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The 200 best articles and essays from the new york times, the muggle problem by ross douthat, why vote by stephen j. dubner and steven d. levitt, longer commutes, shorter lives by david leonhardt, the end of the anglo-american order by ian buruma, fractured lands by scott anderson, david gergen, master of the game by michael kelly, the subversive by michael lewis, to obama with love, and hate, and desperation by jeanne marie laskas, 75 more articles about politics, crime and punishment, cocaine incorporated by patrick radden keefe, you just got out of prison. now what by jon mooalem, when ‘not guilty’ is a life sentence by mac mcclelland, 20 more articles about crime and punishment, immigration, desperate passage by michael finkel, my life as an undocumented immigrant by jose antonio vargas, 10 more articles about immigration, america wasn’t a democracy, until black americans made it one by nikole hannah-jones, the 'colorblindness' trap by nikole hannah-jones, the year of living postracially by colson whitehead, my mustache, my self by wesley morris, 30 more articles about race, gender and sexuality, the struggles of rejecting the gender binary by daniel bergner, can animals be gay by jon mooallem, asexual and happy by kim kaletsky, 30 more articles about gender and sexuality, how the eggheads cracked by michael lewis, jonathan lebed's extracurricular activities by michael lewis, is it a crime to be poor by barbara ehrenreich, wall street smarts by calvin trillin, if every day is a rainy day, what am i saving for by samantha irby, 25 more articles about money, moses' top ten by sarah vowell, a mighty fortress by margaret talbot, darwin's god by robin marantz henig, the last dalai lama by panjak mishra, 10 more articles about religion, the road to 1948 by emily bazelon, israel without clichés by tony judt, from the six-day war to the six-front war by thomas l. friedman, screams without words by jeffrey gettleman, anat schwartz and adam sella, fictions on the ground by tony judt, ‘we are orphans here’ by rachel kushner, how slavery really ended in america by adam goodheart, neanderthals were people, too by jon mooallem, 25 more articles about history, coach fitz's management theory by michael lewis, the dean's daughter gets a thin envelope by jennifer britz, building a better teacher by elizabeth green, choosing a school for my daughter by nikole hannah-jones, ‘the way to survive it was to make a’s’ by mosi secret, the resegregation of jefferson county by nikole hannah-jones, a prescription for more black doctors by nikole hannah-jones, class dismissed by walter kirn, winning student essays on bullying by various, 20 more articles about education, the accidental rebel by paul auster, what is it about 20-somethings by robin marantz henig, how ramen got me through adolescence by veronique greenwood, me talk pretty one day by david sedaris, 50 more articles about growing up, science and technology, the meaning of it all by richard p. feynman, small, yes, but mighty by natalie angier, the genome in black and white (and gray) by robin marantz henig, the brain on the stand by jeffrey rosen, one giant leap to nowhere by tom wolfe, chasing the higgs by dennis overbye, a lonely quest for facts on genetically modified crops by amy harmon, the amateur cloud society that (sort of) rattled the scientific community by jon mooallem, greetings, e.t. (please don’t murder us.) by steven johnson, how beauty is making scientists rethink evolution by ferris jabr, the brilliant inventor who made two of history’s biggest mistakes by steven johnson, and then steve said, ‘let there be an iphone’ by fred vogelstein, 100 more articles about science and technology, climate change, losing earth by nathaniel rich, beyond catastrophe by david wallace wells, the problem with putting a price on the end of the world by david leonhart, can dirt save the earth by moises velasquez-manoff, the teenagers at the end of the world by brooke jarvis, the insect apocalypse is here by brooke jarvis, forget pcb's. radon. alar by gregg easterbrook, george divoky's planet by darcy frey, the fracturing of pennsylvania by eliza griswold, power, pollution and the internet by james glanz, 35 more articles about climate change, travel and adventure, the secrets of the wave pilots by kim tingley, the senseless logic of the wild by jon mooallem, something's got to give by darcy frey, the quiet ones by tim kreider, selling airborne opulence to the upper upper upper class by gideon lewis-kraus, you blow my mind. hey, mickey by john jeremiah sullivan, my debt to ireland by john jeremiah sullivan, how to spend 47 hours on a train and not go crazy by nathaniel rich, why the beach is a bummer by roxane gay, 75 more articles about travel, it’s a wonderful block by mark oppenheimer, a physicist solves the city by jonah lehrer, my endless new york by tony judt, when the house starts talking to itself by james gleick, 25 more articles about cities, information, big brother is us by james gleick, seeing faster by james gleick, here, there and everywhere by walter kirn, the patent, used as a sword by charles duhigg and steve lohr, photography as a weapon by errol morris, hear, all ye people; hearken, o earth by errol morris, the creative apocalypse that wasn't by steven johnson, i'll take the money, thanks by james gleick, art and culture, david’s ankles by sam anderson, shapinsky's karma by lawrence weschler, how a nepo baby is born by nate jones, 35 more articles about art, despite tough guys, life is not the only school for real novelists by kurt vonnegut, write till you drop by annie dillard, when your punctuation says it all () by ron barrett, autobiographical notes by james baldwin, 20 more articles about life, see also..., 150 great articles and essays.

