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While You Were Sleeping

By Brian K. Mahoney

Japanese-style suicide prevention, juvenile offenders serving life without parole, record marijuana seizures in California, and more.

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Banning the Burqa

By Lorna Tychostup

Lorna Tychostup interviews Lina Abirafeh, author of Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan, about the effect of outside actors on the fate of women in the developing world and how Western NGOs often alienate who they’re trying to help.