Fahrenheit 45.

The Trump administration announces it will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they have health insurance or cover their own medical expenses. 1/19

A second intelligence official more directly tied to Trump's involvement with Ukraine may file a whistleblower complaint. 2/19

"The Guardian traced the munition from its manufacture in Milan, Tenn., to north Yemen, where it ended a child's life." 3/19

Aid groups say the Bahamas is using displacement from Hurricane Dorian as a way of pushing out Haitian immigrants. 4/19

An investigation finds nearly 1,700 clergy credibly accused of child sex abuse live under the radar, and have access to—and have adopted—children. 5/19

Unsurprising, but still: More Americans are getting their news from social media, even as most acknowledge fake news is a problem. 6/19

Disinformation is a virus, and Trump's brain is infected—why fake news reaches the Oval Office. 7/19

"History textbooks crafted by independent scholars are being replaced with those produced by the state at a disturbing rate." As online surveillance reaches new heights, printed books present a renewed threat to authoritarians. 8/19

A history of the hardhat, now 100 years old, from its WWI origins to its symbolic use by Hong Kong demonstrators. 9/19

"A related question looming over XR is: Will they escalate their tactics?" The view from inside Extinction Rebellion. 10/19

Profiles of activists with inherited wealth who want to give away their fortunes. 11/19

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Photos of architect Junya Ishigami's serene Water Garden at the Art Biotop artist retreat in the Nasu Mountains outside Tokyo. 12/19

For some autistic people, attachments to certain objects or clothing can mean an awful dilemma when those items are discontinued. 13/19

Our understanding of plate tectonics is being upended by slabs, some of which were surface plates before the first dinosaurs. 14/19

Scientists have discovered that when present in the pancreas, a common fungus may increase the size of pancreatic tumors. 15/19

From magical supplements to suspect helmet technology, pseudoscience keeps offering ways to fix football without changing the sport. 16/19

Spotify explains how it knows what songs you like—for example, skipping before 30 seconds is the equivalent of a thumbs down. 17/19

"I felt him sad in the clouds on my shoulder, baffled, as if he had especially been hoping that I would get it." Patricia Lockwood reviews John Updike. 18/19

Moody, near-nocturnal paintings by John McAllister. 19/19


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