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March 2017

What Went Down At Trump’s First Address To Congress
Trump’s Speech Was Quiet — And Quietly Radical
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 1, 2017
When Did Sports Become So Political?
The Earth In A Suitcase
Russell Westbrook Can’t Stop Going Left
Kevin Durant’s Injury Is Exactly Why The Warriors Needed Kevin Durant
On A Scale Of Pivot To Game-Change, What Did We Think Of Trump’s Speech?
Is The Firing Squad More Humane Than Lethal Injection?
How Popular Is Donald Trump?
How Popular Is Donald Trump? — Adults
How Popular Is Donald Trump? — Voters
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 2, 2017
How We’re Tracking Donald Trump’s Approval Ratings
The Complicated Relationship Between Genes And Genealogy
The Canadiens Are Having A Good Season, But Trading Subban Was Still A Bad Idea
DeMarcus Cousins’s Kings Loved To Blow Leads — And Mount Huge Comebacks
The Big Question: Why Were Sessions And Other Trump Officials Talking To Russia?
TrumpBeat: Follow The Money If You Want To Know What Trump Will Do
Can Your Robot Friend Solve The Corn Maze?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 3, 2017
What Going To Mars Will Do To Our Bodies
The Fed’s Favorite Inflation Predictors Aren’t Very Predictive
UNC-Duke Really Is College Basketball’s Best Rivalry
How Question Wording Affects (Or Doesn’t Affect) Support For Trump’s Travel Ban
The Eight Power Centers Of The Trump Administration
Significant Digits For Monday, March 6, 2017
How Big Is Space? Check Back In A Few Billion Years
What Going To Mars Will Do To Our Minds
Trump’s New Travel Ban Could Affect Doctors, Especially In The Rust Belt And Appalachia
Isaiah Thomas Is Using The Rim To Outsmart Tall Defenders
Politics Podcast: The Anatomy Of A Political Scandal
Trump’s New Travel Ban Might Be Better Politically Than Legally
Welcome To Mars! Enjoy Perpetual Jet Lag Under An Eerie Red Sky
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Seven Groups That Could Complicate GOP Plans To Repeal Obamacare
What The Obamacare Replacement Bill Means Depends On How You Get Your Coverage
Nate Silver And Mark Cuban Talk A Lot Of Politics And A Little Basketball
Why It’s So Hard For The GOP To Agree On Health Care
Kawhi Leonard’s Rise To Superstardom
Americans Probably Won’t Like Parts Of The GOP Health Care Bill
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The U.S. Is Downright Mediocre At The World Baseball Classic
What Does Kevin Durant’s Injury Mean For The Warriors?
Purple America Has All But Disappeared
How Much Progress Have We Made Since Women Went On Strike In 1970?
On The NCAA Bubble? Here’s The Number To Watch
Does The GOP Health Care Bill Have A Chance?
How Defunding Planned Parenthood Could Affect Health Care
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 9, 2017
Everything About Mars Is The Worst
How Derrick Rose Drills His Ugly Midrange Jumpers
TrumpBeat: How To Judge Trump
Significant Digits For Friday, March 10, 2017
Who Will Win The Space Race?
There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble
Don’t Let Trump — Or Any President — Take Credit For Strong Jobs Numbers
LeBron And Harden Are The NBA’s Best Quarterbacks
2017 March Madness Predictions
It’s Crowded At The Top Of The NCAA Tournament
The Left Might Have A Hard Time Replicating The Tea Party’s Success
Significant Digits For Monday, March 13, 2017
2017 NCAA Men’s Tournament Preview
A No. 16 Seed Will Win, But Don’t Bet On It
The White House Takes Its Attacks On Jobs Data To A New (And Dangerous) Level
How FiveThirtyEight Is Forecasting The 2017 NCAA Tournament
This East Coast Snowstorm Is Wicked Late
Politics Podcast: The Health Of The GOP’s Health Care Bill
The GOP Health Plan Would Drop Coverage To Pre-Obamacare Levels, The CBO Says
UConn Is Facing Its Toughest Tournament In Years
Space Sex Is Serious Business
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 14, 2017
No One Has Gotten Lucky In Space
The Odds You’ll Fill Out A Perfect Bracket
Liberals Would Be Foolish To Primary Joe Manchin
The NL West Is All About The Dodgers And Giants
Exploring The Numbers In The GOP’s Health Care Plan
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Hot Takedown’s March Madness Special
What The NFL Can Teach Congress About Hiring More Diverse Staffs
Villanova Is A Weak Favorite, And Wichita State Is Dangerous
The NL East’s Mets-Nats Battle May Come Down To Injuries
6 NBA Lottery Prospects To Watch In The NCAA Tournament
There May Be 22 House Republicans Ready To Sink The GOP Health Care Bill
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 16, 2017
Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ Is College Basketball’s Latest Unicorn
Can Anyone In The NL Central Stop The Cubs?
