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New York Times (Aug 2020)

  1. Trump as Candidate: Racist Attacks, Conspiracy Theories, War on the Post Office

    649 points • aug 18, 2020

  2. What if Some Kids Are Better Off at Home?

    649 points • aug 11, 2020

  3. Fed Chair Sets Stage for Longer Periods of Lower Rates

    639 points • aug 28, 2020

  4. After Trump, America Needs Accountability for His Corruption

    636 points • aug 13, 2020

  5. Djokovic and Other Top Men Are Creating a Players’ Association

    632 points • aug 30, 2020

  6. On the Shores of Cape Cod, Where the Oyster Is Their World

    632 points • aug 11, 2020

  7. Trump Barely Mentions Kenosha in Speech, and Only Refers to Violence

    628 points • aug 28, 2020

  8. How Has the Electoral College Survived for This Long?

    627 points • aug 03, 2020

  9. A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988

    626 points • aug 23, 2020

  10. The Massacre That Emboldened White Supremacists

    625 points • aug 29, 2020

  11. Why the Botched N.Y.C. Primary Has Become the November Nightmare

    623 points • aug 04, 2020

  12. Virus Cases Are Rising in N.J., Spurred by Young Partygoers at the Shore

    616 points • aug 01, 2020

  13. Families Priced Out of ‘Learning Pods’ Seek Alternatives

    616 points • aug 15, 2020

  14. He Is 16 and His Mother Died of Covid-19. What Happens To Him Now?

    614 points • aug 14, 2020

  15. She Was Selling Honey to Survive. Then Mel Gibson Threatened to Sue.

    612 points • aug 19, 2020

  16. When Marriage Is Just Another Overhyped Nightclub

    609 points • aug 07, 2020

  17. The New York Cafe Where Writers Go to Work — and Eat Cake

    607 points • aug 22, 2020

  18. After Three Years of Attacking L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, Trump Suddenly Tries Outreach

    606 points • aug 27, 2020

  19. Make and Jar Pomodoro to Last All Year Long

    604 points • aug 23, 2020

  20. After Falwell Stumbles, His Hometown Sees a Leader in Need of Redemption

    596 points • aug 11, 2020

  21. $25,000 Pod Schools: How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic

    596 points • aug 01, 2020

  22. A Rare Economic Bright Spot in the U.S. Health System: The Vet’s Office

    595 points • aug 11, 2020

  23. ‘He Stiffed Our Party’: Bloomberg Doubts Resurface as He Speaks at D.N.C.

    592 points • aug 21, 2020

  24. N.Y. Gyms and Fitness Studios Can Reopen as Soon as Aug. 24, Cuomo Says

    588 points • aug 18, 2020

  25. Why Biden Needs a Landslide Just to Win

    580 points • aug 23, 2020

  26. Anatomy of a Public Pool in a Pandemic

    580 points • aug 07, 2020

  27. The Lawbreakers Trump Loves

    579 points • aug 30, 2020

  28. What to Know About Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s V.P. Choice

    578 points • aug 12, 2020

  29. As Young Black Athletes Call for Racial Awakening, Some N.F.L. Retirees Declare Fealty to ‘Winner’ Trump

    574 points • aug 28, 2020

  30. Leaving New York: How to Choose the Right Suburb

    574 points • aug 07, 2020

  31. Modi Founds Temple on Mosque’s Ruins, in Triumphal Moment for Hindu Base

    572 points • aug 06, 2020

  32. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels

    571 points • aug 20, 2020

  33. How to Cycle Up ‘Mount Everest’

    568 points • aug 14, 2020

  34. How to Move Your Elephant During a Pandemic

    568 points • aug 09, 2020

  35. The 2020 Back-to-School List for Teens’ Emotional Well-Being

    567 points • aug 26, 2020

  36. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Composers

    565 points • aug 05, 2020

  37. Why Edmund Burke Still Matters

    563 points • aug 05, 2020

  38. ‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats

    559 points • aug 30, 2020

  39. The British-Irish Dialect Quiz

    558 points • aug 19, 2020

  40. Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated. Will His Experience Change Anything?

