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1. The differences between cities and suburbs are fading away.
By Tyler Cowen at Bloomberg View
2. How Sesame Street is helping kids deal with trauma.
By Victoria Larned at CNN
3. If the presidential election really was hacked, what could we do?
By Vinay Nayak and Samuel Breidbart at Vox
4. Why does losing an endangered language make us sad — and should we fight to save them?
By Rebecca Roache in Aeon
5. Here’s how Facebook rewards the ads and content that divide us.
By Casey Newton in the Verge
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