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1. How to design cities for children.
By Mimi Kirk in Citylab
2. Don’t be fooled by the pay increases being attributed to tax reform. Corporations can do better.
By Rick Wartzman and William Lazonick in the Washington Post
3. Is there a smarter way to think about sexual assault on campus?
By Jia Tolentino in the New Yorker
4. This video game might help you train your ears to hear better.
By Dana Boebinger at Smithsonian
5. America may finally be ready to fix our crumbling infrastructure — but the timing couldn’t be worse.
By Evan Horowitz at FiveThirtyEight
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