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Some of the Republican Party’s most powerful voters are voting on Tuesday.
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Will disturbing abuse allegations cost Republicans the House?
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In short, Trump’s tax immunity deal is unenforceable. Let me tell you why.
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I’m ready to loosen the iron grip the out-of-control modern world has encouraged me to maintain on my social life.
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I basically enjoyed Yesteryear—until that final surprise messed up everything.
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Why allegations of abusing women are not equally disqualifying across the political parties.
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The Game of Thrones prequel is steadily becoming a story about war’s aftermath.
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Reading may reportedly be in crisis, but the personal pan pizza is forever.
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His supporters are really reaching with this explanation for his stance.
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The administration’s plan to drum up support for its immigration policy is to smash you in the mouth with deportation memes.
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Prudie replies to readers’ comments and suggestions.
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I scored tickets to Benson Boone’s tour and became my boys’ heroine.
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When you break things, you own the unforeseen consequences, no matter what they are.
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And Democrats keep getting arrested while trying to hold ICE accountable.
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In Jena, Louisiana, the people knew everything and nothing about what’s happening there.
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Is the film "broke guy propaganda" or a depressing fantasy of luxury? Depends who you ask!
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The New York mayoral candidate on his day in immigration court.
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The outfits. The drama. The trial. E. Jean Carroll has a story to tell.
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There is so much wrong here, it's hard to know where to start.
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The Roberts Court rubber-stamps bans on gender-affirming care for trans kids
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Three conservative justices have signaled they don’t believe the Constitution protects transgender people from discrimination.
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In the 1920s and ’30s, a notorious set of siblings held England in thrall. But did one of them really announce her Nazism in the newspaper?
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Reforms intended to achieve other goals may end up addressing a long-standing problem.
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Trump’s reelection has forced me to tear up my international law syllabus, just as I did every semester during the first Trump administration.
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How do I convince him that we need to keep paying for them?
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ISIS is something of a “franchise” terrorist organization.
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Jennifer Coolidge is evidence that awards-show presenters don’t all have to bomb.
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Tadanobu Asano kept it short, sweet, and simple.
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I'm having the best sex of my life with a gorgeous woman who I love. Why can't I "get there"?
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Now my 13-year-old will open up to me—when she’s ready to.
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Eating disorders aren’t always connected to body image.
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Legal scholars have identified a potential workaround that a president with dictatorial ambitions might seek to exploit in pursuit of a third term.
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The vote for speaker of the House wasn’t another fiasco. But …
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It’s not just their reputations at stake; it’s their livelihoods.
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She's been on my mind for months. Then I saw them together.
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No generation has been this afraid to take risks in love.
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You can stay in the loop without checking in constantly.
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Stephanie Gorton explores the prudish side of the women’s rights movement in The Icon & The Idealist
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Handling big problems by panicking is never good.
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On-screen depictions of masculinity have changed over time.
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I was worried about my daughter becoming a device addict—but I might have been the biggest one of all.
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When Rivals isn’t focusing on sex, it’s delivering a spot-on depiction of class in the U.K.
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What I heard in the Capitol when it was announced says it all.
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Fear of Trump by traditional Republicans will cost us dearly.
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The law of tech bros is about to be the law of the land.
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The D.O.G.E. is not an unprecedented idea in government. But will it actually do anything?
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Stephanie Gorton’s new book, The Icon & the Idealist digs into the history of two women who shaped reproductive rights in the 20th century
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Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.
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The Queen of Soul didn’t just want to be worshiped—she wanted hits—when she pivoted away from pop toward gritty R&B and soul-stirring gospel, she got them.
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In the aftermath of Roe’s reversal, these laws are being put to different uses.
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His administration is filling up with friends of the country’s extreme right wing.
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A closure would really trigger the libs. But it might limit Trump’s agenda, too.
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If you think these Republicans are going to stand up to Donald Trump, you have not been paying attention.
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It differs from Trump voting theories in a crucial way.
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James Patterson is not a great writer, but Prime Video’s Cross understands what he got right.
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Leaks result in financial loss, jeopardize their privacy and safety, and create an ongoing nightmare.
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Americans should be alarmed and outraged at the role money is playing in their democracy.
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They seem not to know this is a five-alarm fire.
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African American leaders are looking inward for strategies to regroup and survive the second Trump administration.
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It’s weird Trump did so well with all of these creatine guys, considering he’s against exercise.
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Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by writer June Thomas.
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Why heartbreaking abortion trials will be a necessary staple of the next four years.
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He’d hate it. But he’d reap the political rewards.
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You can stream it all at once, but you may want to take some breathers.
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He and his wife think because I’m “rich,” I should bail them out.
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The X owner’s “extremely hardcore” approach is going to do a lot more harm than good.
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This season wasn't like the rest of the franchise.
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You might have seen their logo over viral memes and videos. The problem? Many of them are stolen.
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It can’t be explained by just demographics and disorder.
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He’s entrusting national security to crackpots.
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Republicans’ new Senate leader is not who Trump had in mind.
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The congressman’s main experience with the DOJ comes from being investigated for the sex trafficking of a minor.
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Emilia Pérez features not just one but three of the year’s best performances.
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You are not allowed to be this upset about this!
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From happy moments to heartbreak, digital memory tools might be messing with how we remember—and forget.
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That celebrities could use their cultural power to get fans to vote for a candidate struck me as ridiculous at best, snobby and condescending at worst.
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The friendships between the men took center stage.
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Russia is claiming credit for Trump’s win. It’s a cheap ploy.
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Relax, worried liberals. I’ve solved the party’s problems.
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Psychologist Alison Fragale dives into the science behind how people – especially women – can best leverage social influence for their benefit.
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If Trump has a foreign policy approach, “isolationist” probably describes it best.
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Outward explores what a Trump administration will likely mean for LGBTQ+ rights, protections, and visibility
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You have questions about Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry, we have answers.
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The app has the edge where X once dominated: news and live events.
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It took Judge James Ho less than a week after the election to bend the knee.
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Wall Street largely celebrated Trump’s return. But some sectors might be in for a rude awakening.
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Young voters were supposed to “lead the evolution of our nation.” Yeah, about that …
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No powerhouse team has ever collapsed quite like this year’s marquee flop.
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Sometimes it is hard to get out front and do the right thing.
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The authors of ‘Selling Sexy’ discuss the iconic store’s heyday and dwindling legacy.
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I don't want them dressing up as puritan jerks.
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The view after Trump’s win in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Trump promised them power. But they’re losing a huge source of it.
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Trump’s position on abortion was never clear. It doesn’t matter now.
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A discussion about dating and self-love in the Ozempic era.
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The past, present, and future of male birth control.
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An NIL standard and anti-trust exemption are just a few of the NCAA’s hopes.
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An explosive arrest and indictment, conspiracy theories, and lawsuits galore against the music mogul.
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The conservative justices do not care a whit what you think.
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Surviving the climate crisis may be less about where you live and more about who you live with.
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Latino immigrants are the target of some of Donald Trump’s most extreme rhetoric. So why does he appeal to so many Latino voters?
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LifeWise says it doesn’t want to start a culture war. Some say its curriculum sends a different message.
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Guest Prudie Nadira Goffe is joined by Candice Lim and Cheyna Roth.
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The unlikely, fantabulous rise of Harley Quinn.
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How to talk to kids about Gaza, Zionism, October 7th, and the Hanukkah bush that isn’t.
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An interview with Rosalie Stewart, the new senior public policy manager at Penguin Random House.
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Disengagement—from an election; from the syllabus—has a particular ring to it.
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From the street, this conflict is invisible; for city governments, it’s inescapable.
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Bureaucracy and emotions have never been easy bedfellows.
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My fellow students were achingly sincere. But what, exactly, were we learning?
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The worst case scenario is open war between Israel and Iran—two sides already fighting.
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The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.
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When the Supreme Court reversed Roe, Justice Samuel Alito suggested that laws criminalizing abortion simply restored a long-standing national tradition.
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High Potential showcases the pleasures of letting TV be TV.
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Joe Gow hoped to keep his job. The University of Wisconsin regents had other ideas.
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Riggs bemoaned her colleagues’ “egregious and unjustified” interference with the election. She explains that opinion.
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Pavement celebrated the release of the new movie about them with a one-off show. Was it their last?
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In ‘Magic Pill’ journalist Johann Hari dives into the science and history of GLP-1 drugs for weight-loss, all the while taking Ozempic himself.
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Nico Lang tells Outward about their new book American Teenager, focusing on the day-to-day lives of trans and non binary teens across America.
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Katt Williams told us about Diddy in a viral interview. We revisit Nadira Goffe’s explanation of how Club Shay Shay became the spot for such revelations.
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After September 11, Fox News made patriotism a competition.
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There’s a defining takeaway for the Harris campaign to use.
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It turns out no one wants to hear these guys debate policy at all.
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One of Democrats’ greatest advantages in this election cycle is Vance’s brutal and historic unpopularity in the eyes of American voters.
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He’s good at slippery statements. But this one was wild.
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College is usually a time of exploration and expansion. But for the (biggest) littlest Trump, it might be something else.
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American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez paints a useful picture of what led up to the murder that rocked the NFL.
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This year’s most delightful movies have audiences shrieking for a whole other reason.
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A landscaper tells us about the cleanup effort.
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Despite Helene’s record-breaking floods and widespread outages, the worst may still be ahead for communities struggling to survive.
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It doesn’t always go well, when looking in from the outside.
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It’s increasingly hard to hold a conversation with them.
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I can't stand her, but I want to do what's best for my daughter.
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The debate is an opportunity to tap into Americans’ deepest subconscious desires.
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The State Department says it’s done all it can to help Americans escape Gaza. So what about these people?
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Tim Ryan has advice for Tim Walz—and no love for JD Vance.
