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Across Massachusetts, shrouded corporations are scooping up single-family homes
May 20, 2022 | www.wgbh.org
Men’s Tennis Tour Penalizes Wimbledon Over Ban on Russian Players
May 20, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
Why Finland Joining NATO Is More Shocking Than Anyone Realizes
May 17, 2022 | Slate Magazine
The fact that Finland and Sweden are about to join NATO is even more remarkable than many media accounts portray.
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The Crypto Crash Is Just the Start
May 13, 2022 | The Atlantic
Is the U.S. destined to have a recession in 2022?
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The Pandemic Has Been Punishing for Working Mothers. But Mostly, They’ve Kept Working.
May 12, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
If Programming Languages Were Futurama Characters
May 11, 2022 | www.netmeister.org
Map your (least) favorite programming language to your favorite Planet Express crew member based on its characteristics.
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Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
May 03, 2022 | POLITICO
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.
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“An audible gasp”: Quartz, once a high-flying startup, has sold to G/O Media
Apr 28, 2022 | Nieman Lab
“Selling was not the plan, but it became the very best path for Quartz.”
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Looking back at the early promise of Twitter with Andy Carvin and the Arab Spring
Apr 28, 2022 | Media Nation
With Twitter apparently on the verge of falling into the hands of billionaire troll Elon Musk (or maybe not), I thought back to a time when we thought it could be used as a force for good. More spe…
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Scathing investigation prompts Boston superintendent to recommend closing ‘failed’ Mission Hill School - The Boston Globe
Apr 28, 2022 | BostonGlobe.com
Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said the report will prompt district reforms, including greater oversight over autonomous pilot schools like Mission Hill to ensure the schools, which have greater freedom over curriculum and hiring, are following...
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Opinion | Biden’s covid team should stop treating parents like idiots
Apr 21, 2022 | Washington Post
Apparently, the Biden administration thinks parents are too feebleminded to make sound vaccine decisions for their young children.
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“If You’re Getting a W-2, You’re a Sucker”
Apr 18, 2022 | ProPublica
There are many differences between the rich and the rest of us, but one of the most consequential for your taxes is whether most of your income comes from wages.
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A Stanford Psychologist Says He’s Cracked the Code of One-Hit Wonders
Apr 18, 2022 | The Atlantic
What separates Blind Melon from Shania Twain?
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In Lexington, a slice of local newspaper history
Apr 14, 2022 | Media Nation
I thought you might enjoy a little slice of local newspaper history that I dug up Tuesday while doing some research. Mike Rosenberg of The Bedford Citizen once told me that Alan Adams, the former o…
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Alongside a subscriber-only investigation on eviction, USA Today publishes a free graphic novel
Apr 07, 2022 | Nieman Lab
"I report on people that are in underserved communities all the time, and I sometimes feel like my journalism and my reporting is inaccessible to the people that I write about."
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Infographic: 30 years since the Bosnian War
Apr 07, 2022 | www.aljazeera.com
The international armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995 led to a genocide that killed more than 100,000 people.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
Apr 03, 2022 | Harvard Business Review
The comedian on innovation, sustaining popularity, and humor as a leadership tool
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