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You’re More Likely to Trust a Stranger if They Look Like an Old Friend

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These are today's best ideas

1. You’re more likely to trust a stranger if they look like an old friend.

By New York University

2. Black unemployment is at a record low. But there’s more to the story.

By Lydia DePillis at CNN Money

3. Institutional power — that protected people and enforced norms — has broken down. What’s left?

By Katherine Miller at Buzzfeed News

4. America needs to focus on getting more women in the workforce. Here’s why.

By Eleanor Krause and Richard V. Reeves at the Brookings Institution

5. So-called ‘chain migration’ is a myth. Smart family immigration policies are an engine for economic prosperity in America.

By Cecilia Muñoz in Politico Magazine

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C.

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