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“I see mess beyond what most people think of when they think of mess.”
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When everything seems overwhelming, take a tiny moment to just breathe.
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Christine Brennan’s questioning of Carrington highlights an ugly trend in discussing Caitlin Clark’s rookie year.
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Oklahoma may execute Richard Glossip despite a mountain of exculpatory evidence undermining his conviction and objections by the state attorney general.
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The special counsel submitted a major court filing in his election interference case.
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We are talking about tens of thousands of these guns per year recovered at crime scenes at their peak.
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Her explanation for what happened on her daytime show invokes Ronald McDonald. It only gets worse from there.
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My doctor doesn’t seem to have much to offer me.
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He made every effort to avoid the elephant in the room.
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For the Democrats to win the House, they’ll be relying on NY State Democrats to get their act together. Uh oh.
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The Season 3 finale takes a page from Pride and Prejudice.
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The bipolar spectrum has expanded—some experts say too much.
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I can't believe I couldn't tell her orifices apart.
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It radically shifted the way the world looked at the environment, but created a wave of misinformation we’re still dealing with today.
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I’ve done it with everything from miso to crème fraîche.
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America’s enthralled with the lie: “If we just build more lanes, more roads, level a few more communities, we can solve traffic congestion.”
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Air Jordans are out. “Dad shoes” are in. This week, the hosts discuss how Nike ran its cool factor into the ground.
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Freemasonry is alive and well, despite what you might think.
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How one mostly forgotten masterpiece explains the whole alt-rock revolution.
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Leaving your terrible husband sounds great! My life unfolded differently.
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Donald Trump has some thoughts on the mayor’s indictment.
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We explain the controversy, comments, and reactions surrounding James and Fuhad, the hosts of the British-based ShxtsNGigs podcast.
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Gun rights activists are arguing for a legal loophole to sell untraceable unlicensed guns in easy-to-assemble DIY kits.
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is a headache of a show.
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Come for the rat bucket, stay for the fake photo of a cop he claimed he had long carried in his wallet.
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The retail price is just the beginning of the problem.
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Sure, I'll come to your dog's birthday party in—checks notes—2027.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Sept. 27, 2024.
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The SNL alum has made a career of playing oafs. That’s what makes Will & Harper so powerful.
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How the fight to wrangle Big Tech has gone in the EU—and where it’s going.
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Guest Prudie, Cheyna Roth, by actress and comedian, host Rachel Bloom.
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What can Mark Zuckerberg’s example teach women and African Americans in tech about building success and holding on to it?
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Here are a few factors that will determine what happens next.
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The tough-on-crime mayor was, according to prosecutors, pretty easy to buy.
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We actually do want more of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.
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The Republican candidate is sinking the party's chances to take the governor's office. And maybe the presidency.
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Some of our favorite Dear Prudence letters about friendship.
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The Wild Robot is a surprisingly mature movie about nature, nurture, and the wonders of life.
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It’s not always easy. Take it from the men vying for Joan Vassos.
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A reporter for an English-language paper in Beirut on the devastation unfolding.
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Walking my kid to school has become a living nightmare.
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My work friends have never met my college friends, who’ve never met my hometown friends. I intend to keep it that way.
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The mayor of New York City is—to put it delicately—in deep shit.
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The Oasis tour is inspiring fights—and not the fun kind.
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There’s hagiography, then there’s whatever … this is.
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At the group’s annual meeting this weekend, trans kids were in the spotlight.
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The beloved Hulu series keeps straying further from its titular building—and not in a good way.
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The former president’s legal team is trying everything it can think of.
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Smith filed a superseding indictment in the election subversion case against Trump in Washington.
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Game designer Zach Gage talks the art of puzzles.
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An independent’s strength could give Democrats hope in hostile territory.
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He doesn't have a job right now—and isn't interested in cutting costs.
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The causes and consequences of another broken piece of public infrastructure.
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How do I find balance when so much is at stake?
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Is this all a competition for second place to Amazon?
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From grocery shopping to picky eaters, cooking at home doesn’t have to be a pain.
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How a Runaways star turned a thrilling and traumatic era into a very fun new board game.
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The former national security adviser has choice words for a whole host of D.C. characters.
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These developments may have slipped by you over the past four years—but taken together they paint a troubling picture.
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There’s a growing market of pop culture accounts on X that are spreading misinformation for a payout.
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“Every day is different, and that’s kind of the spice of life for the ADHD person.”
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Sept. 1, 2024.
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Many of us are just a little more introverted now.
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Anyone who’s been in the vicinity of a child knows they need to run and play. But here we are.
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You don’t have to love Durov to see a problem here.
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It’s been a summer of not being able to hear your favorite artists onstage because audience members are scream–singing at the top of their lungs.
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Plastic bags exist for a good reason, but this is not it.
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It looks like a bear giving the Heimlich maneuver to a terrified statue, but there’s a reason why we do it.
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For many issues, endless talk therapy isn't the answer.
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How Gen Alpha’s first viral meme marks the beginning of an intergenerational culture war.
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By the end of September, schools have some major decisions to make.
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Flynn MacKrell died in a car driven by a teenager. It sure seems like the driver’s mom saw it coming.
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The Accident is so melodramatic that it loses its terror.
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Plus: cereal, Spanish, and the pile of shoes at the door.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Aug. 30, 2024.
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This Labor Day, leave the predictable bags behind.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe.
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After a panned movie, canceled tour, and fourth divorce, Jennifer Lopez is at a crossroads.
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Now I see that less-endowed men are held up as a fount of suspicion, pity, and comedy everywhere.
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The truth is, no one knows exactly what made the sixth season of Love Island USA catch fire like it has.
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It’s the end of the Democratic Party’s Colin Kaepernick era.
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I don’t like to pull out my "As a Father of Daughters" card very often, but today I must.
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Teachers are the foundation of society, but we’ve stopped treating them as if they are.
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Doug Emhoff has demonstrated the final manifestation of what equal partnership means.
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Elon Musk and Megyn Kelly spread a bogus story about Trump during Biden’s speech. But they didn’t pull it out of nowhere.
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Money talks. And $417 a day says we don’t yet care enough to prevent what happened to Simmons from continuing to happen in every state in the union.
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A protest Monday took weeks to approve. It wasn't what anyone claimed it would be.
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We’ve come a long way from the Bernie/Hillary divide of 2016.
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The NBA and Olympic champion coach is a subtly effective surrogate for Democrats.
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Physicians to the famous owe something to their patients.
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The Democrats’ thanks for the president were laid on very thick.
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Justice Juan Merchan is getting pretty sick of Trump's "stale and unsubstantiated claims.”
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I’m tired of alienating people with my go-to response.
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The speech offers a framework for Harris and Walz to keep the momentum going.
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Nashville is throwing open its doors for Post Malone. I wonder why it didn’t do the same for Beyoncé.
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Her new memoir tries to hide her knives. But they’re in there.
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Nothing unites people like food in the office. But what happens when your co-workers take a special interest in what you’re eating?
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She caught Trump in the polls. Now comes the hard part.
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The Kamala–Walz DNC will be a high-stakes test.
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She’s a refreshing alternative to the two men who were performing very sad archetypes.
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A simple shower can offer a—tiny bit of—true reprieve from the world.
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Liberal Judaism has embraced the LGBTQ+ community, and has seen its numbers grow as a result.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Aug. 18, 2024.
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I should have known that the retreat was a sham. But I wanted so badly to heal.
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Little Orphan Annie is 100: The story’s ideas about orphans are actually pretty cruel.
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Special actors used to be hired to teach it at medical schools. No longer.
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What will a Kamala-led Democratic Party look like? We’re about to find out.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder makes the case for the savvy teenage sleuth.
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If Tiger King was an addictive snack, then Chimp Crazy is a meal to be chewed on.
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“Billionaire sweeps girl off her feet” is a classic trope in romance. Some writers are saying: That ends with us.
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Trump supporters may disingenuously seek to equate Walz’s DUI story to Trump’s felony convictions.
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Welcome to the new age of political prediction markets.
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Negotiating your debt can minimize what you owe and help get your finances back on track.
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The viral YouTube philanthropist allegedly put contestants at risk in his new reality show.
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Attempting to sort out Trump’s word salad at his press conference when answering questions about mifepristone is a fool’s errand.
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Season 4 covers new ground, while remaining blessedly illogical and alluring.
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For decades, consumer advocates have pressed for wine ingredient labels, only to be rebuffed by an anxious industry. But a new campaign may finally work.
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This is NOT something I want him saying around other people.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 15, 2024.
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Some larger-chested women are taking matters into their own hands.
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Republicans blame women. Democrats blame policy. Here’s what’s really going on.
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If the public sees these plots for what they really are, then they will not succeed.
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The desire for a different policy will hugely influence turnout and voting. That’s no longer enough.
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The evidence points less to wariness of psychedelics and more to too little experience with clinical trial standards.
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The world’s richest man holds a dangerous amount of influence over countries whose political discourses still center on the platform once known as Twitter.
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Michael Cohen is battling one of Trump’s worst constitutional abuses.
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Companies are trading the work of talented artists for generative A.I. Players are wondering when such a change will happen for Magic: The Gathering.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 14, 2024.
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I don't think any kid should have to grow up around this.
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It's one of the strangest—and fastest-growing—gatherings in America. I went to see it for myself.
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Frankly, It Ends With Us is a movie neither Blake Lively nor Justin Baldoni should want to claim.
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Warner Bros. Discovery is deleting some of our most beloved movies and TV shows—and some may be gone forever.
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Hamdi Mohamud was just a teenager when Weyker falsely accused her of witness tampering more than a decade ago.
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A month ago, downballot Democrats looked like dead meat. No longer.
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In a conversation with Elon Musk, the former president likely did little to help his campaign—or his investors.
