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New York Times (Aug 2020)

  1. Michelle Obama Showed Us Why These Democrats Are Our Last Best Hope

    415 points • aug 18, 2020

  2. Reopened Schools Find Health Risks in Water After Covid-19 Lockdowns

    415 points • aug 28, 2020

  3. Beirut on the Potomac

    415 points • aug 08, 2020

  4. The Black Lives Next Door

    412 points • aug 15, 2020

  5. The Real Reason the American Economy Boomed After World War II

    410 points • aug 07, 2020

  6. Kids Aren’t Big Covid-19 Spreaders. Really.

    409 points • aug 12, 2020

  7. Why Work From Home When You Can Work From Barbados, Bermuda or … Estonia?

    406 points • aug 19, 2020

  8. The Zombie Ants

    403 points • aug 23, 2020

  9. Why the Working Class Votes Against Its Economic Interests

    403 points • aug 06, 2020

  10. QAnon Is Trump’s Last, Best Chance

    400 points • aug 25, 2020

  11. Lady Red Couture, ‘Mother Hen’ of a Drag Scene, Dies at 43

    400 points • aug 05, 2020

  12. Trump vs. Biden Is an American History Rerun

    398 points • aug 20, 2020

  13. A Song That Changed Music Forever

    396 points • aug 09, 2020

  14. In Tell-All Foreword, Cohen Promises Sordid Tales Trump ‘Does Not Want You to Read’

    394 points • aug 14, 2020

  15. After Plummeting, the Virus Soars Back in the Midwest

    392 points • aug 02, 2020

  16. What to Do When Covid Doesn’t Go Away

    391 points • aug 09, 2020

  17. We Will Pay for Our Summer Vacations With Winter Lockdowns

    389 points • aug 15, 2020

  18. Trump Halts TV Advertising as He Struggles in Polls Against Biden

    386 points • aug 02, 2020

  19. داخل نظام حكم اللصوص البيروقراطي في العراق

    386 points • aug 08, 2020

  20. Trump Doesn’t Like What He Sees in the Crystal Ball

    383 points • aug 03, 2020

  21. Want to Flee the City for Suburbia? Think Again

    381 points • aug 17, 2020

  22. Away From Gridlock in Washington, Trump Puts on a Show for His Club

    376 points • aug 09, 2020

  23. Catholic Churches Drop Hymns After Accusations Against Composer

    373 points • aug 11, 2020

  24. What Is Waacking, and Why Is It All Over TikTok?

    373 points • aug 30, 2020

  25. How Bacteria-Eating Bacteria Could Help Win the War Against Germs

    372 points • aug 25, 2020

  26. Movers in N.Y.C. Are So Busy They’re Turning People Away

    371 points • aug 21, 2020

  27. On Native American Land, Contact Tracing Is Saving Lives

    368 points • aug 13, 2020

  28. New York’s School Chaos Is Breaking Me

    368 points • aug 25, 2020

  29. The Senate Is on Vacation While Americans Starve

    367 points • aug 25, 2020

  30. Lionel Messi Tells Barcelona He’s Leaving

    364 points • aug 26, 2020

  31. How Covid Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves

    362 points • aug 12, 2020

  32. Luchita Hurtado, Artist Who Became a Sensation in Her 90s, Dies at 99

    359 points • aug 15, 2020

  33. How to Help Your Pet With Post-Quarantine Separation Anxiety

    357 points • aug 10, 2020

  34. In My Mind, I’m Going to New Jersey

    357 points • aug 19, 2020

  35. Is the Subway Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think

    356 points • aug 02, 2020

  36. The Psychiatrist Will See You Online Now

    356 points • aug 29, 2020

  37. Trump, the Mail and the Unbinding of America

    355 points • aug 19, 2020

  38. Take Steps to Counter the Loneliness of Social Distancing

    353 points • aug 04, 2020

  39. In Derecho’s Wake, More Than 250,000 in Midwest Struggle Without Power

    352 points • aug 15, 2020

  40. No Pajama Pants Allowed While Learning From Home, Illinois District Says

    352 points • aug 10, 2020

  41. We’ve Hit a Pandemic Wall

    351 points • aug 05, 2020

  42. Will Herman Cain’s Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks?

    350 points • aug 01, 2020

  43. In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Some Cracks Emerge in the Pro-Trump Wall

    349 points • aug 27, 2020

  44. How to Think Like an Epidemiologist

    347 points • aug 05, 2020

  45. 10 Under-the-Radar Movies for Offbeat Times

    346 points • aug 24, 2020

  46. The Future of American Liberalism

    346 points • aug 01, 2020

  47. A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood

    342 points • aug 21, 2020

  48. A Vaccine That Stops Covid-19 Won’t Be Enough

    337 points • aug 25, 2020

  49. Late Night Says Trump Ran Back to the Comfort of Fox News

    336 points • aug 07, 2020

  50. Poor and Desperate, Pakistani Hindus Accept Islam to Get By

    336 points • aug 06, 2020

  51. A Presidential Historian Makes a Rare Appearance in Today’s Political Arena

    335 points • aug 22, 2020

  52. The Benefits of Talking to Strangers

    335 points • aug 04, 2020

  53. E-Bikes Are All the Rage. Should They Be?

    333 points • aug 20, 2020

  54. Cartilage Is Grown in the Arthritic Joints of Mice

    332 points • aug 22, 2020

  55. Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Departure Brings Relief on Liberty University’s Campus

    328 points • aug 27, 2020

  56. Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic.

