The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

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Historically, America's approach to gun violence has never been great. But for the first time in American history, there is an opportunity to make it so—not through partisan warfare, but through ...