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How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. ~humanities.history Article 3234 words 12 votes
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How a Slovakian neo-Nazi got elected. In 2013, Marian Kotleba won a shock victory in regional elections. Four years later, he was voted out in a landslide. But now he’s running for president. ~misc politics Article 6 votes
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The ethical dilemma facing Silicon Valley’s next generation ~tech Article 5766 words, published Feb 6 2019 9 votes
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Bob Costas, unplugged: From NBC and broadcast icon to dropped from the Super Bowl ~sports.american_football Article 5777 words, published Feb 1 2019 7 votes
Scientists are totally rethinking animal cognition ~science biology Article 5361 words, published Feb 6 2019 12 votes
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The fight for gender equality in big-wave surfing, one of the most dangerous sports on earth ~sports Article 8873 words, published Feb 7 2019 5 votes
A profile of Alex Stamos, former security chief at Yahoo and Facebook who was at ground zero of major cyberattacks and Russian election interference ~tech facebook social media security.cyber Article 10 313 words 6 votes
Seeking Utopia in Louisiana - The lost story of a group of socialists who built an extraordinary, but flawed, colony ~humanities.history Article 3326 words 9 votes
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Tim O'Reilly: The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ~tech Article 9010 words, published Feb 5 2019 17 votes
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A swamp divided: How Donald Trump's arrival turned DC nightlife upside down ~life Article 4034 words 4 votes
Mr. Chen's Mountain - The story of a Chinese billionaire who moved back home, setting his mansion down in the middle of his economically depressed ancestral village ~finance economics Article 6465 words, published Feb 4 2019 8 votes
Reflecting on my failure to build a billion-dollar company ~finance business Article 3267 words 24 votes
Goodbye Big Five: Kashmir Hill tried to block each of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from her life for a week. To end the experiment, she tried to block all five at once. ~tech privacy amazon facebook google microsoft apple Article 4949 words 19 votes
Mustard, honey, hot sauce: Every gourmet food product is getting its own "sommeliers" ~food Article 5454 words 8 votes
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A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions - Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains even stranger twists. ~books Article 12 183 words 6 votes
A grand plan to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ~enviro plastics pollution Article 6696 words 10 votes
This business helped transform Miami into a national plastic surgery destination. Eight women died. ~health medicine Article 4159 words 6 votes