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October 18, 2016
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Online applications have wrecked college admissions. Here’s how to fix them.
Anne Kim in the Washington Monthly
Should LGBT inmates have their own prisons?
Daniel Malloy in Ozy
Democracy depends on the consent of the losers.
Uri Friedman in the Atlantic
How to walk around the world without leaving New York.
Garnette Cadogan in BuzzFeed
This is why you can’t run the country like a startup.
Darrell Etherington in TechCrunch
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