    327 points • aug 31, 2020

  57. E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

    326 points • aug 11, 2020

  58. College Is Everywhere Now

    322 points • aug 28, 2020

  59. Trump’s Campaign of Chaos

    322 points • aug 24, 2020

  60. Whence Came Stonehenge’s Stones? Now We Know

    322 points • aug 01, 2020

  61. Lang Lang, Piano Thunderer, Greets Bach’s Austere ‘Goldbergs’

    322 points • aug 21, 2020

  62. Trump Leverages Powers of Office as He Seeks to Broaden Appeal

    320 points • aug 27, 2020

  63. Two P.R. Experts at F.D.A. Have Been Ousted After Blood Plasma Fiasco

    320 points • aug 29, 2020

  64. Why New Jersey’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart

    319 points • aug 28, 2020

  65. The 19th Amendment: An Important Milestone in an Unfinished Journey

    319 points • aug 16, 2020

  66. Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85

    318 points • aug 27, 2020

  67. Is Bach Better on Harp?

    313 points • aug 16, 2020

  68. A Food Writer’s Sicilian Pasta Dish, and Tips for Sharing It

    313 points • aug 06, 2020

  69. Melania Trump’s Unique Role at the R.N.C.: Expressing Sympathy on the Virus

    312 points • aug 26, 2020

  70. Beirut Digs for Survivors as Death Toll in Explosion Rises: Live Updates

    312 points • aug 05, 2020

  71. Italy Foreign Minister Shares Blackface Images of His Summer Tan

    312 points • aug 29, 2020

  72. How Kate Pierson, of the B-52’s, and Monica Coleman, Spend Their Sundays

    312 points • aug 15, 2020

  73. President Trump Visits Younger Brother in Hospital in New York

    312 points • aug 16, 2020

  74. When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries

    309 points • aug 05, 2020

  75. Trini Lopez, Singing Star Who Mixed Musical Styles, Dies at 83

    309 points • aug 12, 2020

  76. Ilhan Omar Wins House Primary in Minnesota

    304 points • aug 13, 2020

  77. Why Recent Republican Presidents Have Been Economic Failures

    302 points • aug 20, 2020

  78. Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.

    301 points • aug 02, 2020

  79. Film Crew Spent 3 Years in Remote Balkan Hamlet. Will They Ever Leave?

    300 points • aug 30, 2020

  80. QAnon Was a Theory on a Message Board. Now It’s Headed to Congress.

    300 points • aug 17, 2020

  81. Never a Dull Moment in Trump World

    300 points • aug 10, 2020

  82. Cue Up the Shirelles: Cousin Brucie Is Back at WABC-AM Radio

    300 points • aug 12, 2020

  83. ‘All In, All the Time’: Reopening Florida Schools Is Likened to Military Operation

    298 points • aug 20, 2020

  84. What Jerry Falwell Jr. Taught Me at Liberty University

    298 points • aug 27, 2020

  85. LeBron James and a Multimillion-Dollar Push for More Poll Workers

    298 points • aug 25, 2020

  86. ‘Finish the Fight’: A Special Digital Theater Performance Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote

    298 points • aug 19, 2020

  87. How to Reverse Course on Trump’s Environmental Damage

    298 points • aug 23, 2020

  88. Whether You Are a Night Owl or Early Bird May Affect How Much You Move

    295 points • aug 12, 2020

  89. Goldman Sachs Has Money. It Has Power. And Now It Has a Font

    293 points • aug 22, 2020

  90. Hurricane Isaias Forms in the Atlantic

    290 points • aug 01, 2020

  91. The 50 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now

    288 points • aug 10, 2020

  92. Kurt Andersen Asks: What Is the Future of America?

    288 points • aug 12, 2020

  93. Trump’s Racist, Statist Suburban Dream

    288 points • aug 14, 2020

  94. Why Edmund Burke Still Matters

    286 points • aug 09, 2020

  95. ‘We Did the Exact Right Thing,’ Says Our Glorious Leader

    285 points • aug 27, 2020

  96. In a Wistful Age, Farmers Find a New Angle: Chore TV

    282 points • aug 08, 2020

  97. I Tried Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. The Earth Never Seemed So Real.

    282 points • aug 20, 2020

  98. Joe Biden and the Great Leaders of 2020 Are Part of a Club

    280 points • aug 13, 2020

  99. People Aren’t Reading or Watching Movies. They’re Gaming.

    279 points • aug 16, 2020

  100. Water, Sand and Plenty of Elbow Room on 8 Wild, Protected Coastlines

    276 points • aug 09, 2020