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Wikipedia’s Sprawling, Awe-Inspiring Coverage of the Pandemic

The online encyclopedia reveals that there are at least 31,000 ways to talk about Covid-19.

By Shaan Sachdev

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Welcome to the Census Crisis

The pandemic’s ravages caused havoc with our decennial head count. Our elections will be the first to pay the price.

By Matt Ford

	The Incalculable Debt That America Owes Black People The Biden administration is reviving the legal and moral case for slavery reparations. By Bruce Bartlett

	Facebook Just Successfully Bullied the Sovereign Nation of Australia The government wanted tech giants to share ad profits with media outlets. Mark Zuckerberg retaliated—and it worked. Is the U.S. next?By Jacob Silverman

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	Kyrsten Sinema’s Self-Defeating, Nonsensical Defense of the Filibuster The Arizona senator is almost single-handedly keeping Democrats from wielding their majority power—and the party may well lose that power as a result. By Matt Ford

	Joe Biden’s Immigration Acid Test The battle for reform offers the new administration a chance to exorcise Trumpism and prove it has agenda-setting grit. By Osita Nwanevu

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