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educational reform Prince Ea puts the school system on trial Jane Frauenfelder

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economics Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz on how the US economy became a "rigged, inherited plutocracy" and how to fix it Cory Doctorow

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security As the 2020 census catastrophe draws closer, it isn't getting any better Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Unesco warns the World Wide Web Consortium that DRM is incompatible with free expression Cory Doctorow

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magic House resolution to recognize magic as national treasure David Pescovitz

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