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Club Shay Shay’s Shannon Sharpe is one of the best worst interviewers.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 13, 2024.
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The decision is likely to be one of the biggest antitrust defeats for a tech giant in decades.
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Visitors are experiencing a city with practically no cars—and they like it.
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The Minnesota governor signed the most pro-worker, pro-family package of legislation enacted by any state in decades.
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The Minnesota governor has proved that Democrats have no reason to aim small.
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If anyone has suffered the classic hardships of women in sports, it’s Imane Khelif.
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Season 2 established that House of the Dragon was never a story about a war.
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In two weeks, he proved what no other VP option could.
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I feel like this revealed something about my skills.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 6, 2024.
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One young conservative lawyer would lead a determined fight to maintain Lewis Powell’s blindfolded race neutrality.
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Her view of the world is very much like Biden’s—but it differs in a few ways.
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The Utah decision shows that the Supreme Court may have assigned itself a sort of Hobson’s choice.
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It has not become the currency of today, and it will not be the currency of tomorrow.
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Judge Tanya Chutkan is reopening special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case.
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By their very nature, the Games will never be environmentally friendly.
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The race is another test of AIPAC's political might.
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The GOP is trying to look unified. Even it can't on this issue.
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For some Americans, self-storage units provide security they can’t find elsewhere.
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I can't keep carrying around this emergency first aid kit.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 5, 2024.
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One website has the power to explain the otherwise inexplicable behavior of the most difficult people in public and private life.
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Blake Masters’ loss in Arizona has major implications for J.D. Vance.
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Rhaenyra sings a song that many of history’s greatest mass murderers have sung.
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Even the cynical, skeptical French are in a state of general optimism.
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The phrase "once a cheater, always a cheater" keeps playing in my head.
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The VP nominee is selling himself as a proud man of the people. The movie has a different message.
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Move these sports into the dirty French river right now.
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She can do better in opposing capital punishment than Biden did as a candidate or president.
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With A.I. threatening their careers, the artists at major studios are proving their worth—and showing that they can no longer be treated as disposable.
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American constitutional law has long struggled with the scope of implied presidential immunity.
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A judge who served almost 30 years on the nation’s second-highest court says the Supreme Court is threatening democracy.
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There’s a lot of regret inside the Republican Party right now about its vice presidential nominee.
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Companies like Folx and Plume have branded themselves as beacons of community and pride. But their model may not be as revolutionary as it seems.
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It’s important we get the story right about why we build prisons in the first place.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 30, 2024.
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I want her to feel comfortable with boundaries. But it’s gone too far.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 30, 2024.
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As her running mate, he could undercut her central message.
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In Arizona, the heat is extreme. So are the politics.
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Time is universal, but comfort is a matter of preference.
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This reform opportunity makes it clearer than ever: The Supreme Court and the future of our democracy are on the ballot this year.
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What’s better than sword fighting? Especially with stars like this.
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Her record on this issue may surprise some of her critics.
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Do charms and trinkets help you stand out in a materialistic monoculture?
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A weird phenomenon happens on Twitter and LinkedIn once folks lose their jobs. It’s completely unnecessary.
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From building a bed in their offices to sobbing when they don’t get a laptop, these adorably awkward kids have a lot to learn.
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When the weather grew warmer, everything changed.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 29, 2024.
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The quiet damage of QAnon is only now becoming clear.
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A dense marketplace on the outskirts of the city keeps the art of French cooking alive.
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From ancient Rome to colonial ships to Tolkien, the snack has long been seen as the perfect food. Are today’s crackers any closer to that dream?
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 28, 2024.
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Wyna Liu loves making the game every day. She isn’t so sure about the online reaction.
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Pole dancing requires a superhuman level of commitment and athleticism. But the Olympic Committee won't touch it with a 10-foot pole.
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Marvel’s latest hit presents itself as a subversive take on the franchise. Here’s what that would actually look like.
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Lisa Kudrow may be best known for playing ditzes, but she’s been a genius all along.
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A fabulous, subversive Opening Ceremony made for TV.
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Should he go through the 11th Circuit, or try his luck with the Supreme Court?
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He’s one of the rare politicians in the contemporary U.S. who can honestly say he has been a uniter rather than a divider.
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Curing your travel envy doesn’t have to break the bank.
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This role seems like a blessing, but it may be a curse.
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A Black rapper is atop the country charts—and for once, even country listeners are embracing him.
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The hit Netflix show performs the poignant alchemy of transforming a community’s particular struggle into a source of great power.
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Rising temperatures might be one of the only records getting broken this year.
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This has caused quite the quandary in our home.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 26, 2024.
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The Games are embracing the spirit of possibility.
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The Games may seem unimportant right now, even ridiculous. That’s not a bad thing.
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The most important changes we’re looking out for in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
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Deadpool 3 is obnoxious, rib-bruising, and … poignant?
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Many women who still believe themselves to be the sum of their decisions have started to bristle at being told that we never actually were.
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The stakes have never been higher—for both democracy and our planet.
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I don’t think we can risk “giving them a chance.”
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Everyone else comes with real risk. She doesn’t.
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His speech to Congress exposed the only person he really speaks for.
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He said a lot about democracy. But that’s not really why he quit.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 25, 2024.
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Here are some of the most noteworthy proposals in the 800-plus-page blueprint for a second Trump administration.
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Netanyahu’s appearance on Capitol Hill did nothing to improve Israel’s relations with its No. 1 ally or its prospects for peace.
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The 1990 film’s conclusion was already wild. Jake Gyllenhaal’s 2024 series manages to outdo it.
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Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation is just the start of some much needed accountability.
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A cautiously optimistic survey of the context in which we are now living.
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Popularity won’t always save some pantry staples.
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I feel utter grief when I think about sticking with our current family set up.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 24, 2024.
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In one of the most important nonpresidential decisions voters will face this November, Floridians will consider an abortion access ballot initiative.
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The effects of inflation could have been much, much worse.
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The bizarrely jubilant MAGA coronation, in photos.
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Why on God’s green earth would he post this now?
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No other country in the world operates as we do. It’s time.
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The new series was the franchise’s most promising failure in years.
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Trump did not behave very honorably with the families of soldiers and Marines killed on his own watch as president.
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The new movie will scratch your itch for big, dumb action—and also for a charming rom-com.
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A key piece of a renewable energy grid falls into place.
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Recent recalls have brought the safety of these products into question.
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There’s a lot going on in the world of creepy-crawly things.
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A MAGA adventure through the RNC with the unlikely head of the Milwaukee Republican Party.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 18, 2024.
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It’s nice that there’s at least one major authority figure who sees what I’m seeing.
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FiveThirtyEight’s dead-heat prediction will self-destruct in roughly two months.
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YouTuber Tana Mongeau leveled allegations at the popular content creator Cody Ko.
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It’s a big win for the folks who didn’t want to be regulated and who are now going to be able to write their own rules.
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Money isn’t everything, but it goes a long way in Washington.
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Joe Neglia is an innovator at the Republican convention. This is his story.
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From Elon Musk to David Sacks to far-right VC bloggers, he’s got the influence of the entire tech world. Now he might be headed to the White House.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 17, 2024.
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I used a gun very similar to the Trump shooter’s when I was in the military. I’m not surprised his shot came so close.
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Donald Trump has never enjoyed an RNC like this one.
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The Teamsters’ leader is making quite the gamble.
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Her death, at 53, is tragic, but at least she survived us.
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With Biden’s candidacy in question, the vice president is becoming much more of a target.
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Is this an unlikely way to revive it, or the next obvious step?
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Vance’s political supporters still carry copies of Hillbilly Elegy for him to sign, but you have to wonder if they’ve actually read it lately.
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Misguided, unscientific standards about who counts as a “woman” have exacted a toll we’re only beginning to understand.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 16, 2024.
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The reactions to the shooting ranged from memes, to jokes, to angry diatribes. It all showed us something bleak about the state of the internet.
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Don’t be fooled by anyone trying to hand-wave this away.
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The Trump assassination attempt is a warning sign. We can’t let things get even scarier this November.
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It’s likely to have the perverse effect of trivializing both men’s genuinely bad behavior.
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Democrats can’t retreat from their candidate crisis.
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Back then, chasers thought the media hubbub would die down after a bit. That was not the case.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 15, 2024.
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EVs are more omnipresent than ever before, but people don’t quite seem to realize it yet.
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The Republican National Convention suddenly has an unprecedented task.
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It feels like a piece of cutlery from a more innovative era.
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I only realized this after applications were done.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 14, 2024.
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A Virgo mom and a Libra child get through one week with guidance from the stars.
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Trump appeared to have a small head injury, one rallygoer is dead, and the shooter has also been killed.
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They're taking a cue from services often subsidized by the government in other countries.
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Cigarettes are clearly and definitively harmful. The research on social media is much more complicated.
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Democrats need a decider, and they’re all looking in one direction.
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Policy ideas that can turn a pipe dream into a reality.
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I feel for him, but the consequences are serious.
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Longlegs isn’t designed to scare you. It’s designed to do something else.
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She made a great meme. But did she really need to become a superstar?
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His ascent in the veepstakes looks all too familiar.
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His health status is only a part of the picture.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 12, 2024.
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There’s little reason to believe congressional candidates would survive a presidential wipeout.
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This press conference was touted as pivotal to Biden’s political career and to the fate of democracy. It didn’t really clarify anything.
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Nicolas Cage’s Longlegs makeup allegedly almost gave its star a heart attack. Is it really that frightening?
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His earbuds are always in, and I’m considering heading out.
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The last trip we took—a cruise!—almost killed me.
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They’re alternating between despair and fantasy. Some new expectations are in order.
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The bot will train itself to understand your daily health habits, from your vaccination status to your sleep patterns to your soft-drink consumption.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 11, 2024.
