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New York Times (Aug 2019)
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The 1619 Project
28786 points • aug 14, 2019
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The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet
11120 points • aug 02, 2019
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We Have Ruined Childhood
9226 points • aug 18, 2019
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Advice to My College Freshman
7306 points • aug 13, 2019
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Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out
6914 points • aug 15, 2019
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America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
6842 points • aug 14, 2019
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A Brief History of Slavery That You Didn't Learn in School
6758 points • aug 20, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA
6480 points • aug 01, 2019
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The 50 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now
6368 points • aug 08, 2019
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Let’s Meet Again in Five Years
6192 points • aug 23, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein Death: 2 Guards Slept Through Checks and Falsified Records
6126 points • aug 14, 2019
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Granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy Dies After Overdose at Family’s Compound
6122 points • aug 02, 2019
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Quiz: Let Us Predict Whether You’re a Democrat or a Republican
6100 points • aug 08, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein Dead in Suicide at Jail, Spurring Inquiries
6030 points • aug 11, 2019
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The Day Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Had Dirt on Powerful People
6008 points • aug 13, 2019
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New Jersey Family Terrorized by ‘The Watcher’ Sells Home at a Loss
5896 points • aug 10, 2019
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Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online
5812 points • aug 04, 2019
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The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now
5594 points • aug 17, 2019
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Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein
5576 points • aug 17, 2019
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What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer
5524 points • aug 04, 2019
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‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says the Creator of 8chan, a Megaphone for Gunmen
5378 points • aug 05, 2019
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Trump Policy Favors Wealthier Immigrants for Green Cards
5330 points • aug 12, 2019
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The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers
5276 points • aug 07, 2019
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Finding Amelia Earhart’s Plane Seemed Impossible. Then Came a Startling Clue.
5202 points • aug 12, 2019
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Trump’s Interest in Buying Greenland Seemed Like a Joke. Then It Got Ugly.
5094 points • aug 22, 2019
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Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored
5050 points • aug 11, 2019
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Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House
4876 points • aug 25, 2019
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American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation.
4818 points • aug 15, 2019
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Son of Qaeda Founder Is Dead
4744 points • aug 01, 2019
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Only 8 Candidates Have Qualified for the Next Democratic Debate
4740 points • aug 02, 2019
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The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism
4728 points • aug 11, 2019
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‘Breaking Bad’ Movie, Starring Aaron Paul, Coming to Netflix in October
4726 points • aug 25, 2019
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U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act
4718 points • aug 12, 2019
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Isabel Toledo Dies at 59; Designed Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Outfit
4640 points • aug 27, 2019
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Trump Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave China
4620 points • aug 24, 2019
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Amazon Rain Forest Fires: Here’s What’s Really Happening
4558 points • aug 24, 2019
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Inside Kashmir, Cut Off From the World: ‘A Living Hell’ of Anger and Fear
4542 points • aug 11, 2019
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The Sisters Who First Tried to Take Down Jeffrey Epstein
4540 points • aug 26, 2019
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Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down
4452 points • aug 30, 2019
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How a Ring of Women Allegedly Recruited Girls for Jeffrey Epstein
4330 points • aug 29, 2019
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Day at a Shopping Center in Texas Turns Deadly
4298 points • aug 04, 2019
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Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own.
4290 points • aug 21, 2019
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David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79
4276 points • aug 23, 2019
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Photo of Mounted Police Leading Black Man by a Rope Prompts Outrage
4230 points • aug 06, 2019
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Israeli Decision on Omar and Tlaib Inflames Politics in Two Countries
4146 points • aug 16, 2019
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Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
4064 points • aug 06, 2019
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Massacre at a Crowded Walmart in Texas Leaves 20 Dead
4036 points • aug 04, 2019
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Landmark Opioid Trial
4026 points • aug 26, 2019
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She Warned That Her Life Was in Danger. 5 Days Later, She Was Shot.
4014 points • aug 09, 2019
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Family of Minor League Pitcher With Tampa Bay Rays Is Killed
4012 points • aug 28, 2019
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Marianne Williamson Knows How to Beat Trump
3946 points • aug 02, 2019
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What Makes People Charismatic, and How You Can Be, Too
3932 points • aug 17, 2019
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How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
3830 points • aug 24, 2019
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U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians
3830 points • aug 12, 2019
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What Does Campaign Rally Music Say About a Candidate?
