These are today's best ideas
1. Want to help poor families get healthy food? Double the value of food stamps.
By Jay Cassano in Fast Co.Exist
2. How training service dogs is giving veterans a reason to live.
By Chris Peak in Time
3. Can saltwater quench our growing thirst?
By Brian Bienkowski in Ensia
4. High school sets up autistic kids to fail when they reach college. Here’s how to fix the problem.
By Noel Murray in Vox
5. The next big idea for ending poverty is thinking small.
By Jacob Lief in Huffington Post
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