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Should Biden drop out? There’s not much in the American past that can tell us.
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We need to think about this election differently. Just look at France.
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Sometimes it takes a big Hollywood name to rally the masses.
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The pending Kroger–Albertsons merger would change how millions of Americans shop for food.
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We finally did something about the half-hearted sex.
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The ABC anchor told a pedestrian, “I don’t think he can serve four more years.”
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The indecision in Congress makes sense. But it’s leading toward one outcome.
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Democrats are having a pretty miserable week—and it’s only Wednesday.
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Long Island Compromise is an enthralling epic about the crude gravity of wealth.
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A Democratic congressman makes the case against Biden.
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Democrats’ rhetoric against Trump has been apocalyptic and existential since Jan. 6.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 10, 2024.
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He’s hurting his own message with this strategy.
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Leo DiCaprio suddenly looks like a saint next to this guy.
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The idea that there’s something voters like about Biden that the press doesn’t understand can hold up only with plausibly close or improving future polls.
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My Lady Jane offers a refreshing twist on the sassy historical romance.
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Reactions from conservative advocates reveal that this platform is just as harsh as it has been in the past.
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The case for the vice president to replace Biden is strong. And then there’s this.
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No, seriously—this guy cannot be one of Joe Biden’s advisers.
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A renewed push to litigate state constitutional claims has shown strong results.
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This reflects an attempt to deceive American voters about the dictatorship a second Trump term would bring.
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A closer look at “Vandals,” published just a year after Munro learned of her daughter’s sexual abuse.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 9, 2024.
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They’ve seen this kind of crisis many times before. It ends only one way.
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Regular people are paying the ultimate price for Big Oil’s decisions to lie about climate change.
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How can one call this court originalist when it is so transparently selective in its application of constitutional text and history?
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His counterattack is in full force. It’s not working.
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As long as Paramount doesn’t find a better deal in the next 45 days, triggering more chaos.
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The chief justice’s moderate inclinations seem to have disappeared.
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The new co-host of HBO’s We’re Here explains the nontraditional nature of her faith and what she’s feels is at stake for queer Americans at the ballot box.
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Sugar cookie artists figured out how to leverage social media without having to become influencers.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 8, 2024.
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People see conspiracy and collusion where there is none.
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Can't we just hang out without me being their wingwoman?
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The meme has spread like wildfire on Sapphic social media, making butches seem like a hot commodity.
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Prime Day is practically made for impulse shopping. Here’s how to curb your spending.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 7, 2024.
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Naltrexone has been found to be a safe and effective medication to help people reduce and stop drinking. Yet it’s woefully underprescribed.
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We can learn a lot about our behavior from the animal kingdom.
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What Americans should learn from the U.K. election.
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I strapped on some leather pants, a mesh tank top, and a pair of sunglasses and got to work.
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How was his big interview with George Stephanopoulos? Well …
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For the first time in my adult life, I woke up to something other than a Tory government. Let me tell you why that’s so extraordinary.
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Las Vegas still hasn’t recovered from its pre-pandemic highs—yet it seems as if no one in Washington is paying any attention.
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The Supreme Court’s conservative justices have delivered seismic shocks to the legal system in recent days.
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Millions of Americans have monitored home security systems. But they only help if the police are able to respond.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 5, 2024.
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The Bear is about a restaurant that loses track of what made it popular. Sound familiar?
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Most people are remembered for what is extraordinary about them. I think the gay rights icon is different.
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Westeros’ boorish noblemen are itching to take their cool weapons out for a spin.
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It's all I'm going to be able to think about when we're saying "I do."
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Now her mom is showing me naked pictures and spoon-feeding me soup.
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It doesn't take much time—or require too much navel-gazing.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for June 30, 2024.
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College admissions are scary and confusing. Somehow, this subreddit makes it even worse.
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An accident while gardening is transformed into a meditation on living creatively to the very end.
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There's a slim chance a “breakup kit” or a 10-step program can convince someone to love you again. That hasn't stopped coaches from trying.
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The Supreme Court upheld laws that single out homeless people for punishment in Grants Pass v. Johnson, a 6–3 decision with all three liberals in dissent.
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Sotomayor eviscerated her colleagues' logic in a scathing dissent.
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What in the malarkey were Biden and many, many other Democrats thinking?
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To understand how Sabrina Carpenter got so big, you have to understand her controversies.
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CNN did the country no favors on Thursday night.
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Another Costner Western, another noble Union Army officer standing up for the Native side.
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Scalia, at least some of the time, stopped short of acting on his ideological preferences thanks to an overriding commitment to judicial restraint.
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I don't want to sound like a broken record, but...
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The first 2024 presidential debate featured a lying Trump and a confused Biden. But neither candidate talked about the biggest tech news in years.
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How the new A Quiet Place measures up against the original, in charts.
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The president addressed his terrible debate performance at a campaign stop.
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And the debate confirmed how high the stakes are.
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John Roberts handed Trump an optics win, but a substantive loss.
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John Roberts launches a missile at the heart of modern governance.
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It’s a strange saga that somehow involves reviled billionaire Dan Snyder.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for June 28, 2024.
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Fancy Dance is a small wonder that touches on some big issues.
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If you don’t want Trump back in the White House, that debate was your worst fear.
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The recreational golfers of America had a rough night, too.
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The president’s proxies tried to their best to reframe the narrative.
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He displayed a lack of knowledge about his party's strongest issue.
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The case represents, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in dissent, an unconstitutional “power grab” by the federal judiciary.
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The court opened the door for defendants in cases before at least the two dozen agencies that work under similar statutes to raise the same challenge.
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He's a Republican activist and conservative radio host bankrolled by billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Cuban.
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When the series premiered on FX, it was smart and thoughtful television. Not anymore.
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You know who doesn’t have a clue about what physicians actually do?
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Being the only outlet that can frame the debate for audiences in real time gives CNN a shocking amount of power.
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She's the last person we need weighing in on the Trump-Biden debate.
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Is the FX hit a comedy or a drama? In its third season, the series finally has an answer.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 27, 2024.
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Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have their work cut out for them.
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The numbers say that Republicans are far too confident about November.
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Tens of millions face the harrowing uncertainty that the Supreme Court just indefensibly prolonged.
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The court has left open the possibility of a seismic shift in the American criminal legal system—one that will likely make the country more dangerous.
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The “life begins at conception” true believer is serious—and he’s not alone.
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Traditional mentors aren’t gone. They’re just hard to find.
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The administration, alarmed by Doughty’s injunction, shut down most of its anti-disinformation work.
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Progressives and Democrats should think twice before going down the road of trickery and voter suppression.
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There’s been an explosion of the worst type of goal possible. We ranked each one.
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The latest innovation in the campaign to end capital punishment has already paid dividends.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 26, 2024.
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The conservative supermajority’s focus on history allows it to rely on sexist and racist traditions to uphold all kinds of oppressive legal regimes.
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I’ve just about had it with this grown woman’s tantrums.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 25, 2024.
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Math brains and creative brains, boy chores and girl chores. Why are we doing this?
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Jamaal Bowman faces the full fury of the Israel lobby.
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It’s still going to be a choose-your-own-adventure situation in the lower courts.
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There’s even more at stake in Skrmetti than the future of bans on gender-affirming care for minors (and adults, who now face restrictions).
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The harder it is to get into the most popular marathons, the more appeal there is in smaller races.
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"Everything that is popular started as small, subcultural, or niche.”
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 24, 2024.
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These workplace charity drives, baby showers, and CEO vacation funds need to stop.
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What her 2024 campaign signals about her political future.
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Two years after Dobbs, the state has become a battleground in a whole new way.
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Hand of the King, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and worst person in Westeros.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for June 23, 2024.
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Chaplains, hairdressers, therapists … it’s everywhere.
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It didn’t have the glitter and butterfly wings for eyelashes that we find in RuPaul’s Drag Race—but drag culture is at the heart of today’s bots.
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Craigslist forces its users to trust each other. Other social media sites should take note.
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The majority wanted to cut back the constitutional right to marry, so it weaponized this case as a cudgel against that right.
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The Acolyte is yet another example of how flat the franchise has become.
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Finally, something interesting is happening in the election. Oh no.
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One bid managed to stun even a room full of theater nerds into silence.
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Satirizing our current political moment isn’t easy.
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His defense belongs in the Crisis Response Hall of Fame.
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As a feminist, I care about both gender-based violence and the violence of imprisonment.
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The Supreme Court upheld a federal law disarming domestic abusers on Friday, significantly narrowing a radical 2022 precedent in the process.
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We tried showing her a spreadsheet. It didn't convince her.
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The evenhanded scientist is generous to Trump, but you can tell what he really thinks.
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She has a really strange understanding of “friendship.”
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for June 21, 2024.
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Republicans wish this issue would just go away. It’s not going to.
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Things get messy when we are reduced to a bunch of categories.
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Moore’s use of clemency vindicates Alexander Hamilton’s hope that it would be used both to demonstrate concern for “humanity” and enact “good policy.”
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The Kinds of Kindness star isn’t just giving the best performances of her career. She’s doing something else entirely.
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Demand for retail spaces has been softening for more than a decade.
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Putin has said a few times that he would be amenable to trading Evan Gershkovich under the right circumstances.
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Police departments have shrunk. Crime is plummeting. Now what?
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The plaintiffs made up the facts of this case, stretching the truth far past its breaking point.
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The software company has drawn the ire of the FTC—and their own employees—due to their dubious business practices.
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Bennifer is, for all intents and purposes, still a thing. So why, after delighting in their reunion, are we so obsessed with seeing the couple fall apart?
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Playwright Annie Baker and 12-year-old Zoe Ziegler on making their big-screen debuts.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 20, 2024.
