It’s the weekend. Here are some stories you may have missed ☕️

A group of Minneapolis tenants organized against their landlords — reinventing what stable, affordable housing could be in their community, Matthew Desmond reports. nyti.ms/37hOeeS
In Opinion

"It’s ridiculous that some people think the simple phrase 'Protect Black women' is controversial," writes Megan Thee Stallion. "We deserve to be protected as human beings."

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In 1989, Matthew McConaughey wrote: "I think I’ll write a book. A word about my life. I wonder who would give a damn About the pleasures and the strife?" Now, he's done it.

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18 Oct
Local newspapers are vanishing across the country. Popping up in their place: A network of nearly 1,300 local websites publishing articles ordered up by Republican groups and PR firms. nyti.ms/3dB82eh
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Two words — “white supremacy” — have poured into America’s rhetorical bloodstream, with some saying old descriptions like “racism” and “bigotry” are too tame for this raw moment. But the use of the term has touched off an intense debate. nyti.ms/3dBGXrp
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“Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters?”

President Trump’s attack on Joe Biden that he’s a tool of violent agitators and far-left radicals doesn’t seem to jive with the image Biden has cultivated since he was a young man.
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As a college and law school student in the tumultuous 1960s, Joe Biden seemed unmoved by the fury over Civil Rights and the Vietnam War displayed by many of his peers. “Other people marched,” Biden said in 1987. “I ran for office.” nyti.ms/3dBBgcM
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Roughly a quarter of the Pantanal wetland in Brazil, which regulates the water cycle upon which life depends in the region, has burned in wildfires worsened by climate change this year. nyti.ms/2IAbp9O
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16 Oct
The coronavirus has caught up with the premier conference in college football, the SEC: Alabama Coach Nick Saban tested positive for the virus days before his No. 2 Crimson Tide team was scheduled to play No. 3 Georgia on Saturday. nyti.ms/3lTaMXf
“Even with infection hitting its most famous coach, the mind-set of the college game’s most vigorous enablers has not altered,” our columnist @kurtstreeter writes after Alabama’s Coach Nick Saban tested positive. The response has been, “Let’s keep going.” nyti.ms/3lS4yH1
More than 30 college games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams have been postponed or canceled for virus-related reasons, and hundreds of players, coaches and staff members nationwide have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent months. nyti.ms/3nWg1qX
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A team of New York Times journalists is fact-checking President Trump and Joe Biden’s dueling town halls tonight.

Follow along live, and find more context and analysis here. nyti.ms/3j2h1WV
While it is true that people are leaving New York City amid the pandemic, President Trump's assertion that it can't be built up again lacks evidence.

We're following both town halls tonight. See all of our fact checks here. nyti.ms/3j2h1WV
President Trump said he denounced white supremacy in the first debate, but this is misleading. He said he was willing to, but did not say it.

We're following both town halls tonight. See all of our fact checks here. nyti.ms/3j2h1WV
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