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Mike Richards out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune ~tv Article 809 words 16 votes
Virginia school board to pay $1.3 million in transgender student’s suit ~lgbt transgender Article 732 words 13 votes
Let’s not pretend that the way we withdrew from Afghanistan was the problem ~misc politics Article 1971 words 21 votes
He taught a Ta-Nehisi Coates essay. Then he was fired. ~humanities philosophy education Article 2693 words, published Aug 17 2021 12 votes
The inside story of how the lowly PDF played the longest game in tech ~tech Article 44 words, published Jan 15 2021 15 votes
Images from a changing Iceland – the landscape is undergoing constant change, and the rate of that change is being accelerated by global warming ~arts photography.landscape Article 126 words 9 votes
Printer jam: Serious supply issues disrupt the book industry’s 2020 fall season ~books Article 1325 words, published Aug 27 2020 4 votes
Sophie Zhang risked everything to expose how Facebook enables global political manipulation. Now she’s telling her story. ~tech facebook social media Article 3493 words 14 votes
What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder ~humanities.history Article 7545 words, published Jul 22 2021 2 votes
Hou Yifan and the wait for chess’s first woman world champion ~games.tabletop Article 5568 words, published Jul 23 2021 4 votes