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Tv makes you smarter by steven johnson, the moral instinct by steven pinker, are your friends making you fat by clive thompson, secrets of a mind gamer by joshua foer, the data-driven life by gary wolf, what if age is nothing but a mind-set by bruce grierson, the perfect team by charles duhigg, the human brain is a time traveler by steven johnson, the futile pursuit of happiness by jon gertner, when the revolution came for amy cuddy by susan dominus, 100 more articles about psychology, success and failure, what if the secret to success is failure by paul tough, be wrong as fast as you can by hugo lindgren, what drives success by amy chua and jed rubenfeld, 10 more articles about success, germs, germs everywhere by mary roach, what anesthesia can teach us about consciousness by maggie koerth-baker, the dawn of the post-clinic abortion by emily bazelon, can big data tell us what clinical trials don't by veronique greenwood, why america’s black mothers and babies are in a life-or-death crisis by linda villarosa, the ongoing mystery of covid’s origin by david quammen, losing it in the anti-dieting age by taffy brodesser-akner, cancer free at 33, but weighing a mastectomy by amy harmon, 50 more articles about health, what if it's all been a big fat lie by gary taubes, unhappy meals by michael pollan, the extraordinary science of addictive junk food by michael moss, fat factors by robin marantz henig, what's the most delicious thing you've eaten by bill buford, is sugar toxic by gary taubes, the lost strudel by nora ephron, 50 more articles about food, mental health, a depression switch by david dobbs, the gregarious brain by david dobbs, understanding the anxious mind by robin marantz henig, why are more american teenagers than ever suffering from severe anxiety by benoit denizet-lewis, prozac nation is now the united states of xanax by alex williams, can preschoolers be depressed by pamela paul, when my crazy father actually lost his mind by jeneen interlandi, can you call a 9-year-old a psychopath by jennifer kahn, the autism advantage by gareth cook, 50 more articles about mental health, my addicted son by david sheff, me and my girls by david carr, 10 more articles about addiction, the diet industrial complex will never let me go by sarah miller, mirrors don't lie by natalie angier, 25 more articles about body image, a linguistic big bang by lawrence osborne, say no more by jack hitt, cyber-neologoliferation by james gleick, 40 more articles about language, love and relationships, liking is for cowards by jonathan franzen, love in the time of no time by jennifer egan, deeply, truly (but not physically) in love by lauren slater, friends of a certain age by alex williams, does a more equal marriage mean less sex by lori gottlieb, no labels, no drama, right by jordana narin, is an open marriage a happier marriage by susan dominus, what shamu taught me about a happy marriage by amy sutherland, 50 more articles about love, safe-sex lies by meghan daum, men, women, sex and darwin by natalie angier, the making of a molester by daniel bergner, students of virginity by randall patterson, women who want to want by daniel bergner, what teenagers are learning from online porn by maggie jones, 50 more articles about sex, how hip-hop conquered the world by wesley morris, the ballad of geeshie and elvie by john jeremiah sullivan, 50 more articles about music, a.i. is mastering language. should we trust what it says by steven johnson, how target knows your secrets by charles duhigg, 50 more articles about computers, the internet, own your own words by steven johnson, faking it by michael lewis, tangled up in spam by james gleick, the online avengers by emily bazelon, beyond the bitcoin bubble by steven johnson, i didn’t want it to be true, but the medium really is the message by ezra klein, what was twitter, anyway by willy staley, 50 more articles about the internet, why modern life feels rather undead by chuck klosterman, hooking up by tom wolfe, the busy trap by tim kreider, after life by joan didion, 30 more articles about life, white collars turn blue by paul krugman, the rights-free workplace by barbara ehrenreich, the knowledge by jody rosen, why you hate work by tony schwartz and christine porath, 40 more articles about work, the trading desk by michael lewis, federer as religious experience by david foster wallace, the ballad of big mike by michael lewis, baseball for life by sara corbett, the no-stats all-star by michael lewis, baseball’s only mud supplier by dan barry, 50 more articles about sports, pigeon wars by jon mooallem, what's a monkey to do in tampa by jon mooallem, squirrel power by jon mooallem, 25 more articles about animals, the self-storage self by jon mooallem, how to build a perfect refugee camp by mac mcclelland, the women's movement by joan didion, on the rez by ian frazier, launch pad by yudhijit bhattacharjee, lost and found by colson whitehead, the flight of the fluttering swallows by michael paterniti, in the shadow of a fairy tale by leslie jamison, the mixed-up brothers of bogotá by susan dominus, what is glitter by caity weaver, unscrambling the egg by natalie angier, war without end by c. j. chivers.