used to fight pain. Why aren’t NFL players allowed to use it?

By Chris Roberts in Deadspin

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