1. ISIS is bringing recruits onto the battlefield faster than we can kill them.
By Tim Mack and Nancy A. Youssef in the Daily Beast
By Paul Rosenzweig in The Christian Science Monitor
3. A university recognizes a third gender: Neutral.
By Julie Scelfo in the New York Times
By the World Bank
By Arianna Prothero in Education Week
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