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The University of Maryland waited eighteen days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark ~health Article 7024 words 14 votes
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Maciej Ceglowski's Senate testimony on privacy rights and data collection in a digital economy ~tech privacy Link 11 votes
The ruthless, secretive, and sometimes seedy world of hedge fund private investigators ~finance Article 4033 words, published May 1 2019 7 votes
Los Angeles Fire Season Is Beginning Again. And It Will Never End. A bulletin from our climate future. ~enviro climate change Article 10 votes
The methane detectives: On the trail of a global warming mystery ~enviro climate change Article 3995 words 6 votes
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Behemoth, bully, thief: How the English language is taking over the planet ~humanities language Article 5070 words, published Jul 27 2018 9 votes
Bad evidence: Ten years after a landmark study blew the whistle on junk science, the fight over forensics rages on ~science Article 6536 words, published May 5 2019 7 votes
'I Have a Plan for That.' Elizabeth Warren Is Betting That Americans Are Ready for Her Big Ideas ~news usa politics Article 4151 words 8 votes
An Alabama “ISIS bride” wants to come home. Can we forgive her horrifying social media posts? ~life Article 4232 words 14 votes
What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right ~life parenting Article 5002 words 66 votes
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