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THE EXPLAINER
- Can you vote by mail this fall? What to know about court cases underway.
  The Trump administration wants to impose tougher vetting on mail-in voting. A new lower-court stay, following a preliminary green light by the Supreme Court earlier this week, leaves key legal issues still to be resolved.
  By Henry Gass, Caitlin Babcock / 5 min
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PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
- A history buff is on a quest to keep Nigeria’s past alive
  In a country where libraries and museums are underfunded, Raphael James wants residents to read – and learn from the artifacts he has amassed.
  By Ogar Monday / 4 min
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BOOKS
- Renoir portraits offer a glimpse into a fleeting world
  "The Renoir Girls" contrasts the images of a sweet, privileged childhood with the barbarism of antisemitism, which flared in Nazi-occupied France.
  By Barbara Spindel / 4 min
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THE WORLD IN PICTURES
- To beat a rickety electric grid, Nigeria’s capital gets creative
  Nigerians are unable to rely on the country’s dodgy electric grid, so residents have developed work-arounds.
  By Light Oriye Tamunotonye / 2 min
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FROM THE EDITORS
- What widespread data center opposition shows us
  The pushback in Utah to what could be one of the planet’s largest data centers shows a growing desire to define what "progress" means.
  By Stephanie Hanes / 3 min
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READERS RESPOND
- Threading history’s strands togetherBy Monitor Reader / 1 min
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