woid

top stories

New York Times (Jan 2019)

  1. ‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools

    268 points • jan 09, 2019

  2. Hope for a Green New Year

    268 points • jan 01, 2019

  3. How to Hold Healthy Grudges

    254 points • jan 03, 2019

  4. Howard Schultz, Please Don’t Run for President

    252 points • jan 30, 2019

  5. International Pickpockets Ride New York’s Subway, Pilfering and Profiting

    248 points • jan 29, 2019

  6. Congress Summons Mnuchin to Explain Russian Sanctions Removal

    244 points • jan 10, 2019

  7. Help Pick the Worst of Trump

    242 points • jan 31, 2019

  8. This Is Your Brain Off Facebook

    240 points • jan 31, 2019

  9. Amos Oz’s Rebuke to Cowardice

    240 points • jan 06, 2019

  10. Democrats Faked Online Push to Outlaw Alcohol in Alabama Race

    224 points • jan 08, 2019

  11. Attorney General Nominee Promises to Allow Mueller to Finish His Work

    220 points • jan 15, 2019

  12. PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Creates ‘a Real Mess’ for Rival Interests

    220 points • jan 30, 2019

  13. Trump Storms Out of White House Meeting with Democrats on Shutdown

    216 points • jan 09, 2019

  14. In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication

    214 points • jan 01, 2019

  15. One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases

    212 points • jan 31, 2019

  16. The Army, in Need of Recruits, Turns Focus to Liberal-Leaning Cities

    212 points • jan 03, 2019

  17. Gore, Graft and More of What We’ve Learned So Far From the El Chapo Trial

    204 points • jan 05, 2019

  18. Must Writers Be Moral? Their Contracts May Require It

    198 points • jan 07, 2019

  19. Fears of Republican Power Grab in Michigan Fade as Governor Vetoes Bill

    196 points • jan 01, 2019

  20. How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

    196 points • jan 08, 2019

  21. Let the Fountain Pens Flow!

    194 points • jan 01, 2019

  22. Bernice Sandler, ‘Godmother of Title IX,’ Dies at 90

    192 points • jan 10, 2019

  23. Government Shutdown: Trump Suggests It Could Last ‘Months or Even Years’

    176 points • jan 04, 2019

  24. A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?

    176 points • jan 01, 2019

  25. As Big Retailers Seek to Cut Their Tax Bills, Towns Bear the Brunt

    174 points • jan 07, 2019

  26. She Walked Into an Elevator on Friday Night. She Wasn’t Rescued Until Monday.

    172 points • jan 29, 2019

  27. Jayme Closs, Kidnapped by a Stranger, Endured Horror, Police Say

    172 points • jan 15, 2019

  28. Juan Guaidó: Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity

    172 points • jan 31, 2019

  29. Doubletree in Portland Fires 2 Employees After Kicking Out Black Man Who Made Call From Lobby

    168 points • jan 01, 2019

  30. An Anti-Facebook Manifesto, by an Early Facebook Investor

    166 points • jan 30, 2019

  31. On Jackie Robinson’s 100th Birthday, 100 Photos of an Icon

    164 points • jan 31, 2019

  32. Is the President Making Middle School Worse?

    164 points • jan 12, 2019

  33. Mexico City as the Director of ‘Roma’ Remembers It (and Hears It)

    162 points • jan 03, 2019

  34. Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.

    160 points • jan 01, 2019

  35. It’s Final: Megyn Kelly and NBC Part Ways. And She Will Be Paid in Full.

    160 points • jan 13, 2019

  36. E-Cigarettes Are Effective at Helping Smokers Quit, a Study Says

    158 points • jan 31, 2019

  37. Dementia May Never Improve, but Many Patients Still Can Learn

    154 points • jan 07, 2019

  38. These 4 New Yorkers Are Experts in Living. What Do They Know That We Don’t?

    154 points • jan 05, 2019

  39. Who’s Afraid of the Budget Deficit?

    152 points • jan 05, 2019

  40. What Have the Elites Ever Done for Fox?

    152 points • jan 06, 2019

  41. Trump and Pompeo Embrace Autocrats and Disparage Opponents at Home

    150 points • jan 11, 2019

  42. Consider Firing Your Male Broker

    150 points • jan 15, 2019

  43. China’s Gulag for Muslims

    146 points • jan 03, 2019

  44. Trump’s Emergency Powers Threat Could End Shutdown Crisis, but at What Cost?

    146 points • jan 11, 2019

  45. This Coal Lobbyist Should Not Run the E.P.A.

    144 points • jan 15, 2019

  46. Time to Get Out of Afghanistan

    142 points • jan 02, 2019

  47. Tell Me One More Time What to Do About Grief

    136 points • jan 01, 2019

  48. Deciphering the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods

    134 points • jan 01, 2019

  49. In Critical Brexit Vote, Theresa May Survives

    132 points • jan 30, 2019

  50. A Growing Chorus of Big City Prosecutors Say No to Marijuana Convictions

    128 points • jan 30, 2019

  51. Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’

