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Sep 24, 2015
The Case for Giving Refugees a Global Passport
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by The Aspen Institute
Sep 24, 2015
Let's Shut Down Government Shutdowns for Good
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by Alan Grayson
Sep 24, 2015
The Pope's Funniest Fan: Stephen Colbert
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by Christopher Hale
Sep 24, 2015
I Love Working at Starbucks—But Conditions Have to Change
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by Caitlin O’Reilly-Green
Sep 24, 2015
The Sibling Equation
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by Susanna Schrobsdorff
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Sep 24, 2015
American Students—and Politicians—Need to Stop Waging War on Reason
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by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sep 24, 2015
Why the World Doesn’t Have to Fear Japan
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by Ian Bremmer
Sep 24, 2015
Marco Rubio Earns His Place in the Republican Top Tier
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by Joe Klein
Sep 24, 2015
Pope Francis Is Taking Us Back to the Basics
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by Joe Biden
Sep 23, 2015
Jewel's Never Broken Is the Perfect Celebrity Memoir
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by Daniel D'Addario
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Sep 23, 2015
What Feminist Christians Think About Pope Francis
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by Serene Jones and Amy Butler
Sep 23, 2015
Ignorance vs. Reason in the War on Education
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by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sep 23, 2015
Society Needs 'Normal Barbie' Who Gets Her Period
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by Darlena Cunha
Sep 23, 2015
Inside the Killing of An American Terrorist
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by T. Mark McCurley
Sep 23, 2015
Nancy Meyers on Anne Hathaway, Amy Schumer and Why the Rom Com Is in a 'Coma'
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by Eliana Dockterman