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New York Times (Aug 2021)

  1. Is the Future Just a Spike Protein Stamping on a Human Face, Forever?

    187 points • aug 06, 2021

  2. American Vet Returns to Italy to Greet ‘Bambini’ He Last Saw in 1944

    186 points • aug 25, 2021

  3. Feeling Stuck? Five Tips for Managing Life Transitions

    186 points • aug 19, 2021

  4. 54 Years Late, Dorothy Parker Finally Gets a Tombstone

    186 points • aug 27, 2021

  5. Florida court rejects effort by Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban mask mandates.

    184 points • aug 28, 2021

  6. How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle

    183 points • aug 12, 2021

  7. Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion

    182 points • aug 11, 2021

  8. President Biden condemns terrorist attack and vows to hunt down those responsible.

    182 points • aug 27, 2021

  9. Three (White, Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is It a Moment?

    181 points • aug 03, 2021

  10. Lovely Weather Defined California. What Happens When It’s Gone?

    181 points • aug 12, 2021

  11. Matt Damon’s Disappearing Acts

    180 points • aug 01, 2021

  12. The Gentrification of Blue America

    180 points • aug 28, 2021

  13. We’re Burying Our Kids in Debt (Just Not the Way You Think)

    179 points • aug 27, 2021

  14. Behind the Surprising Jump in Multiracial Americans, Several Theories

    178 points • aug 15, 2021

  15. Josephine Baker to Be Honored With a Panthéon Burial

    176 points • aug 23, 2021

  16. F.D.A. Aiming to Speed Extra Vaccine Doses for Immunocompromised Patients

    175 points • aug 07, 2021

  17. The Orioles Are Bad and It Just Might Get Worse

    175 points • aug 25, 2021

  18. This Rattlesnake Dares You to Call Its Bluff

    174 points • aug 27, 2021

  19. Al Capone’s Possessions, Now for Sale, Show Two Sides of the Gangster

    172 points • aug 29, 2021

  20. Treasury must turn over Trump’s taxes to Congress, the Justice Dept. says.

    172 points • aug 01, 2021

  21. What Makes People Charismatic, and How You Can Be, Too

    172 points • aug 25, 2021

  22. About 89% of Rental Assistance Funds Have Not Been Distributed, Figures Show

    171 points • aug 26, 2021

  23. This Fish Is Sustainable, Cheap and Delicious on the Grill

    170 points • aug 22, 2021

  24. My Years on Wall Street Showed Me Why You Can’t Make a Deal on Zoom

    170 points • aug 17, 2021

  25. The Truth About Long Covid Is Complicated. Better Treatment Isn’t.

    169 points • aug 19, 2021

  26. We’re Ben and Jerry. Men of Ice Cream, Men of Principle.

    169 points • aug 01, 2021

  27. Dudes on Ice: A Play About Hockey Tackles Masculinity, Too

    169 points • aug 27, 2021

  28. A Danish Children’s TV Show Has This Message: ‘Normal Bodies Look Like This’

    168 points • aug 17, 2021

  29. Culture Change and Conflict at Twitter

    168 points • aug 19, 2021

  30. Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Newly Elected U.S. Senator

    166 points • aug 18, 2021

  31. Chuck E. Weiss, Musician Who, in Love, Inspired a Hit Song, Dies at 76

    165 points • aug 01, 2021

  32. For G.O.P., Infrastructure Bill Is a Chance to Inch Away From Trump

    165 points • aug 08, 2021

  33. Why Biden’s Lack of Strategic Patience Led to Disaster

    164 points • aug 22, 2021

  34. Why Everyone Has the Worst Summer Cold Ever

    163 points • aug 04, 2021

  35. Break Up Big Chicken

    161 points • aug 18, 2021

  36. A Mississippi Restaurant Has Been Beloved for Decades. But There’s Another Story to Tell.

    161 points • aug 19, 2021

  37. Always a Bride and Groom, Now Together as a Married Couple

    160 points • aug 04, 2021

  38. A Storm Soaks Austin and the Texas Corridors of Power

    160 points • aug 17, 2021

  39. It’s ‘Back to That Isolation Bubble’ for Workers Pining for the Office

    159 points • aug 24, 2021

  40. This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Actually a Carnivore

    159 points • aug 11, 2021

  41. Side by Side With Sondheim: Alan Cumming Reviews a New Book About ‘Sunday in the Park’

    159 points • aug 08, 2021

  42. Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Without Drugs

    159 points • aug 23, 2021

  43. What Makes Cuomo So Grabby?

    158 points • aug 06, 2021

  44. Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

    157 points • aug 31, 2021

  45. The Resilience of New York’s Black Homeowners

    157 points • aug 17, 2021

  46. Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours.