    124 points • jan 13, 2019

  52. Why Trump’s Unusual Leadership Style Isn’t Working in the White House

    120 points • jan 12, 2019

  53. The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting

    114 points • jan 03, 2019

  54. Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones

    112 points • jan 31, 2019

  55. Trump’s Wall, Trump’s Shutdown and Trump’s Side of the Story

    112 points • jan 06, 2019

  56. Japan: Stop Slaughtering Whales

    110 points • jan 02, 2019

  57. Julie Sweet of Accenture Could See Her Future. So She Quit Her Job.

    110 points • jan 05, 2019

  58. President Trump Rejects Proposal to Temporarily Reopen the Government

    108 points • jan 14, 2019

  59. Brexit and the U.S. Shutdown: Two Governments in Paralysis

    100 points • jan 13, 2019

  60. Against Liberal Defeatism

    98 points • jan 01, 2019

  61. Howard Schultz Draws Fire From Trump and Bloomberg Over 2020 Plans

    98 points • jan 29, 2019

  62. Don’t Kiss Your Pet Hedgehogs, C.D.C. Warns

    96 points • jan 29, 2019

  63. A Wave of Daytime Killings Has Puerto Rico on Edge

    96 points • jan 15, 2019

  64. The Cruelty of Call-Out Culture

    94 points • jan 15, 2019

  65. Athens in Pieces: The Art of Memory

    88 points • jan 31, 2019

  66. ‘Bird Box’ Is Full of Plot Holes. We Tried (and Sometimes Failed) to Plug Them.

    88 points • jan 09, 2019

  67. The Reasonable Way to View Marijuana’s Risks

    86 points • jan 15, 2019

  68. Erdogan: Trump Is Right on Syria. Turkey Can Get the Job Done.

    84 points • jan 08, 2019

  69. Bribes Like ‘Monopoly Money’ Were Given to South Africa’s Leaders, Panel Hears

    80 points • jan 31, 2019

  70. Competing Against Chinese Loans, U.S. Companies Face Long Odds in Africa

    80 points • jan 14, 2019

  71. Long Before Alabama, the South Had Sewanee

    78 points • jan 05, 2019

  72. End Forced Labor in Immigrant Detention

    76 points • jan 30, 2019

  73. Barack Obama’s Favorite Book of 2018 Was ‘Becoming.’ Here’s What Else He Liked.

    76 points • jan 01, 2019

  74. Foxboro(ugh!): Where Visiting N.F.L. Teams Hate to Play

    70 points • jan 13, 2019

  75. NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Is Triumphant in Encounter With the Most Distant Object Ever Visited

    68 points • jan 01, 2019

  76. Year in Fitness: How Exercise Keeps Us Young

    68 points • jan 01, 2019

  77. How Chummy Are Junk Food Giants and China’s Health Officials? They Share Offices.

    66 points • jan 11, 2019

  78. Jorge Ramos: Trump Is the Wall

    64 points • jan 10, 2019

  79. The Pit Bull Gets a Rebrand

    64 points • jan 07, 2019

  80. Best TV Shows of 2018

    64 points • jan 02, 2019

  81. Log Cabins? No, These Wooden Buildings Are High-Rises

    64 points • jan 03, 2019

  82. Investors Are Still Cautiously Optimistic About 2019. But Here’s What Could Go Wrong.

    64 points • jan 01, 2019

  83. Washington’s New Power Structure

    62 points • jan 09, 2019

  84. Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’

    60 points • jan 01, 2019

  85. News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

    60 points • jan 06, 2019

  86. Workers on Corporate Boards? Germany’s Had Them for Decades

    58 points • jan 08, 2019

  87. Hackers Leak Details of German Lawmakers, Except Those on Far Right

    56 points • jan 05, 2019

  88. She Was Exonerated of the Murder of Her Son. Her Life Is Still Shattered.

    56 points • jan 07, 2019

  89. Cuba’s Next Transformation

    54 points • jan 07, 2019

  90. Philip Glass and John Adams on a Bowie-Inspired New Symphony

    52 points • jan 11, 2019

  91. In an Ancient Nun’s Teeth, Blue Paint — and Clues to Medieval Publishing

    48 points • jan 13, 2019

  92. A Game Plan for Eating Well in Atlanta

    46 points • jan 30, 2019

  93. Herb Kelleher, Whose Southwest Airlines Reshaped the Industry, Dies at 87

    44 points • jan 05, 2019

  94. Georges Loinger, Wartime Rescuer of Jewish Children, Dies at 108

    44 points • jan 06, 2019

  95. 116th Congress Live Updates: The House Elects a New Speaker

    40 points • jan 03, 2019

  96. What Jerry Brown Means to California

    38 points • jan 08, 2019

  97. The Trouble With Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism

    38 points • jan 04, 2019

  98. This Shutdown May Become the Longest Ever. How Did Trump Get Here?

    38 points • jan 11, 2019

  99. Saudi Woman Who Fled Family Is Granted Refugee Status

    36 points • jan 10, 2019

  100. Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her From Secret Service

    36 points • jan 04, 2019