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The infamous law has dogged him ever since. For all the wrong reasons.
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He has other ideas for fixing the Democratic party, too.
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Even casual fans are lured by a high-quality product that doesn’t exist on streaming platforms.
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A grave threat is unfolding, and they need you to notice.
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Some of our favorite Care and Feeding letters of all time.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for June 19, 2024.
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Who created it? What was it meant for? And how did come to be what it is today?
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The mystery of Soulja Slim’s death still hasn’t been solved, but the city is finding new meaning in his life.
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Ralph Lauren must pay for his crimes against fashion.
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The dissolution of his war cabinet raises bigger questions.
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A gender swap of a beloved love interest has ignited a civil war among viewers.
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The more anti-abortion activists attacked mifepristone ... the more women flocked to use it.
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In the California desert, a 26-foot rendering of Marilyn Monroe has rich people with their knives out.
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In a trademark case, Barrett agreed with Thomas’ bottom line but sharply disagreed with pretty much everything else.
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Given the U.S. Open winner’s history, this tale was a little too easy.
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It could be the first time in U.S. history that progressives or leftists oust a high court justice in a judicial retention election.
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The plan was a classic case of forum shopping, and it paid off for Scalia and his new client.
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Bound’s co-director and sex consultant on how they crafted its legendary centerpiece.
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Intensifying hurricanes, floods, and heat waves are wreaking havoc across the country—and on all of our bank accounts.
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Our tech overlords have proven themselves incapable of self-policing for the greater good.
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Yet he claims he doesn't "care what they think."
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The sense of longing will be there, no matter what.
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It’s not every day you see real estate agents protesting in the street.
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It feels fairly obvious who was the biggest baddie in the Season 2 premiere.
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Now, I still feel productive and ready to start the day.
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Sierra Greer’s debut sci-fi novel Annie Bot is really about the present
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for June 16, 2024.
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Frantic household activity before birth is a pregnant-person thing, everyone says. I’m not so sure!
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My sister started giving him Goo Gone or olives. For some reason, I can’t stop trying.
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I thought being gay meant being socially progressive, open, and empathetic. My two-word vetting tool taught me the truth.
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The greatest to ever do it isn’t just back. She looks transformed.
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The GOP conspiracy theory about Hunter Biden’s trial makes no sense.
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Their aims are not hard to discern if you're paying attention.
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As we await the coming torrent of toxic opinions, we should bear this fact in mind: The pile-up of blockbusters did not happen by accident.
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The classified documents trial is off the calendar, but she is looking into whether Jack Smith's appointment was legal.
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The Supreme Court’s death penalty jurisprudence somehow just got much worse.
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I spent my 20s losing myself in Sleep No More. It offered me a glimpse of another life.
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For your health’s sake, please use an external monitor.
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School shootings like Uvalde are rare. But the effect they’ve had on parents is immeasurable.
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There’s one thing—OK, two—preventing Interview With the Vampire from becoming the hit it’s meant to be.
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The Substack newsletter boom might be warping your idea of who’s a friend.
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I stayed out of her business until it involved my old car.
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It has made for one of the most delightful primaries left.
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But Creative Cloud needs "some degree" of omniscience.
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Hollywood has been trying to make Glen Powell a leading man. Hit Man finally figures out how to do it.
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This is an incredible story that didn’t get enough national exposure.
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The latest case in Michigan is more serious, and it might be spreading undetected to other states.
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It is a testament to his ability to almost go to jail that it took this long.
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“His threat to me did not cause me to back down. If anything, it fueled a fire in me.”
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Trump’s son-in-law has found a new war criminal to whitewash. For profit!
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It was a blow to Modi’s authoritarian grip—and a win for scrappy digital activists.
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Why believe the experts? Kathy Hochul just has a feeling it might be a bad idea.
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These outbursts go way beyond childhood intransigence.
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So far, at least, it looks like Hunter Biden is avoiding some of Trump's mistakes.
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The app One Sec is supposed to reduce smartphone use. It was no match for my brain.
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A milkshake-throwing is the least of our problems.
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The U.S. has feared Putin would escalate his war if this happened. Will he?
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Jill Ciment’s Consent asks tough questions about love, sex, and morality. It’s remarkable.
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The creator of the Gangrey podcast died in 2022. He still has something to teach people who love writing.
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The music streaming giant is hiking prices, fighting lawsuits, and laying off employees. But hey, at least investors are happy.
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Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is one of several recent hits bringing back the genre that never got a name.
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There’s an easy way to (literally) repay coffee shops that let us hang out for hours.
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The Acolyte follows what’s become a familiar pattern.
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A Q&A with Jennifer Romolini, author of the addictive Ambition Monster.
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If he loses the election, then it's a court that doesn't have as much of a vested interest in him.
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Beneath the surface of Trump’s article, there is a clash of perspectives among editors about two specific words.
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What that night on campus means for the summer ahead.
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And how the rhetorical gambit could work—or not.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to make things worse for pregnant patients later this month.
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The Supreme Court is … not supposed to do things like that.
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Americans find it easy to believe that Trump is guilty … and yet it hasn’t changed their voting plans by much.
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2014 Elon Musk would have hated 2024 Elon Musk.
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My wife is really getting the short end of the stick.
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It helps, a little, to know I’m not the only one.
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When I told my therapist about my secret fantasies, I never thought he'd suggest I do this.
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Let us peer into the orb of the unknowable future.
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The depressing, bizarre story of one Arena Football League hopeful.
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I’m to the point where I just don’t want to go anymore.
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An expert walks us through what could happen next.
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Enacting revenge by jailing Democrats? Sure, under one condition.
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Academic administrators Joe Gow and Carmen Wilson on their very unusual late-middle-age hobby.
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Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss an unholy concatenation of court-related drama.
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"My brain scanned the grid, and 'Right in the butt' came out."
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Jennifer Lopez’s sci-fi hit portends a future blighted by something far worse than bad wigs.
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Ron Howard’s new Disney+ movie offers slick brand management, but a little-known YouTuber went deeper.
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I’ve been trying to track this down for years. I have some ideas of where to start.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 31, 2024.
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You know who is doing the real crimes in this country, don’t you?
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There is much freaking out happening on Donald Trump’s behalf.
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Ultimately, the prosecution told a coherent and convincing story.
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Come to think of it, Samuel Alito is probably not the first person to do this.
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Showrunner Nida Manzoor was responsible for many of the new season’s breakout hits.
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Would you eat glue? Smoke while pregnant? Google’s A.I. search feature thinks you should.
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It would set up an unprecedented system that even state officials don’t seem to know how to handle.
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In a Violent Nature puts a clever new twist on the subgenre.
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Some nonwhite voters said they used to support Trump quietly. Not anymore.
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I’m not sure I can handle seeing another photo of her on a mountain with her handsome boyfriend.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 30, 2024.
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The Roberts court has reversed the trend of deferring to the mix of government and markets favored by the democratic process for most of the 20th century.
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It took years of controversy, protests, and legal battles just to change the way you buy a pack of gum.
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Looks like someone has suddenly found a use for the right to privacy!
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The first questions focused on the first part of the trial. Here’s a refresher.
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Under the Bridge’s showrunners explain the series’ ending.
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His big promise to libertarians is his latest use of a dangerous campaign tactic.
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Cassie’s legal recourse was imperfect. But it was something.
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Pleasing the client remains more important than convincing the jury.
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It’s an increasingly popular idea. But there are hurdles.
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Trump winning would be a significant outlier from a number of historic patterns.
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Steve Garvey’s bizarre campaign is weirder than you know.
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There’s actually an easy way to understand the attempts at a defense these men are making.
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There are about 20 major decisions that the court has to get through between now and the end of June.
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The move returns U.S economic policy to a historical intellectual tradition.
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Brandon Herrera faces Tony Gonzales in Tuesday’s runoff. The state GOP is not amused.
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A high-stakes legal battle points toward a new stage in the effort to hold fraudulent anti-abortion clinics accountable.
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Don’t fall for one of the silliest sexist myths in queer history.
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We have to rethink our standards for trust in the age of A.I. If we don’t, we might end up breaking our own hearts in the process.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 27, 2024.
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The medieval service magicians who would find missing spoons, identify a thief, or help you win at cards.
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Showrunner Don McKellar knew early on the journey his Captain needed to take.
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I got snipped so I wouldn't have to deal with this!
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How connection, meaning, and resources can heal us.
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Summer camp: A classic teen experience is dying. I hate the reason why.
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Dogs used to be named for their appearance or function. Now they're named after your dentist or second cousin.
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Two decades into streaming platforms, the endless scroll doesn’t feel like a luxury. It feels like just another chore. Criterion24/7 offers a better way.
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Cars flatten animals—and humans. Our fates are connected.
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Trump has every reason to count on what he has always counted on.
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It’s associated with Jan. 6. But there’s more to it than that.
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Ticket fees are the least of why Ticketmaster and Live Nation are finally getting sued by the U.S.
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The company behind some of the biggest, most consequential products in the world is now making listicles and crappy commercials.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 24, 2024.
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I still remember watching Marilyn Mosby promise to prosecute the cops involved in Freddie Gray’s death. The next decade was complicated.
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Alito was engaging in a noxious mix of mansplaining and gaslighting.
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America’s favorite face-tattooed, billy goat–voiced singer is in the middle of one of history’s most successful rebrands.
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Eagerly waiting for the Republicans suddenly so worried about antisemitism to pipe up here.
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At a nutty Cannes, the nuttiest movie earned the longest ovation.
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Netanyahu’s actions cast him more and more as the main obstruction to peace.
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In a startling concurrence, the justice faulted Brown v. Board of Education for empowering the court to limit racist redistricting.
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At a live Amicus taping, the congressman and former constitutional law professor had some sharp words about the current state of the high court.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 23, 2024.