3826 points • aug 20, 2019
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Was Trump’s El Paso Visit a Turning Point?
3816 points • aug 08, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in Suicide
3766 points • aug 16, 2019
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Why Wasn’t Jeffrey Epstein on Suicide Watch When He Died?
3750 points • aug 10, 2019
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Trump Orders Navy to Strip Medals From Prosecutors in War Crimes Trial
3748 points • aug 01, 2019
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Amid the Kale and Corn, Fears of White Supremacy at the Farmers’ Market
3730 points • aug 18, 2019
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Canadian Teenage Murder Suspects Found Dead in Manitoba, Police Say
3712 points • aug 07, 2019
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Gunman Kills 9 in Dayton Entertainment District
3698 points • aug 05, 2019
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Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’
3674 points • aug 29, 2019
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Nicolas Cage on Acting, Philosophy and Searching for the Holy Grail
3652 points • aug 08, 2019
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If You Think Trump Is Helping Israel, You’re a Fool
3630 points • aug 16, 2019
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Why Mathematicians Hate That Viral Equation
3630 points • aug 07, 2019
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In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit
3614 points • aug 21, 2019
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Trump Condemns White Supremacy but Stops Short of Major Gun Controls
3502 points • aug 05, 2019
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Understands Democracy Better Than Republicans Do
3482 points • aug 27, 2019
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Trump Comes to Console. El Paso Says No Thanks.
3420 points • aug 08, 2019
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Man Arrested With 17 Guns, Grenade Launcher and Nazi Paraphernalia
3324 points • aug 21, 2019
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Donald Trump Has Worn Us All Out
3294 points • aug 28, 2019
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Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale
3246 points • aug 21, 2019
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Trump Says He Will Raise Existing Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30%
3240 points • aug 23, 2019
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‘Massage’ Was Code for ‘Sex’: New Epstein Abuse Revelations
3200 points • aug 10, 2019
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El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language
3192 points • aug 05, 2019
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ICE Deported Him to a Country He’d Never Seen. He Died 2 Months Later.
3168 points • aug 09, 2019
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India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. Muslims Are Afraid.
3132 points • aug 18, 2019
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Imran Khan: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
3114 points • aug 30, 2019
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How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War
3106 points • aug 16, 2019
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Desegregation Plan: Eliminate All Gifted Programs in New York
3094 points • aug 27, 2019
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Brazil Angrily Rejects Millions in Amazon Aid Pledged at G7, Then Accepts British Aid
3092 points • aug 28, 2019
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Sale of Rare Nazi-Era Porsche Sputters After Sotheby’s Auction Blunder
3084 points • aug 19, 2019
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Trump Drops Plans to Nominate John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence
3052 points • aug 02, 2019
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In Short-Staffed Jail, Epstein Was Left Alone for Hours; Guard Was Substitute
3050 points • aug 13, 2019
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Storm Warnings Put Florida on High Alert
3044 points • aug 29, 2019
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With Trump as President, the World Is Spiraling Into Chaos
3040 points • aug 16, 2019
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The Aftermath of Shootings in Ohio and Texas
3016 points • aug 06, 2019
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Bernie Sanders’s ‘Green New Deal’: A $16 Trillion Climate Plan
2992 points • aug 22, 2019
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Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us
2964 points • aug 26, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims, Denied a Trial, Vent Their Fury: ‘He Is a Coward’
2956 points • aug 28, 2019
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Victoria’s Secret Casts First Openly Transgender Woman as a Model
2916 points • aug 06, 2019
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El Paso Shooting: Massacre That Killed 20 Being Investigated as Domestic Terrorism
2912 points • aug 04, 2019
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The September Democratic Debate Will Be One Night Only
2908 points • aug 29, 2019
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A Mexican Hospital, an American Surgeon, and a $5,000 Check (Yes, a Check)
2900 points • aug 10, 2019
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Joe Walsh: Trump Needs a Primary Challenge
2872 points • aug 14, 2019
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Craving Freedom, Japan’s Women Opt Out of Marriage
2848 points • aug 03, 2019
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Trump Uses a Day of Healing to Deepen the Nation’s Divisions
2842 points • aug 08, 2019
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Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs
2820 points • aug 23, 2019
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What the Reactionary Politics of 2019 Owe to the Politics of Slavery
2798 points • aug 19, 2019