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Business Nearly 27 million Americans lost their job-based health insurance in pandemic, study shows Xeni Jardin

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politics Trump wants 25% cut in US military fund to deter Russian aggression Xeni Jardin

Business Chinese President Xi Jinping reappears for a coronavirus photo opp Xeni Jardin

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transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

kickstarter Jane Metcalfe, co-founder NEO.LIFE, has a cool upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

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