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THE EDITOR
orous enough. Some argue that
the federal government was
too involved in developing the
standards, while others feel the
states should have had more say.
Just last weekend, the board
of the New York State teachers
union unanimously withdrew its
support for the Common Core as
it currently stands.
“It had all happened fast,” Joy
writes. “Maybe, in hindsight, a
little too fast.”
In our Voices section, Canadian
politician and journalist Chrystia
Freeland posits that 2013 was the
year a revolt against our society’s
plutocrats began. We as a culture,
she writes, are finally recognizing income inequality as a critical political issue, thanks in part
to Pope Francis’ critique of an
“economy of exclusion.”
“You see it in the U.S. in the election of Bill de Blasio as mayor of
New York, in California Governor
Jerry Brown’s successful tax increase on the rich; in the emergence
of Elizabeth Warren as one of her
party’s leaders,” Freeland writes.
Elsewhere in the issue, Rebecca
Adams brings attention to a pressing women’s health concern: the
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dangers of Spanx, whose iron grip
could lead to compressed bowels and blood clots. Based on her
conversations with a gastroenterologist, a dermatologist and a
It had all happened
fast,” Joy writes. “Maybe, in
hindsight, a little too fast.”
chiropractor, Rebecca lays out everything you should know before
slipping on a piece of shapewear.
And finally, as part of our continued focus on The Third Metric, we
explain why 2014 will be
the year of mindful living.
ARIANNA
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