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Germany Paid its Citizens to Use Electricity

Plus: Programming to end food waste, and making it easier to make bail

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Opening Borders Would Boost Our Economy

Plus: Removing gun stocks from your investments, and forcing landlords to disclose previous rents

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Turning Food Waste Back Into Food

Plus: Increasing access to birth control for women in the military, and suing oil companies to reverse climate change

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Destroying Uniforms for Vet Mental Health

Plus: The UAE wants to build a mountain to make it rain, and GSK stops filing patents

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Better Socks for the Homeless

Plus: Improving lifelong health by rooting out childhood trauma, and a more efficient way to map potholes

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Paris Goes Car-Free

Plus: The Philly police invite you to inspect their data, and refusing to give mass shooters their 15 minutes of fame

By Stephen St. Vincent
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A Homeless Shelter that Gives Booze to Alcoholics

Plus: Confronting water discrimination, and why texting and driving isn't that dangerous

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Minimum Wage Increase Hasn’t Raised Prices

Plus: An app to remove gender bias in job postings, and San Francisco requires solar panels on all new buildings

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Philly’s Plan to Reduce the Prison Population

Plus: John Oliver on lead poisoning, and a civil rights movement for sexual assault survivors

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Ban Tax Day!

Plus: PA's Clean Slate Act gives ex-offenders a second chance, and gamifying the grocery store for healthy shopping

By Stephen St. Vincent