    155 points • aug 29, 2021

  47. Paging Dr. Samantha Boardman, for My Mental Health

    155 points • aug 06, 2021

  48. The ‘Hedonistic Altruism’ of Plant-Based Meat

    154 points • aug 30, 2021

  49. As Cuomo Departs, Contenders for Power Begin to Emerge

    154 points • aug 13, 2021

  50. Intermittent Fasting Made My Life Easier, and Happier

    152 points • aug 17, 2021

  51. How Biden’s E.V. Plan Could Help Tesla and Squeeze Toyota

    152 points • aug 07, 2021

  52. Texas Can Ban Common Form of Second-Trimester Abortion, Appeals Court Rules

    152 points • aug 20, 2021

  53. Brace Yourself for the Man Who Could Become California’s Governor

    151 points • aug 26, 2021

  54. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts

    150 points • aug 27, 2021

  55. Shoeless Joe Won’t Be There. Aaron Judge Will.

    149 points • aug 13, 2021

  56. On the Move With Mongolia’s Nomadic Reindeer Herders

    149 points • aug 24, 2021

  57. It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Ride Horseback

    149 points • aug 04, 2021

  58. A Lineup of Color Made History, Even if It Felt ‘Routine’

    148 points • aug 31, 2021

  59. In Iowa, Gaetz and Greene Pick Up Where Trump Left Off

    147 points • aug 22, 2021

  60. Afghanistan Faces Economic Shock as Sanctions Replace Foreign Aid

    147 points • aug 22, 2021

  61. Clip by Clip, Showing Democracy Under Siege

    146 points • aug 16, 2021

  62. Overlooked No More: Alice Guy Blaché, the World’s First Female Filmmaker

    145 points • aug 19, 2021

  63. ‘A Poison in the System’: The Epidemic of Military Sexual Assault

    145 points • aug 13, 2021

  64. Overlooked No More: Janet Sobel, Whose Art Influenced Jackson Pollock

    145 points • aug 01, 2021

  65. Vaccine Mandate for Indoor Venues Starts in New York City

    143 points • aug 19, 2021

  66. Haiti Quake Destroyed Many Churches, Shredding a Mainstay of Support

    142 points • aug 17, 2021

  67. Do You Need Another Covid Shot?

    141 points • aug 10, 2021

  68. Indonesian Army to End So-Called Virginity Tests, Chief Says

    140 points • aug 12, 2021

  69. When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared

    140 points • aug 30, 2021

  70. How Should We Meet? And Who Decides?

    139 points • aug 21, 2021

  71. Gloria Vanderbilt’s Beekman Place Apartment Is for Sale

    139 points • aug 01, 2021

  72. At Rockaway, Dancing for the Sea, the Sky, the Sand and the Birds

    136 points • aug 28, 2021

  73. Hurricane Ida Could Hit as an ‘Extremely Dangerous Major’ Storm, Officials Warn

    136 points • aug 29, 2021

  74. Electric Cars for Everyone? Not Unless They Get Cheaper.

    134 points • aug 10, 2021

  75. How Freelancing Is Changing Work

    134 points • aug 14, 2021

  76. Fatal Attraction: Scientists Blame Sea Snake Attacks on Sex Drive

    133 points • aug 20, 2021

  77. The Right Kind of Exercise May Boost Memory and Lower Dementia Risk

    132 points • aug 26, 2021

  78. The World’s Last Samaritans, Straddling the Israeli-Palestinian Divide

    132 points • aug 23, 2021

  79. There’s More to Estate Planning Than Just the Will

    131 points • aug 11, 2021

  80. The Best and Worst Cities to Flip Houses

    130 points • aug 09, 2021

  81. God, Money, YOLO: How Cathie Wood Found Her Flock

    124 points • aug 23, 2021

  82. Colum McCann Gives Voice to Grieving Fathers, One Israeli and One Palestinian

    123 points • aug 11, 2021

  83. They Used the Bible to Attack Her. She Used the Bible to Forgive Them.

    123 points • aug 09, 2021

  84. If You Paid Your Debt to Society, You Should Be Allowed to Work

    123 points • aug 05, 2021

  85. Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee

    123 points • aug 08, 2021

  86. Republicans Have Gone Too Far in the Region Hit Hardest by Covid

    123 points • aug 24, 2021

  87. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now

    123 points • aug 09, 2021

  88. Gambling on Trevor Bauer Is Not the Dodger Way

    122 points • aug 24, 2021

  89. The Little Symbol Triggering Men in South Korea’s Gender War

    122 points • aug 01, 2021

  90. Colbert on Afghanistan: ‘It’s Heartbreaking’

    122 points • aug 18, 2021

  91. Yes, Lake Tahoe Chipmunks Have Bubonic Plague. But Don’t Worry (Too Much).

    121 points • aug 06, 2021

  92. Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds

    119 points • aug 20, 2021

  93. He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen?

    116 points • aug 25, 2021

  94. Shoe Obsession for the Ages: Prince’s Killer Collection of Custom Heels, Now on View

    115 points • aug 04, 2021

  95. A Pyrrhic Victory in a Broken Senate

    114 points • aug 08, 2021

  96. How 2 Jewish Sisters Built a Cultural Oasis During World War II

    114 points • aug 26, 2021

  97. No One in Europe Is Safe From My Country’s Dictator

    113 points • aug 24, 2021

  98. Here’s Who Is Hospitalized for Covid in New York City as Cases Rise

    112 points • aug 01, 2021

  99. The Yips, the Twisties, the Waggles: Simone Biles Gets Them, and You Probably Do Too

    112 points • aug 01, 2021

  100. How Government Decisions Left Tennessee Exposed to Deadly Flooding

    111 points • aug 28, 2021