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The competitors for the worst job in American politics are outdoing each other.
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Are wave pools ruining surfing—or do they solve another kind of problem?
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No, John Roberts is not going to do anything about this one either.
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If courts can’t protect women’s bodily autonomy, he asked, why should they do the bidding of police unions?
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Jack Schlossberg’s inexplicable videos are far from the whole story.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 22, 2024.
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Learning about the epic battle over Briggs helped me understand how recent these fights for gay rights are—and what it cost the people who battled for me.
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The movie stars Sebastian Stan as the young heir and Jeremy Strong as mentor Roy Cohn. It’s already controversial.
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TV was once replete with shows that reflected and prescribed what it meant to be a teen. Not anymore.
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Federal prosecutors in Florida are trying to declare news "criminal contraband."
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 21, 2024.
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“Fake eyelashes” taunts, a secret love affair, a pointless field trip—it’s a real high school soap opera.
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The Israeli prime minister refuses to plan for life after the war in Gaza.
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The “Stop the Steal” flag is no longer the only sign that he shares some dubious modern obsessions.
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A terrific new HBO documentary corrects the record about Stax.
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Arizona authorities caught up with the former Trump lawyer in the end.
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On Hit Me Hard and Soft, the singer seems to deliberately avoid making hits. That doesn’t make it any less alluring—or historic.
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Gig corporations freeload off other employers that comply with laws and support safety nets.
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Deaths are at a high as substance abuse, loneliness, and money trouble rise.
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Furiosa is a welcome return trip to movie Valhalla.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 20, 2024.
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Sometimes an old job isn’t done with you—even when you’re done with it.
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There’s one cohort he should be very smart about courting.
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I’m worried the media is still possibly afflicted by a core problem when it comes to Donald Trump.
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I see a sultry slutty summer in my future ... and maybe even a side-hustle?
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Legs are still everywhere. Blond reigns supreme. But small changes are afoot.
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On the very high value, and apparent impossibility, of protecting free time.
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The only downside: It's $22 for a full-size bottle.
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Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy’s book, Our Kindred Creatures explores the connection between humans and animals
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 19, 2024.
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Michael Harrop started an underground poop-trading empire. But something smells off about his product.
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If you thought cruising in parks, bathrooms, and … home goods stores … was a thing of the past, think again.
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The people from R. Derek Black’s past are pretty excited about the way politics are going in 2024.
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Netflix knows how to dial up the drama—and the agony.
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Every hour on Fox News the day Stormy Daniels was cross-examined at the Trump trial.
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Angela Alsobrooks beat David Trone in Maryland's Senate primary despite liquor tycoon's $60 million campaign.
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When I look at human faces, I see dragons, demons, and nauseating potato people.
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NA wine is being sold as the future for health-conscious drinkers and the industry. But it fundamentally doesn’t make sense.
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Conservatives are describing a targeted, multinational invasion. Here’s what’s really happening.
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Regular people have been making this kind of decision for years already.
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Every new bundle is a reminder of what we’ve lost.
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Jinkx Monsoon is the iconic sci-fi show’s first trans drag queen star, and she’s got no time for the haters.
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We can laugh; we must. But there’s some dark context here.
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He confronted us on the playground, but I have no idea what he’s talking about.
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The adult film actor was able to maintain her composure.
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He leads a life of leisure, and somehow I’m the “cold” one?
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All businesses that deal in marijuana will continue to operate in the shadow of criminal sanction.
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 10, 2024.
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The Martha story was already messy, but her bizarre appearance on Piers Morgan has made the whole thing even harder to comprehend.
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Minouche Shafik’s work on social contracts offers an unintended warning.
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Golf’s most dominant star since Tiger Woods ought to be a huge celebrity.
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Mosby’s dramatic fall from grace is a familiar story in U.S. politics, with one big wrinkle.
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On two very different kinds of paying attention.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 9, 2024.
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Floating on the Atlantic, the band put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
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Jerry Seinfeld has toasted up a fantasia on the corporate battle that produced the Pop-Tart. Here’s what’s true and where the story’s been sweetened.
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The legendary producer, dead at 61, was more than just a rigid minimalist.
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The viral Taylor Swift lyric is particularly poignant for those of us who sob while squatting.
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The people at Ohio State's commencement ceremony were not amused.
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Alana Evans spoke with Stormy Daniels immediately after her encounter with Trump.
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Cohen can tie together all the threads of the criminal scheme with which Trump is charged.
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This shows how life-tenured federal judges can act with near impunity even when they are found culpable by their colleagues.
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This idea could have been ripped from, well, a TikTok video by conspiracy-curious teenage power users.
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Hatred in America is real. But this bill will only make it worse.
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It's time to stop hiding low-wage jobs behind manager titles.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 8, 2024.
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The Constitution is not determined by the founders, judges, or even Supreme Court justices. We still get to decide what it should mean.
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Leaving out the Reconstruction Amendments just doesn’t work for modern America.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Supreme Court with a big idea.
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You can’t understand our profoundly unique relationship to our founding text without understanding this.
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I carried a musket. I housed soldiers. I felt patriotic! And I learned a lot.
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Imagine if this story had come out right after the Access Hollywood tape.
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And once again, the Democrat is staying in the race!
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He probably wouldn’t even be on trial if he hadn’t been such an annoying, frugal boss.
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A24’s latest is about how a show like Buffy could save your life—or ruin it.
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Little girls are better than little boys—according to these people.
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This Brooklyn art party has a far more human cause.
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The South Dakota governor's new book has yet another weird scandal.
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Years ago, I became fascinated with deranged one-star reviews on Yelp. Now I’m trying to find the people who write them.
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Polyamory is everywhere these days—except protected under the law. But some advocates have an idea about how to change that.
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I just can't shake the feeling that she's holding back.
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It’s not the pandemic. It’s not (only) the Devices. So what causes the “decline by 9”?
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If only real public forums worked like they do in Evil Does Not Exist.
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Most modern humans regard plants as alive but a bit boring by the standards of creatures that can move around freely. They're wrong.
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Before her arrest, Griner loved her “second home.”
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The WNBA star does not hold back in her account of her Russian detainment and its aftermath.
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The playbook that led to Columbia is old but time-honored.
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It was the most dramatic day in the courtroom yet.
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They’re mad because they’re “childless harpies.” Got it?
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With The Tortured Poets Department, she breaks even more sales records. But is a song like “Fortnight” a lasting smash?
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The aftermath of Baby Reindeer has devolved into a sticky, difficult mess.
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We can’t go on promising everyone a pure feeling of belonging.
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Making sense of the reveal in Episode 6 of the Apple TV+ series Sugar.
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She used to solve 4,000 puzzles a year. Now it’s her job to edit them.
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College kids—they protest. And guess what? They should!
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A Columbia professor on this chaotic week on campus.
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The culture is finally making it OK for men to confess how her music really makes them feel.
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“This one says ‘Oh, Von ShitzInPantz. Keep whining, crying and violating the gag order you petulant defendant!’ ”
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What kind of person starts election-fraud conspiracies? This kind, it seems.
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The Idea of You changes the hit book’s most controversial twist.
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A professor’s recent arrest might change everything.
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After lifting its stars to new career heights, Hacks has returned with a stellar third season.
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Lilly Dancyger on true crime, murder memoirs, and her cousin Sabina.
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A new, unholy alliance has emerged on Capitol Hill.
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I must have heard “Ode to Joy” a million times. So why am I weeping now?
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Is it the “bangs”? The jaw line? The space between the nose and mouth?
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I never thought I'd say this, but I'm tuning in for the grammar.
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Does a place oriented toward kids really need this?
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I sure am seeing a lot of weirdos at Trump’s trial.
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A former federal prosecutor gives us some insight into how this could create headaches for Alvin Bragg's team.
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The history of these bans suggests they’re far from the anti-abortion movement’s endgame.
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What does this mean about the “future of #MeToo” anyway?
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Or UC–Irvine. Neither one resorted to brutalizing its own students.
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This is a completely different strategy than we're used to.
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No president has ever been held in criminal contempt before.
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He tried to thread the needle again—but he made a very scary promise.
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I understand! Statistics coming out of publishing are notoriously confusing.
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There's never been a better time to go absolutely ham on Felicity.
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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 30, 2024.
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With this gem, the teen star first revealed what he could have done as an adult.
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As we wait for more explosive testimony, let’s consider what David Pecker made clear.
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Is shooting your dog … a political talking point?
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The House speaker was big mad last week. But was he … really?
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The organization has abandoned some of the people it exists to protect.
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Meanwhile: The hush money trial continues, and Arizona announces a new criminal indictment over the fake electors scheme.
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“The schools are committing suicide by not allowing this to happen.”
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Michigan has the power to unravel a second Biden presidency. It just might.
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I want my husband to do the things I fantasize about this man doing to me.
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Eric Cline’s After 1177 B.C. tells the story of the ones who survived.
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Old, big screen is better than new, bad screen. Maybe?
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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for April 28, 2024.
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Private equity is involved in pet health, and the results have not been good.
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When my girlfriend accused me of canine favoritism, I balked. Then I wondered if she was on to something.
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The new tennis movie brings together three of Hollywood’s hottest young stars. Do they achieve a grand slam?
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It was genuinely shocking to hear those words come out of a justice’s mouth.
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Crackdowns on campus protesters violate Texas' own state law.
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Trump says presidents are above the law. The justices are listening.
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WNBA players make a pittance compared to their male peers.
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This could pay off our mortgage and then some—I’m furious!
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Some teams’ desperation to roll the dice has never been quite like this.
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In 20 years of officiating, he’s never seen anything quite like it.
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David Pecker resumes testifying on Friday, the fourth day of testimony in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial.
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The groundwork for these arrests was already in place.
