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1. There’s a war on books in prisons. It needs to end.
By Nila Bala in the Washington Post
2. How to teach teens about love, consent and emotional intelligence.
By Kristen Rae Lepore in KQED MindShift
3. Sometimes hiring the ‘best people’ leads to the least creative results. Here’s why.
By Scott E. Page in Aeon
4. Now you can genetically test your child for disease risk. Should you?
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards in Smithsonian
5. Are referendums good for democracy?
By Farah Mohammed in JSTOR Daily
The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C.
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