These are today's best ideas
1. After 70 years of men in charge, the next leader of the U.N. should be a woman.
By Gillian Sorensen and Jean Krasno in the Washington Post
2. Here’s how to design a better Monday.
By Studio 360 and IDEO
3. What brought some cities back from the economic brink? Making peace with their suburbs.
By Nancy Cook in the National Journal
4. There’s an app to document and salvage Nepal’s cultural heritage.
By Annette Ekin at Al Jazeera
5. Elon Musk just made growing weed easier.
By Wes Siler in Gizmodo
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