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    Math Lessons From Pennsylvania

    The state’s lieutenant governor has been tweeting since election night. Mostly he’s trying to get the president to understand simple arithmetic.

  2. PhotoKatina Driver, an Atlanta woman who brought her niece with her to vote, holds up a Biden-Harris sign. “When the projections were made, Katina called her niece and cried over the phone telling her ‘because she did, you can,’” producer Robert Jimison, who spoke with Katina, said. “You could hear it in their voices, the sense of relief.”
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    The Sounds of a Divided America

    We listened in on the country’s partisan echo chambers. Plus, the music behind Modern Love.

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  1. PhotoPresident Trump’s refusal to concede the election is delaying the traditional transfer of power at the White House.
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    A Non-Transfer of Power

    President Trump’s refusal to concede the election is holding up the traditional transition process. What risks does that pose?

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    A Vaccine Breakthrough

    A major advance in the race to develop a coronavirus shot has raised hopes that mass immunization could bring an end to the pandemic.

  3. PhotoFrom left, the Republican senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and their Democratic rivals in Georgia, the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Millions of dollars are expected to be thrown at their runoff races.
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    The (Unfinished) Battle for the Senate

    Democrats were optimistic about gaining control of the upper chamber, but it didn’t pan out that way. Now, a pair of races in Georgia will determine the balance of power in Washington.

  4. PhotoElection returns at a bar in Philadelphia on Friday. A new set of faulty predictions has fueled questions about whether the polling industry can survive yet another crisis of confidence.
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    About Those Polls…

    Joe Biden may have won the election, but the margin of victory was much closer than experts had predicted. Why?

Modern Love Podcast

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    The Many Mariah Careys

    A conversation about her memoir, her range of contributions to pop music and her secret alt-rock album.

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    Is TikTok a Music Industry Friend or Troll?

    “Old Town Road” showed the app’s potential as a hit generator. But its relationship to the business is far more complex.

Nice White Parents

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    Episode One: The Book of Statuses

    From Serial and The New York Times: “Nice White Parents” looks at the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.

Still Processing

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    Sweet, Sweet Fantasies, Baby

    There’s a difference between our dreams for America — and our fantasies.

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    Ziwe May Destroy Hamilton

    Welcome to the Age of Discomfort

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  3. PhotoAnna Robinson portrayed Aunt Jemima from 1933 until her death in 1951.
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    Reparations for Aunt Jemima!

    We explore the erasure of Aunt Jemima and the reconciliation of that icon.

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Rabbit Hole

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    What is the internet doing to us?

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    One: Wonderland

    A young man finds escape on the internet. He doesn’t realize that on the other side of the screen, a force is pulling him in.

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    Two: Looking Down

    “The truth is down there, and you’ve got to go down and dig for it.”

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    Three: Mirror Image

    Five years into a rabbit hole, Caleb goes from one side of the screen to the other.

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    Four: Headquarters

    A trip to YouTube for a conversation with the woman trying to change it.