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Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start—unless they’re struggling with student loans. But a little-known provision is helping these borrowers take their creditors to court.
There could be a different financial system, one where debt allows us to honor our freedom rather than our servitude.
And 2 other recipes for cleaning up naturally.
In this video, The Atlantic asked a group of experts what we can do to be happier. Turns out our obsession with happiness might actually be hurting us.
If we keep putting it off for our grandchildren to deal with, there will be no turning back.

A California tribe fights bottled water; an Argentinian province dedicates 1 percent of civil service jobs to transgender workers; and Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a blow to corporate politics.
The resolution, which passed unanimously, endorses the goal of having no kids in detention in Seattle. It’s a move that chips away at the school-to-prison pipeline.
One in every three African American men will be sent to prison in their lifetime. In this video, Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses how so many black Americans get trapped behind bars.

After the seizure of Rentboy.com, many in the sex worker and LGBTQ movements are finding common ground where they were once divided.
The White House released a new tool to help calculate the cost of college, “Black Twitter” revolutionizes the meaning of intellectual, and an anti-rape curriculum in Kenya shows promising results.
New landmark report announces national campaign to encourage Americans to walk more, by making communities safer and more accessible.
