These are today's best ideas
1. Here’s how we could cut the global food gap in half.
By Paula Park in SciDev
By Adam Berinsky in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
3. In Egypt, the U.S. has chosen stability over democracy.
By Dalia F. Fahmy in Huffington Post
4. Why does the U.S. resist this simple tactic to make make subways better?
By Henry Grabar in Slate
5. Most Americans believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. Here’s why.
By James Fallows in the Atlantic
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