Nobel Prizes in Science are Absurd

1. Why the Nobel Prizes in science are absurd.

By Ed Yong in the Atlantic

2. Mass shootings are a bad way to understand gun violence in America.

By Maggie Koerth-Baker at Five-Thirty-Eight

3. Should colleges be forced to choose between prestige and better access for minority and low-income students?

By Sydney Johnson in EdSurge

4. This roadmap for finding the center in American politics could work — if we really talked about these issues.

By Elaine Kamarck at the Brookings Institution

5. Can anonymity online be used for good instead of just trolling?

By Erin O’Donnell in Harvard Magazine

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