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Crash course: How Boeing's managerial revolution created the 737 Max disaster ~transport Article 7618 words 12 votes
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What really brought down the Boeing 737 Max? Malfunctions caused two deadly crashes. But an industry that puts unprepared pilots in the cockpit is just as guilty ~transport Article 14 560 words 11 votes
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Inside the little-known story of the socialist Green Corn Rebellion, which blazed through Oklahoma a century ago ~humanities.history Article 3513 words 6 votes
A second chance - Twelve years ago, forty-seven dogs were rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation and allowed to live ~life.pets Article 3502 words 7 votes
Inside the launch of the Cosmic Crisp apple, the “largest launch of a produce item in American history” ~food Article 4993 words, published Jul 18 2019 9 votes
Russia carried out a massive breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on US soil ~news usa russia politics Article 4405 words 18 votes
Constance Wu’s Hollywood destiny - Coming late to celebrity, the star has felt the burden of representing all Asian-Americans ~movies Article 6917 words 5 votes
Israel and the decline of the liberal order: The rise of nationalism around the globe may be reflected in the outcome of Israeli elections on Tuesday ~misc politics Article 7018 words, published Sep 12 2019 7 votes
The real Donald Trump is a character on TV ~misc politics Article 3207 words, published Sep 6 2019 13 votes
Fear and oppression in Xinjiang: China’s war on Uighur culture ~humanities religion Article 4602 words 10 votes
What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all ~life education.higher Article 8803 words 10 votes
The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghostwriter Natalie ~tech social media Article 6702 words 5 votes
The deadly race: How Amazon hooked America on fast delivery while avoiding responsibility for crashes ~finance business Article 5155 words 12 votes
The rise and fall of Iceland's tourism miracle – the widespread decline of tourism across the country presents intractable problems ~finance economics business Article 5860 words 8 votes
From bullying and sexual assault to squalid living conditions and forced labour, working at sea can be a grim business – and one deep-sea fishing fleet is particularly notorious ~life work Article 4203 words 8 votes
Intersections in real time: the decision to build the KH-11 KENNEN reconnaissance satellite ~space spaceflight.military Article 7177 words, published Sep 9 2019 5 votes
Free Solo climber Alex Honnold's next summit? The rest of his life ~sports Article 6113 words, published Sep 8 2019 7 votes
US Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas's radical vision of race ~misc politics Article 5075 words 14 votes
Strike with the band - The world of classical music is neither noble nor fair, though its reputation says otherwise ~music classical Article 3876 words, published Sep 1 2019 6 votes
Runaway story or meltdown in motion? The unraveling of the WeWork IPO ~finance business Article 4570 words 10 votes
Jerry Falwell’s aides break their silence - Current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world ~humanities religion education.higher Article 8703 words 10 votes
The journey of building mypy and type-checking 4 million lines of Python at Dropbox ~comp Article 4423 words 6 votes
How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy ~misc politics Article 4040 words, published Aug 29 2019 6 votes
Will governments lose monetary control to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency? ~finance cryptocurrency Article 2260 words, published Sep 4 2019 7 votes
The people who built Etsy dreamed of remaking commerce with their bare hands. Fifteen years later, its sellers are being asked to compete with Amazon. ~tech Article 7046 words 11 votes