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# Stop Subsidizing Driving


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**1\.** [**We don’t need to demonize driving — but we should stop subsidizing it.**](http://cityobservatory.org/lets-not-demonize-driving/ "undefined")

By Joe Cortright in _City Observatory_

**2\.** [**If you care about food, you need to care about immigration policy.**](http://www.eater.com/2017/2/17/14649202/trump-immigration-policy-food "undefined")

By Helen Rosner in _Eater_

**3\.** [**Want to learn what marketers find out from your Facebook usage? Here’s how.**](https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2017/02/17/facebook-chrome-track-data-selfie/ "undefined")

By Mix at the _Next Web_

**4\.** [**This teaching method is proving there’s no such thing as being ‘bad at math.’**](https://qz.com/901125/a-mathematician-has-created-a-method-of-teaching-that-is-proving-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-bad-math-student/ "undefined")

By Jenny Anderson in _Quartz_

**5\.** [**Here’s how to close the tech gender gap in a decade: Take it to the states.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/17/how-we-could-close-techs-gender-gap-in-a-decade/?tid=sm%5Ftw&%3Butm%5Fterm=.3fc8cdd5df61 "undefined")

By Hayley Tsukayama in the _Washington Post_

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