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# Trump Shouldn’t Undo Obama’s Opening on Cuba


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**1\.** [**Trump shouldn’t undo Obama’s opening on Cuba.**](http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2017/01/30/why%5Fit%5Fwould%5Fbe%5Firresponsible%5Fto%5Foverturn%5Fthe%5Fcuba%5Fopening.html "undefined")

By Eric Olson in _RealClearWorld_

**2\.** [**People commonly crowdfund their medical bills. What does that say about society?**](https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/01/medical-crowdfunding-ethics/ "undefined")

By Jeremy Snyder in _STAT_

**3\.** [**Diversity is different from inclusion, and one doesn’t work without the other.**](https://hbr.org/2017/02/diversity-doesnt-stick-without-inclusion "undefined")

By Laura Sherbin and Ripa Rashid in the _Harvard Business Review_

**4\.** [**This is how immigrants have made America a leader in technology innovation.**](http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Immigrants-Have-Made/239063 "undefined")

By John Villasenor in the _Chronicle of Higher Education_

**5\.** [**Society can’t expect new technology to include public space. We have to fight for it.**](https://howwegettonext.com/the-schedule-and-the-stream-eb1e9a7a344a#.yh9ocyrse "undefined")

By Matt Locke in _How We Get To Next_

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