This is what a visual and data-driven opinion piece looks like. The NYT has been doing more of these recently and is slowly changing the standard of what defines a good opinion piece.

From Weekly Filet #255, in November 2017.

How to Reduce Shootings

The New York Times

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

The 270 people connected to the Russia probes

Politico

13 Inconvenient Truths About What Has Been Happening in Gaza

Tablet Mag

“They were truly idiots”

Spiegel

The Dutch Donald Trump wasn’t stopped, he was copied

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