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		<title>America’s poverty tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Gary Rivlin on the invention of the payday loan, rent-to-own, and a long list of diabolically clever ideas that entrepreneurs have devised to get hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars rich off those with thin wallets.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/america%e2%80%99s-poverty-tax/13863/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time for the U.S. to ratify the Law of the Sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Law of Sea treaty will enable the U.S. to assert global leadership and navigate an increasingly complex international security environment without relying on its military, writes Joshua Foust.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/its-time-for-the-u-s-to-ratify-the-law-of-the-sea/13842/</link>
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		<title>The uneven playing field of unpaid internships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joshua Foust asks what it says about our society when access to government jobs is increasingly limited to those applicants who can afford to work for free.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/the-uneven-playing-field-of-unpaid-internships/13785/</link>
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		<title>On thought crimes and terror trials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought crimes and double standards should not define our fight against jihadist terrorism – sound principles and the rule of law should, writes contributor Joshua Foust.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/on-thought-crimes-and-terror-trials/13716/</link>
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		<title>Memo to NATO: Stay out of Syrian conflict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NATO may talk a big game when it comes to global security, but its ability to affect war and peace outside of Europe is limited, writes contributor Joshua Foust.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/memo-to-nato-stay-out-of-syrian-conflict/13641/</link>
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		<title>Will SCOTUS be found wanting in the court of public opinion?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We can hope that in determining the Affordable Care Act outcome, justices with life tenure will be guided by their proper constitutional role, writes Princeton's Leslie Gerwin.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/will-scotus-be-found-wanting-in-the-court-of-public-opinion/13543/</link>
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		<title>A hollow victory: The slow unraveling of Libya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's been a months-long string of horrifying stories coming out of Libya that seems to merit mostly shrugs. Joshua Foust asks: What is going on?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/security/a-hollow-victory-the-slow-unraveling-of-libya/13520/</link>
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		<title>When intervention fails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For contributor Joshua Foust, humanitarian interventions are often advocated for and executed with little thought about what the international community will do once they're over and the messy work of reconciliation and rebuilding begins. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/when-intervention-fails/13446/</link>
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		<title>The precarious jobs recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jobs are coming back fast enough to blunt Republican attacks against Obama on the economy, but jobs aren’t coming back fast enough to significantly reduce the nation’s backlog of 10 million jobs, writes Robert Reich.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/the-precarious-jobs-recovery/13322/</link>
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		<title>With Putin&#8217;s win, a new chance for reset with Russia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian presidential election may be disappointing, Joshua Foust writes, but it represents a chance for the U.S. and Russia to start anew.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/with-putins-win-a-new-chance-for-reset-with-russia/13266/</link>
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