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www.nytimes.com A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution (Published 2021) The quest for Congo’s cobalt, which is vital for electric vehicles and the worldwide push against climate change, is caught in an international cycle of exploitation, greed and gamesmanship. 
www.nytimes.com The Pitchers Whose Spin Rates Fell Most After a Crackdown on Sticky Substances (Published 2021) Strikeouts have decreased and on-base percentage has risen — midseason changes without parallel in decades of baseball in the majors. 
www.nytimes.com As the U.S. Pulls Out of Afghanistan, Kabul’s Airport Is a Final Stand (Published 2021) With the main allied military air base about to close, negotiations are underway with Turkey about continuing to secure the civilian airport as the Taliban advance across the country. 
www.nytimes.com ‘A Form of Brainwashing’: China Remakes Hong Kong (Published 2021) Neighbors are urged to report on one another. Children are taught to look for traitors. Officials are pressed to pledge their loyalty. 
www.nytimes.com ‘We’re Going to Publish’: An Oral History of the Pentagon Papers (Published 2021) Secret hotel rooms, stolen classified documents and the bombshell scoop that exposed the lies behind the Vietnam War and led to a landmark Supreme Court decision.