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1. Trump shouldn’t undo Obama’s opening on Cuba.
By Eric Olson in RealClearWorld
2. People commonly crowdfund their medical bills. What does that say about society?
By Jeremy Snyder in STAT
3. Diversity is different from inclusion, and one doesn’t work without the other.
By Laura Sherbin and Ripa Rashid in the Harvard Business Review
4. This is how immigrants have made America a leader in technology innovation.
By John Villasenor in the Chronicle of Higher Education
5. Society can’t expect new technology to include public space. We have to fight for it.
By Matt Locke in How We Get To Next

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