What Trump’s Budget Says About His Priorities
Did The Election Stress Americans Out? If It Did, We Didn’t See Our Doctors About It
TrumpBeat: Return Of The Facts
Can You Find The Honest Prince?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 17, 2017
Day 1 Of March Madness Was Weirdly Normal
Why Do We Count?
How USC’s Upset Of SMU Rattled The East Region
Wisconsin Takes Down The Champs
UConn Won By 61 But Their Chances Of A Five-Peat Dropped
What To Expect From The Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings
Significant Digits For Monday, March 20, 2017
A Duke Loss Was Always Going To Look Like This
What Paul Ryan And Donald Trump Hope Will Happen On Obamacare This Week
How The Villanova And Duke Losses Shook The Bracket
Politics Podcast: A Big Moment For The Trump Presidency
How The GOP Bill Could Change Health Care, In 8 Charts
Trump Is Tempting Fate On Health Care
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 21, 2017
The Rituals Of The Presidency Make Trump Seem More Presidential
UConn Is 1 Win From Being The Streakiest College Team Ever
A Mistranslated Word Led To Some Of The Best Fake News Of The 20th Century
The NBA Player Who’s So Good At Taking Charges We Created a Stat For Him
How Much Of The Trump-Russia Story Is Smoke And How Much Is Fire?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Forget UK vs. UCLA — This Is The Real Sweet 16 Game To Watch
So Florida’s A Final Four Favorite Now?
Sorry, Mike Trout: The AL West Belongs To The Astros
Republicans Could Pay A Price For Ditching Trump — Even If He’s Unpopular
Team USA’s Final Challenge: Beating The Hottest World Baseball Classic Team Of All Time
This Health Care Bill May Haunt The GOP
The GOP Health Care Bill Is Unpopular Even In Republican Districts
Americans’ Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year
Dissecting Trump’s Most Rabid Online Following
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 23, 2017
Team USA’s World Baseball Classic Championship Didn’t Come Easy
Good Luck, AL Central: Cleveland Is Ready For Another World Series Run
Will Trump Reverse Obama’s Push For Greater Police Oversight?
The Obamacare Fight Is About Way More Than Health Care
James Harden Gets Fouled On 3s More Than Any NBA Team
Trump Has No Good Options On Health Care
The Easiest Way for Trump To Do Stuff Is To Not Do Stuff
Will The Baby Walk Away? Will The Troll Kill The Dwarves?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 24, 2017
WVU Had Gonzaga Right Where They Wanted ’Em — And The Zags Won Anyway
How Kelsey Plum Took Over Women’s College Basketball
Bradley Beal Is Finally The Player He Was Meant To Be
How Trump Lost On Health Care
Emergency Health Care Podcast: Live From Boise
The Future Of Obamacare Is In Trump’s Hands
The Two Cracks In The Republican Party
Is UConn Still A Big Favorite?
For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration
Trump Doesn’t Have A Mandate For Paul Ryan’s Agenda
Significant Digits For Monday, March 27, 2017
This Year’s Final Four Is Built On Defense
This Is Why We Love Stories About Mars
South Carolina And Oregon Took Unlikely Roads To The Final Four
The AL East Won’t Be About The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry This Year
Politics Podcast: Live From Boise
What Should Trump Do Next?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 28, 2017
The Raiders Are Lame Ducks, Again
A Century-Old Arctic Shipwreck Could Help Us Predict Extreme Weather
UConn Just Got A Shortcut On Their Road To Perfection
Trump’s Plan Won’t Reverse Coal’s Decline
Tom Perriello Is Not Bernie Sanders
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 29, 2017
UConn And Gonzaga Are Very Different Kinds of NCAA Favorites
Mars Madness: 68 Cool Things About Mars Go Head-To-Head
Trump Is Beating Previous Presidents At Being Unpopular
How Oregon And South Carolina Can Make Another Upset Happen
Yes, It’s Strange That Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Have A Deal Yet
The Four Types Of Scarlett Johansson Movies
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 30, 2017
Why Won’t The Census Ask About Sexual Orientation?
Is The Home Run Back? Will The Shift Ever Die? And 8 More Burning Baseball Questions
The Cavs Might Actually Be In Trouble
Republican Senators Are Unusually Unified Right Now
TrumpBeat: You Can’t Build A Legacy On Executive Orders
Significant Digits For Friday, March 31, 2017
What Are The Chances We’ll Meet For Lunch?
Should The Freedom Caucus Be Afraid Of Donald Trump?
How Our 2017 MLB Predictions Work
NBA Teams Are Resting Players Earlier And Earlier
14 Things You Should Know About Saturday’s Final Four