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.

Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don’t Survive to Become Seniors

New York Magazine

Impeachment.fyi

Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II

Stratechery

Could mega-dams kill the mighty River Nile?

Al Jazeera

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