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By Drake Baer in Thrive Global
2. When states try to target aid to only the ‘deserving’ poor, poverty intensifies.
By Annie Lowrey in CityLab
3. Another solution for our skyrocketing food waste problem: animal feed.
By John Semley in Eater
4. This technology could slow the spread of terrorist videos online. Why aren’t we using it?
By Larry Greenemeier in Scientific American
5. In the future, we’ll still go to the mall, but we won’t be buying much there.
By Hayley Phelan in the Business of Fashion

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