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New York Times (May 2021)

  1. A Curious Golfer, a Lawn Mower and a Thousand Hours in Lockdown

    401 points • may 16, 2021

  2. Answers to Your Questions About Covid Vaccines and Kids

    400 points • may 22, 2021

  3. Don’t Touch ‘A Moveable Feast’

    397 points • may 08, 2021

  4. As G.O.P. Blocks Inquiry, Questions on Jan. 6 Attack May Go Unanswered

    396 points • may 30, 2021

  5. If Only There Were a Viral Video of Our Jim Crow Education System

    388 points • may 22, 2021

  6. ‘It’s Not Quite Like Riding a Bike’: Pilots Get Ready to Fly Again

    388 points • may 07, 2021

  7. Swiss Billionaire Quietly Becomes Influential Force Among Democrats

    387 points • may 03, 2021

  8. SpaceX Makes First Nighttime Splash Down With Astronauts Since 1968

    384 points • may 02, 2021

  9. Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s

    383 points • may 08, 2021

  10. Fielder’s Choice? Cubs Turn a Simple Grounder Into a Wild Run.

    382 points • may 28, 2021

  11. Arnold Schwarzenegger Is No Longer the Governor of California. Right?

    380 points • may 02, 2021

  12. Is Wokeness ‘Kryptonite for Democrats’?

    376 points • may 26, 2021

  13. A Gazan’s View on Hamas: It’s Not Complicated

    373 points • may 25, 2021

  14. Israel’s Real Existential Threat

    370 points • may 17, 2021

  15. Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy

    369 points • may 23, 2021

  16. Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Weaves an Epic Vision

    369 points • may 14, 2021

  17. Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known

    368 points • may 22, 2021

  18. WNYC Fires Bob Garfield, Co-Host of ‘On the Media’

    368 points • may 19, 2021

  19. After Helping Her Husband Gain Freedom, Maya Moore Savors Her Own

    366 points • may 18, 2021

  20. Why Nearsightedness Is on the Rise in Children

    360 points • may 04, 2021

  21. Thunderous Plunges and Mossy Trickles: A Spring Guide to Waterfalls

    359 points • may 01, 2021

  22. Why an Estimated 100,000 Americans Abroad Face Passport Problems

    358 points • may 07, 2021

  23. She Built a Baltimore Restaurant Empire, but She Still Works the Stove

    353 points • may 27, 2021

  24. F.B.I. Searches Giuliani’s Home and Office, Seizing Phones and Computers

    350 points • may 01, 2021

  25. QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions, Poll Suggests

    350 points • may 28, 2021

  26. Interest Rates on Federal Student Loans Will Rise in July

    348 points • may 30, 2021

  27. Could Matthew McConaughey Be All Right, All Right, All Right for Texas?

    346 points • may 10, 2021

  28. The Market Tectonics of California Real Estate

    345 points • may 30, 2021

  29. The Super League Thought It Had a Silent Partner: FIFA

    344 points • may 21, 2021

  30. ‘This Day Was Bound to Come’: Taiwan Confronts a Covid Flare-Up

    344 points • may 21, 2021

  31. A ‘Friend of Tom’ or ‘Can’t Be Bothered’: One Man’s Rules at Bank of America

    342 points • may 15, 2021

  32. A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving

    340 points • may 10, 2021

  33. Roger Federer on His New Gig: Swiss Tourism Spokesman

    339 points • may 09, 2021

  34. Biden’s Plan Promises Permanent Decline

    339 points • may 05, 2021

  35. 5 Tips to Take Command of Your iPhone

    338 points • may 27, 2021

  36. Pope Francis Faces Another German Reformation

    334 points • may 11, 2021

  37. The Making of ‘High on the Hog,’ Bringing Black Food History to TV

    331 points • may 19, 2021

  38. I.P.A. Signing Bonuses and Free Subs: Luring Labor as a Beach Economy Booms

    329 points • may 11, 2021

  39. Education Poses an Existential Threat to Extremism

    329 points • may 16, 2021

  40. Progressives Won Chile’s Election. And They Won Big.

    328 points • may 19, 2021

  41. Singapore announces new restrictions after vaccinated airport workers become infected.

    328 points • may 16, 2021

  42. I Was Paralyzed By Severe Depression. Then Came Ketamine.

    325 points • may 31, 2021

  43. No, Other People’s Covid Vaccines Can’t Disrupt Your Menstrual Cycle

    324 points • may 01, 2021

  44. A Boxer May Miss the Olympics Because of Her Prepandemic Pregnancy

    324 points • may 10, 2021

  45. Firing of U.S. Ambassador Is at Center of Giuliani Investigation

    324 points • may 01, 2021

  46. Jerome Kagan, Who Tied Temperament to Biology, Dies at 92

    323 points • may 22, 2021

  47. For Democrats, Another Bad Election Night in Texas

    322 points • may 03, 2021

  48. With Her Final Album, Rebecca Luker Bids a Fond Farewell

    320 points • may 03, 2021

  49. What Should the New ‘Jeopardy!’ Be? Guest Hosts Provide the Clues.

    316 points • may 06, 2021

  50. Biden Signs Bill Addressing Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans

    316 points • may 22, 2021

  51. For the Sake of Peace, Israel Must Rout Hamas

    316 points • may 14, 2021

  52. Therapy on Aisle 7: Retailers Are Entering the Mental Health Market

    314 points • may 11, 2021

  53. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet

    314 points • may 16, 2021

  54. Day 2: Let’s Have an Exercise Snack!

    312 points • may 19, 2021

  55. The E.U. agrees to reopen to vaccinated visitors and those from Covid-safe countries.

    310 points • may 19, 2021

  56. Some Statues Tell Lies. This One Tells the Truth.

    309 points • may 01, 2021

  57. Separate but Equal, the Court Said. One Voice Dissented.

    308 points • may 19, 2021

  58. How Republicans Could Steal the 2024 Election

    306 points • may 15, 2021

  59. President Biden calls for U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the virus.

    304 points • may 27, 2021

  60. The Robot Surgeon Will See You Now

    304 points • may 02, 2021

  61. An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up.

    303 points • may 30, 2021

  62. Inside the Long-Lost Brickyards That Built N.Y.C.

    301 points • may 22, 2021

  63. Florida Republicans Pass Voting Limits in Broad Elections Bill

    300 points • may 01, 2021

  64. If I Expect It to End, Will It Hurt Less?

    290 points • may 12, 2021

  65. ‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’

    290 points • may 25, 2021

  66. They Were Promised a Socialist Paradise, and Ended Up in ‘Hell’

    290 points • may 06, 2021

  67. Vets Go Upscale to Care for Pets (and Their Owners)

    289 points • may 26, 2021

  68. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time.

    289 points • may 01, 2021

  69. Dogecoin had an eventful weekend, thanks to Elon Musk.

    288 points • may 10, 2021

  70. A major nurses’ union condemns the C.D.C.’s new mask advice for vaccinated people.

    288 points • may 17, 2021

  71. Crackdown on Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ Has Amateur Racers Up in Arms

    282 points • may 14, 2021

  72. ‘I Feel Like I’m Just Drowning’: Sophomore Year in a Pandemic

    282 points • may 14, 2021

  73. What We Know About the San Jose Shooting

    280 points • may 28, 2021

  74. Is the Montauk Party Over?

    277 points • may 30, 2021

  75. The Captain of Everything

    275 points • may 23, 2021

  76. Biden Plans an Order to Strengthen Cyberdefenses. Will It Be Enough?

    272 points • may 11, 2021

  77. The Mountain Bike Cure: Exercise, Fresh Air and Fellowship

    271 points • may 21, 2021

  78. ‘If You Would Go Out on a Limb for Us, It Might Just Save Our Lives’

    271 points • may 30, 2021

  79. F.D.A. Set to Authorize Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents by Early Next Week

    271 points • may 04, 2021

  80. Coronavirus Vaccines Protect Pregnant Women, Another Study Suggests

    269 points • may 14, 2021

  81. For Apollo 11 He Wasn’t on the Moon. But His Coffee Was Warm.

    268 points • may 01, 2021

  82. Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the C.D.C. said.

    268 points • may 13, 2021

  83. Ma’Khia Bryant’s Journey Through Foster Care Ended With an Officer’s Bullet

    268 points • may 10, 2021

  84. Was Nazi Germany Defeated or Liberated? Germans Can’t Decide.

    268 points • may 09, 2021

  85. France Battles Over Whether to Cancel or Celebrate Napoleon

    267 points • may 05, 2021

  86. The U.S. May Never Hit the Herd Immunity Threshold. That’s OK.

    266 points • may 29, 2021

  87. New York’s latest vaccination incentive: a full-ride scholarship to a public state college.

    266 points • may 27, 2021

  88. Brie Larson Pivoted to Video

    265 points • may 02, 2021

  89. How to Make Your Small Talk Big

    264 points • may 02, 2021

  90. How Losing a Pet Can Make You Stronger

    263 points • may 05, 2021

  91. Broadway Is Reopening. But Not Until September.

    263 points • may 06, 2021

  92. Jail Guards Charged in Epstein Suicide Could Avoid Prosecution

    260 points • may 23, 2021

  93. Troubled Vaccine Maker and Its Founder Gave $2 Million in Political Donations

    256 points • may 20, 2021

  94. A Wandering Tiger Unnerved Houston. The Man Who Fled With It Is a Murder Suspect.

    256 points • may 12, 2021

  95. President of Key Teachers’ Union Shares Plea: ‘Schools Must Be Open’ in Fall

    256 points • may 14, 2021

  96. Has Covid Remade Psychotherapy for Good?

    255 points • may 23, 2021

  97. A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada

    253 points • may 17, 2021

  98. A 1960 Corvette That Vanished for 40 Years After Le Mans Is Auctioned Off

    253 points • may 24, 2021

  99. Bach Invented. Now a Pianist Is Trying to Match Him.

    252 points • may 17, 2021

  100. Grief Mounts as Efforts to Ease Israel-Hamas Fight Falter

    250 points • may 18, 2021