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In part because of a song that’s not even on the album.
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Reddit provides an endless well of entertainment.
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There will be no more self-soothing after this.
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Stories about Airbnb, Virginia democrats, Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into Biden, and more.
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"We can walk and chew gum at the same time," one Freedom Caucus member quipped.
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If a follower of zero sports like me can become a total fanatic this quickly, the league is doing something special.
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This is a terrifying use of Georgia's RICO law.
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If Trump demanded that Meadows help overturn the results of a presidential election, he was asking him to go far beyond his job description.
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Betty and Barney Hill lost three hours on a New Hampshire highway in 1961. They spent years trying to understand it.
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The leaders are behind bars, but the resentments and outrage they’ve tapped remain at large.
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Ken Paxton’s case is dividing Texas Republicans.
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The Republican minority-rule playbook is lawless.
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Nathan Lane jokes that it’s the biggest humiliation of his career, but he’s hilarious in it.
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The Changeling is based on an award-winning novel and stars LaKeith Stanfield.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Gene Demby, co-host of NPR's Code Switch.
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What the indictment reveals is nothing less than the full-throated criminalization of social solidarity and political dissent.
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Take it from one of the Senate leader's chief antagonists.
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For seven months now, Tuberville has put a one-man hold on the promotions and nominations of all senior U.S. military officers.
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Telling jokes is protected speech under the First Amendment.
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The median age of Congress has been on a precipitous rise since the 90s.
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Thomas’ motivation for the categorization seems obvious.
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Alabama Republicans’ brash defiance of the Supreme Court hit a wall on Tuesday.
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Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi suggest it’s time for the franchise to move beyond these once thrilling space guardians.
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Talking about being treated as a political pawn and the business of misery with guest Julia Mounsey.
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A bitter feud over sex, drugs, and power has gone all the way up to the Vatican.
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She became known for bucking the public health consensus. Now, we should listen to her.
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A warming planet is more hospitable to palm trees. The iconic SoCal chain is obsessed with them.
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Cheap food. A gazillion milkshakes. A weird bacon thing. Say hello to Cook Out.
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When the staff you hired tells the FBI on you, the old “witch hunt” defense looks pretty flimsy.
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Her ex-husband wrote a bestselling abstinence manifesto. Now she’s telling her side of the story.
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Jho Low said, “Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio, be Jordan Belfort”.
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Which singer boasts the longest set list? The most costume changes? The most horses on stage?
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Outlets that once contorted themselves to please the algorithm are being left outside, looking in.
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The succession wars are right around the corner.
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On this month's episode of Future Tense Fiction, Janelle Shane discusses her short story “The Skeleton Crew.”
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The U.S. Capitol doctor's statement doesn't say much about what happened.
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This season marks the long-coming end of the sport’s age-old status quo.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Dr. Orna Guralnik, host of Showtime's Couples Therapy.
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Stop firing Trump critics. Don’t get too #resistance-brained. And hire Chad.
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Stories about student loan payments, Ron DeSantis' "war on woke," and … beavers?
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Thomas, apparently, is the real victim in all this.
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A gripping new Max documentary raises new questions about why a con man succeeded so spectacularly.
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Here’s why you should be watching Mask Girl, which is drawing comparisons to Squid Game.
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There’s a moment that will make clear when it’s time.
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A Florida teacher on why the tragedy in Jacksonville can’t be divorced from the governor’s "war on woke."
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In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you won’t believe you didn’t know.
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Unpacking the forced kiss between Spanish soccer chief and FIFA Women’s World Cup champ Jennifer Hermoso.
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The women who changed television and fought for their place on the airwaves.
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Here's what you need to know about interest and repayments resuming.
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Stories about the World Cup, Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, and Chat GPT.
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Earls, the only Black woman on North Carolina’s high court, spoke out about racial bias in her courtroom.
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Here’s what’s in TikTok’s draft deal with the U.S. government
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Sometimes all you can do is look into the abyss.
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The federation’s response was a catastrophic miscalculation of the sport’s new power balance.
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In addition to bills about youth sports, threats of child protective services investigations have pushed families with trans kids out.
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How the changing financial incentives of the internet make loud and unabashed thirst more fraught.
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We almost called this one the “Vroom Vroom” edition.
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is the first GOP presidential candidate to quit. Who's next?
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The “perfect phone call” is back in the news this week.
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His unorthodox nationalism is somehow worshipful of two faiths.
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A few factors have combined to make this storm season more chaotic.
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There’s freedom and power in living authentically.
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His need to be the Fixer of All has gone too far.
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Marilyn was the charismatic leader. The rest of us tried, constantly, to please her.
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Bishop Sycamore’s Roy Johnson is an extraordinary bad guy.
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In sum, today was a really bad day for Team Trump.
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That was an intense weekend. But I’m fine. Here’s how.
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I never thought her loss would become my biggest asset.
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There’s only one argument that could sway GOP voters. She’s making it.
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Last month, the state Elections Division brought its voter suppression to another level.
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Police from as far away as Alabama were watching.
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There's a simple way to make being a candidate less stressful.
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Waves of COVID will keep coming. Here’s how to live with them.
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Her relatives who agreed with the ban had no idea what it really meant.
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The show borrows one of Michael Moore’s oldest tricks—and understands how it really works.
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“When I’m translating a book, I want to know everything the writer knew when they were writing it.”
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We don’t want to feed our pets by-products and waste—or do we?
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Today’s most cutting-edge technology is being applied in a very, um, stimulating way.
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How can she make so much, but have no idea how to handle it?
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Justice William O Douglas openly lobbied and campaigned for causes he cared about.
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“Best Things First” proposes a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest countries.
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On the posthumous release, Jaimie Branch is still flying.
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Carrie and Aidan can’t make long distance work despite being fabulously wealthy, recapped by The Waves.
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Government failures drove Patrick Braxton to run for—and win—political office. But the white minority won’t let him lead
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Brian Lehrer, host of WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show.
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The former president finally has a mugshot, which will be released at 4 p.m. Friday.
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It was a great showing with general election voters! But womp womp, no one cares.
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Chamath Palihapitiya, once known as the SPAC King, had some unfortunate words for his former subjects.
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In states like South Carolina, what strategy can abortion-rights supporters pursue?
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The state’s interest in nascent life shouldn’t count for more than that of an expectant parent.
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Whatever Trump might experience won’t resemble the standard horrors of Fulton County Jail. No one should.
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Which is the superior place to be stuck with an ankle bracelet?
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On Thursday, former President Donald Trump is being arraigned in Fulton County, Georgia, on RICO and other charges.
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“The more things you see or hear the more likely you are to have that elusive transcendent experience.”
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Trans women are under attack from celebrities, sports organizations, and even the International Chess Federation.
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The first GOP debate had a clear main character.
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On Tuesday, Meadows filed a motion in federal court in Atlanta to dismiss him from the prosecution by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
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It sure seems like a signal to those who might plot future coups.
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How NFL star Michael Oher is reclaiming his story.
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Debates have power. Just not the kind that candidates might want.
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Charlotte is winning the Sex and the City revival.
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It was two years ago on Wednesday that I arrived in the United States.
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We’re not doing so great with the one we already have.
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Meet the GOP contender who offered $20 gift cards to those who donated $1 to his campaign.
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The GOP needs this debate. And not just because Trump has been indicted four times.
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Billy Bragg on what he thought “Rich Men North of Richmond” was missing.
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Can a state prohibit gay people from adopting children or stop immigrants from purchasing property?
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The CW’s Nancy Drew achieved just the right balance of dark and light.
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A viral response to the Maui fire mirrors what happened after a similar disaster in California.
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James Little invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.
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This coming term, the Supreme Court will hear United States v. Moore, a case that could determine the constitutionality of a hypothetical wealth tax.
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A new, sinister strategy is taking shape in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
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Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead is a modern reimagining of David Copperfield.
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For seven days, I tried very, very hard not to be alone with any woman other than my girlfriend.
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I knew I didn’t want another. Why did I hesitate?
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Kathleen Baker’s road to gold had unique challenges.
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What Lil Tay’s death rumors signal about the child influencer economy.
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The series stars Matthew Broderick as Purdue Pharma villain Richard Sackler.
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The fact that it is taking place at all reflects the progress that has been made over the past two years.
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Unless judges draw the inevitable line, Trump will make a mockery of the judiciary.
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Russia and India are expected to land spacecraft on an unexplored part of the moon. Their missions could shape the future of space exploration.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by advice columnist and host, Lori Gottlieb.
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The First Amendment doesn’t have special caveats and carve-outs for the rich and famous or for putative presidential contenders.
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It's a polarized country, sure. That doesn't mean we don't mostly agree that Donald Trump is a goon.
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Isn’t she deceiving all of her friends and family?
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The former mayor practically invented the kind of prosecution he now faces.
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Catch up on Trump's fourth indictment, the Barbieverse, and the Blind Side developments.
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The two most recent indictments filed against Donald J. Trump are mirror images in many ways.
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The comments are not “extreme” at all, but rather an accurate assessment of the situation.
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Just when you think he’s out, Merrick Garland announces a special counsel.
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Former President Donald Trump, along with 18 other defendants, was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday night.
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Did the Worldwide Leader wait too long to acknowledge reality?
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The film was supposedly based on good white people. A bombshell petition suggests it was based on a lie.
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Red, White & Royal Blue fails to show something rather crucial.
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The image of a goat waiting to be eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex got thrown around.
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What Gov. Edwards is saying suggests that the American people may now be ready to listen.
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Vivek Ramaswamy is running essentially as an insurance policy for Trump die-hards.
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“People ask me all the time about these big shoes to fill. They threw those shoes away. They’re making new shoes for me.”
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I ordered all six issues, and each one had lessons.
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Some very retrograde opinions being spouted by a “futuristic” industry’s leaders.
