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1. We don’t need to demonize driving — but we should stop subsidizing it.
By Joe Cortright in City Observatory
2. If you care about food, you need to care about immigration policy.
By Helen Rosner in Eater
3. Want to learn what marketers find out from your Facebook usage? Here’s how.
By Mix at the Next Web
4. This teaching method is proving there’s no such thing as being ‘bad at math.’
By Jenny Anderson in Quartz
5. Here’s how to close the tech gender gap in a decade: Take it to the states.
By Hayley Tsukayama in the Washington Post

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