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Notable contributors

• Political figures, such as President Obama, who published his plans for net neutrality (the White House has also been regularly publishing updates).

• UK Labour leader Ed Miliband, who wrote a manifesto on his vision for the future.

• Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey, who opined about ISIS and Syria foreign policy.

• Chief Digital Officer of New York State Rachel Haot unveiled NY’s new website.

• Aasif Mandvi, who published an excerpt about Michael Jackson from his comedic memoir.

• Michael Pollan also published an excerpt, about the importance of eating as a family at the table.

• Lots of tech leaders, including WME head of digital Dan Porter, who announced his new app, Tally.

• Kleiner Perkins design partner John Maeda, wrote about the importance of a diversity of viewpoints in tech.

• Former Googler (and inventor of the hashtag) Chris Messina, who revealed his candid thoughts about Google+.

• New York Tech Meetup executive director Jessica Lawrence, on the skills needed to survive the future of work.

• Kik founder and CEO Ted Livingston, on the race to become the “WeChat of the West.”

• Sequoia Creative Lab lead James Buckhouse, who gave a peek at his work.

• Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, on the press and democracy.

• Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell, who gave thanks to his mother, and Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith, who paid tribute to his brother, both in The Cauldron.

• Larry Lessig, who wrote about Edward Snowden and Citizen Four, and Ben Huh, who told the true story about how the new Cheezburger app came to be, both in Backchannel.

• New York Times media reporter David Carr, who wrote about the failure of the U.S.’s space efforts. (His BU class has also been publishing their assignments.)

• Jonathan Alter, who published the forward to Audible CEO Don Katz’s reissued book, Home Fires.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, we collected stories by and about vets; here’s a sampling.

Companies and organizations joining Medium included Starbucks (with a piece by Howard Schultz); UNICEF, with stories about ebola; new concierge app Reserve; PBS Newshour, Intuit, O’Reilly Media.

Medium’s flagship publication, Matter

• The final story, in three parts, by journalist Charles Bowden, with Molly Molloy, about the unsolved murder of a DEA agent in Mexico; Elmo Keep on Mars One, the one-way mission to the red planet; Mac McClelland on the French voice-over industry; New York Times business reporter Jenna Wortham on sexting; and many other stories.