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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Jeff Obafemi Carr, a Tennessee pastor (pictured above): “So many times, people think they have to get a Ph.D. so they can get grant money to do a study to find out that the number-one thing to do to fight homelessness is to give someone a home.”
Matt Kaplan, author of The Science of the Magical: “Science and mythology are viewed as completely opposite ends of the spectrum, and yet they are sisters.”
Dick Durbin, a Democratic senator from Illinois, on for-profit colleges: “When will our government hold this industry accountable for the damage it is causing students across America?”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.