    558 points • aug 24, 2020

  41. Red Onions Linked to Salmonella Outbreak, Officials Say

    552 points • aug 02, 2020

  42. Georgia Trooper Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver

    548 points • aug 17, 2020

  43. ‘Terror Crocodile’ the Size of a Bus Fed on Dinosaurs, Study Says

    544 points • aug 14, 2020

  44. The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks

    540 points • aug 13, 2020

  45. Biden’s Loose Lips Could Sink His Chances

    538 points • aug 25, 2020

  46. Tennessee State Senator Embezzled $600,000 in Federal Money, U.S. Says

    534 points • aug 01, 2020

  47. Coronavirus Live Updates: Texas Governor Warns the State Has Too Many Cases To Reopen

    532 points • aug 11, 2020

  48. Marvin Creamer, a Mariner Who Sailed Like the Ancients, Dies at 104

    530 points • aug 18, 2020

  49. To Break a Horse, and a Woman

    528 points • aug 02, 2020

  50. Infections Swamp the U.S., Which Recorded 42% of All Its Coronavirus Cases in July

    522 points • aug 02, 2020

  51. The Unlikely Triumph of Italian Nationhood

    522 points • aug 15, 2020

  52. ‘Clean Up This Mess’: The Chinese Thinkers Behind Xi’s Hard Line

    520 points • aug 04, 2020

  53. Debunking 3 Viral Falsehoods About Kamala Harris

    518 points • aug 16, 2020

  54. Scope of California Wildfires Is Staggering

    512 points • aug 25, 2020

  55. The South’s Fight for White Supremacy

    511 points • aug 23, 2020

  56. Hong Kong Arrests Jimmy Lai, Media Mogul, Under National Security Law

    510 points • aug 10, 2020

  57. The Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

    508 points • aug 01, 2020

  58. Pictures of Themselves: The 2020 College Essays on Money

    506 points • aug 29, 2020

  59. Let’s Scrap the Presidential Debates

    495 points • aug 04, 2020

  60. Check Your Basement for Old Fishing Gear

    494 points • aug 18, 2020

  61. Enjoy Those Vegetables, but Don’t Forget to Save Some Seeds

    493 points • aug 06, 2020

  62. Read the Full Transcript of Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis

    492 points • aug 01, 2020

  63. She Sought Justice on TikTok. Now Her Father Is Charged With Homicide.

    492 points • aug 27, 2020

  64. Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too.

    489 points • aug 01, 2020

  65. The Unemployed Stare Into the Abyss. Republicans Look Away.

    489 points • aug 04, 2020

  66. Isaias Live Updates: Tornadoes Are a Threat as Storm Charges North

    484 points • aug 04, 2020

  67. The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America

    479 points • aug 01, 2020

  68. 17 Learning Tools For Your Next Outdoor Excursion

    476 points • aug 12, 2020

  69. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss

    474 points • aug 01, 2020

  70. Anthony Martignetti (‘Anthony!’), Who Raced Home for Spaghetti, Dies at 63

    473 points • aug 28, 2020

  71. Vote for Trump’s Worst!

    472 points • aug 06, 2020

  72. Why Antibody Tests Won’t Help You Much

    469 points • aug 22, 2020

  73. 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes North Carolina

    468 points • aug 10, 2020

  74. Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli Get Prison in College Admissions Case

    468 points • aug 22, 2020

  75. With Jobless Aid Expired, Trump Sidelines Himself in Stimulus Talks

    468 points • aug 05, 2020

  76. Tropical Storms Headed to the Gulf of Mexico

    468 points • aug 23, 2020

  77. Reading Elena Ferrante in English? You’re Also Reading Ann Goldstein

    468 points • aug 22, 2020

  78. Covid Tests and Quarantines: Colleges Brace for an Uncertain Fall

    467 points • aug 03, 2020

  79. What Sonia Sotomayor Told a 10-Year-Old Girl

    464 points • aug 08, 2020

  80. How Trump’s Push to Reopen Schools Backfired

    464 points • aug 14, 2020

  81. On Being a Biden Conservative

    462 points • aug 18, 2020

  82. Mercedes Barcha, Gabriel García Márquez’s Wife and Muse, Dies at 87

    460 points • aug 25, 2020

  83. A Virginia House Candidate Campaigns by Attacking ‘a Man Dressed as a Woman’

    458 points • aug 17, 2020

  84. To Deal With China, Trump Should Learn German

    457 points • aug 26, 2020

  85. Trumpism Is a Racket, and Steve Bannon Knew It

    457 points • aug 22, 2020

  86. Leon Fleisher, 92, Dies; Spellbinding Pianist Using One Hand or Two

    456 points • aug 03, 2020

  87. Kingston: A City Remade by the Coronavirus

    456 points • aug 16, 2020

  88. Meet the National Parks’ ‘Ranger of the Lost Art’

    454 points • aug 26, 2020

  89. Ellen DeGeneres Apologizes to Staff Members as WarnerMedia Investigates Show

    448 points • aug 01, 2020

  90. Don’t Be Dense, Beware Mike Pence

    448 points • aug 27, 2020

  91. John Lewis, a Man of ‘Unbreakable Perseverance,’ Is Laid to Rest

    444 points • aug 01, 2020

  92. A Reminder to Enfold Yourself in Small Comforts

    439 points • aug 24, 2020

  93. Colleges Rescinding Admissions Offers as Racist Social Media Posts Emerge

    436 points • aug 16, 2020

  94. Fires, Blackouts, a Heat Wave and a Pandemic: California’s ‘Horrible’ Month

    429 points • aug 20, 2020

  95. How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity

    428 points • aug 30, 2020

  96. The True Cost of Lionel Messi’s Declaration of Independence

    426 points • aug 30, 2020

  97. A Warning for the United States From the Author of ‘The Great Influenza’

    425 points • aug 19, 2020

  98. Fleeing the Trolls for the Grizzly Bears

    422 points • aug 23, 2020

  99. Turning Grief for a Hidden Past Into a Healing Space

    421 points • aug 17, 2020

  100. Out of Office: A Survey of Our New Work Lives

    419 points • aug 21, 2020