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Alana Semuels The Town That Decided to Send All Its Kids to College
Residents of Baldwin, Michigan, pooled together their money to provide scholarships for everyone, and it changed the town profoundly.
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National Journal Charging for Trash, Bag by Bag
Here's how to persuade people to recycle or compost: by trashing their wallets.
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National Journal Homeless Shelters? There's a Better Way.
Housing vouchers aren't cheap, but they seem to be the best strategy for keeping a roof over everyone's head.
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Jason Reed / Reuters Does Going to a Selective College Matter?
For many majors, not so much.
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Issei Kato / Reuters Will Robots Create Good Jobs?
Automation poses a threat to millions of workers, but it could create opportunities for a few.
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AP Retirement Isn't What It Used to Be
As Social Security turns 80, more seniors are returning to the workforce. Is that a bad thing?
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Alexander Spatar / Getty Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With Food?
The author Eve Turow argues that a generation’s taste for natural ingredients will shape the future of restaurants, grocery stores, and agriculture.
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National Journal How to Succeed as Millennials Without Really Trying
The secret to starting out on a sound financial footing: rich parents.
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National Journal Welcoming the Poor to the Suburbs
Long divided between black and white, Chicago collaborates with its wealthy, white neighbors to foster integration.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Coal's Devastation
Scholars may never understand the energy source's full economic cost, but that doesn't make its damage any less knowable.
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Mike Segar / Reuters What Will Become of America’s Slums?
Efforts to dismantle segregation may take resources away from some of the poorest communities, where investment is most needed.
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National Journal A College Without Classes
No need to sit through lectures when you can learn what you need on your own and then get tested on how much you know.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Resurrection of America's Slums
After falling in the 1990s, the number of poor people living in high-poverty areas has been growing fast.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Racial Gaps in America's Recovery
The national unemployment rate continues to improve, but progress has been much slower for blacks and Hispanics.
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Giampiero Sposito / Reuters Why ‘Do What You Love’ Is Pernicious Advice
If passion is a job requirement, says the writer Miya Tokumitsu, employees have little room to complain about mistreatment at work.
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Jim Young / Reuters $500 Million Is a Small Price to Pay for Women's Health
Jeb Bush suggested that the federal government is spending too much money on female-specific services. He's wrong.
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National Journal We're All in This Together (Right?)
As the sharing economy matures, its innovations range from car-sharing to tech-savvy butlers to simple giveaways.
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meunierd / Shutterstock The Age of the Robot Worker Will Be Worse for Men
The jobs that are least vulnerable to automation tend to be held by women.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters How to Succeed in Crowdfunding: Be Thin, White, and Attractive
The biases of the online marketplace, quantified
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Mike Segar / Reuters A Long Road Home
The systems in place to provide aid after natural disasters often fail those who need help the most.