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The former J. Crew creative director signifies a departure from The Real Housewives’ typical tacky glam.
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Heat pumps could kill the A/C—without killing the environment. The government wants to help you buy one.
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A Senate candidate had the gall to accurately describe the GOP’s motive.
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How a viral girl group is using global influences to smash Billboard charts and get stuck in our heads
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The Worldwide leader in sports makes a big investment in sports betting.
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The complicated story of Norma McCorvey, and generations of women denied choices.
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Shenanigans tanked his crypto empire. Now they’ve put him behind bars early.
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The fight for the soul of Hollywood is about how little difference there now is between being a volunteer and a professional creative.
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Talk to Me is the studio’s biggest hit since Hereditary. Is it as scary?
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For support, the brief cites Genesis 7:17–20, which tells the story of Noah’s Ark.
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Parenting advice on childhood grief, overseas visits, and drive-through drama.
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Residents of a decimated community didn’t encroach on nature. Nature came to them.
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Consolidation was supposed to be books’ biggest threat. Is private equity worse?
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Talking about this risk of knowing your neighbors with guest Dr. Ida Santana.
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It’s time for studios to return to one of their oldest tactics.
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A gun needs to be inaccessible until it needs to be accessible immediately.
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In Haiti, past U.S. and international interventions have failed. But the current crisis is so desperate, even skeptics say it’s worth the risk.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate staff writer and host Joel Anderson.
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What the defendant’s judge must consider about his social media posts.
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ProPublica’s investigations illustrate the creation of a cult of personality that was engineered from the top down.
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Painkiller turns a complex story about the birth of the opioid crisis into a garish caricature.
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Harry deals with Charlotte’s return to the gallery, while Che continues to grow on us, recapped by The Waves.
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Moore was not even arrested or charged. Agents speculated his cash was connected to drugs, but they had no coherent theory to explain how.
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I am rolling on the floor laughing my ass off about it.
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Scalia scoffed. “You’re telling me the Pope has been wrong for centuries?”
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Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting calls attention to the here and now.
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First lady hopeful Casey DeSantis is clearly channeling the ghosts of Jackie O and others, but she is unlike any of them.
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Rex Heuermann targeted women he thought no one would look for—and for a long time, he was right.
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Stories about abortion rights, a surprise Supreme Court ruling on guns, the end of Lyft's bike-share experiment, and more.
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These efforts highlight the falsity, if not the cynicism, of the Dobbs majority’s promise that the question would be returned to the democratic process.
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Two of the game’s greatest players deconstruct their epic finals showdown.
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The stabbing of O’Shae Sibley reveals a complex American reality.
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A once-promising urban transportation model is in trouble. It’s a wake-up call.
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The special election could have been a blueprint for red states. Instead, it’s a warning.
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I’m starting to wonder if I’m wrong about this.
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How the pop star is battling her fans and losing them for good
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An annual list of catchy tunes, courtesy of the Slate Culture Gabfest.
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Why the U.S. embassy in Haiti recalled all non-emergency personnel.
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'Wanna buy a duck?' Some quotable lines fade away, but 'don’t sweat my pet': Others live on for eternity in our group chats.
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John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberals to preserve a new rule that restricts the sale of “ghost guns” to licensed firearm dealers.
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The two laws go into effect now and mandate discrimination against transgender people throughout the state.
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Oppenheimer's boss lied, repeatedly, about a terrible effect of the bomb.
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Parenting advice on returning to the workforce, fighting racism, and taking a break.
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The Uihleins have spent millions of dollars to overturn a democratic process in the state.
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When we tracked down the kids, we got a different answer.
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The great education equalizer might not have accomplished what you thought.
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Plus, how he stays loose on the court and how he stopped feeling jealous of his peers’ success.
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Stories about the New York Times' coverage of Trump, the latest season of Serial, what happened to the U.S. women's soccer team, and more.
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This is the third rail of the GOP primary, and he probably didn't want to be touching it quite so soon.
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His lawyers say he’s exercising his free speech rights. But he may have crossed a line.
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Orange Cassidy is taking on the world—and the very nature of pro wrestling—with his hands in his pockets.
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He’s already paid the equivalent of 16 years of top-dollar work.
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A recent David Brooks’ column has a glaring omission.
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James McBride’s latest books don’t look like the usual contenders for the title. That’s precisely why they speak to our moment.
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How Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme worked (for a while).
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What Florida students will learn from Prager U—and what they won’t.
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Normally we're in a throuple, but I'm not sure how I feel about him going off on his own.
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Congress is taking too long to regulate A.I. Biden is trying to find a way around that.
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The team was eliminated by a couple blades of grass.
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“As soon as I got the email, I was just like, ‘This is bullcrap.’ ”
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There are a lot of good things about being hung. Going through security is not one of them.
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How do I stop thinking about this all the time?
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Writer Madeleine George transformed Dykes to Watch Out For into a sonic narrative starring Jane Lynch and Carrie Brownstein.
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I wanted her to pick me apart. Now I'm haunted by what she said.
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When I stopped wanting to complain, I realized I had nothing to write.
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“Since Americans don't have a safe place to swim or learn how to swim, they're drowning instead.”
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An expert in philosophy and existential risk responds to Carter Scholz’s “No Regrets.”
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Read a new short story about geoengineering, billionaire hubris, and “altruistic” narcissism.
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It’s thoughtful she already has a present in mind, but …
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The prosecutor he calls “deranged” is stone-cold going for it.
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The rules, science, and dance moves behind this aggressive concertgoing ritual.
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Beyonce and Taylor Swift concert tours are changing how musicians make money.
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Stories about Trump's legal defense, the battle over the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Ukraine peace talks, and more.
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Ariana Grande. Sofía Vergara. Finland's hot ex-prime minister. They all have something in common.
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The special counsel has done his level best to make it matter. It still might not.
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After pilot programs in a few cities, self-driving cars are about to expand in a big way.
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Trump cannot evade criminal prosecution just because a few of the co-conspirators with whom he concocted his scheme happen to be lawyers.
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Talking about grandmas and pepper spray with guest Chelsey Weber-Smith.
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You might think the talks are frivolous or doomed to failure. They're actually a bit more intriguing.
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What we’ve lost now that we have apps for everything.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by bestselling author, Jasmine Guillory.
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The Women’s World Cup—like the WNBA—is a showcase for talented women of color. When will the business of sports reflect that?
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Stories about the 2024 race, Trump's co-conspirators, California's shrinking population, and more.
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How far will Wisconsin Republicans go to maintain their corrupt hold on power?
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There’s a new debate about sex on screen, but it’s centered on the wrong question.
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And why country artists are suddenly ruling the pop charts.
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Carrie’s got a new relationship that’s making her rethink an old love, recapped by The Waves
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The Bowers verdict adds a new wrinkle to the already confusing picture of the Biden administration’s position on the death penalty.
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It's not just his role in Oppenheimer that's making people want "more than just a krum."
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Trying to convince myself that 'C's are just fine.
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In one of the strongest and best-crafted prosecutions imaginable, we have a defendant who is historically incapable of successfully defending himself.
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Parenting advice on sleep sabotage, narcissist FILs, and self-soothing.
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One assumption underlies how the state is run. It’s no longer valid.
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The 2020 presidential cycle has risen from the dead.
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When a staffing issue turns into a public health crisis.
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Maureen Ryan’s new book Burn It Down explores the call for real change in Hollywood.
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Stories about Trump's Jan. 6 indictment, abortion rights on the ballot, America's sweltering summer, and more.
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What the former vice president’s “contemporaneous notes” reveal.
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The singular role of lawyers in this particular indictment should not go unremarked on.
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For many inmates, reading is the only way to transcend cell walls. The problem is not everyone can.
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Before the Beatles, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and MTV, there were the Soundies.
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Smith wants the trial over Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election set before the 2024 election.
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The special election has turned into a national rallying point in the fight over abortion.
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A baffling new movie on Amazon Prime really, really misses the point of “never forget.”
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Trump has been indicted again—this time, for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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The summer comedy is a handcrafted mockumentary that feels like a keychain bracelet made by your kid at camp.
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AI-generated covers of Spongebob Squarepants singing R&B oldies might be a harbinger of something darker.
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Before helicopter parenting, a DIY hovercraft was the way to bond with your kid.
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The ex-president’s reaction Tuesday was extreme, even for him.
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It is perhaps the most important indictment ever handed down to safeguard American democracy and the rule of law in any U.S. court against anyone.
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Stories analyzing the new charges against the former president, Joe Biden's Middle East policy, Samuel Alito's petty interview, and more.
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The new indictment is at once sure-footed, streamlined, and prudently aggressive.
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Special counsel Jack Smith has once again indicted Donald Trump.
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Talking about desperate moms, seasonal partners, and punk square dancing with guest Chelsey Weber-Smith.
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It isn't just the sweltering Southwest that faces a reckoning.
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In the nick of time, they are doing something inspiring.
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Wernher von Braun was one of the most influential engineers in NASA’s history—and a Nazi.
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Paddington, Paddington, Paddington, and Paddington are just a few of the great movies coming to streaming this month.
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The very idea of a U.S. defense pact with Saudi Arabia should be a nonstarter.
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A contract is only as good as its implementation.
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Real sex is candid, messy, and healthy — not shameful.
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Is there anything they can do to increase their bargaining power?
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Some drivers are expressing buyer’s remorse—if not by selling their Teslas, then at least with an apologetic bumper sticker.
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Stories about SCOTUS, Netanyahu's judicial coup, making bloodsicles (?!), and more.
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Alito trivializes the intelligence and individuality of Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson for no apparent reason beyond petty resentment.
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The senator is inflicting hidden damage on the U.S. armed forces.
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Meta knows what it takes to get a billion users.
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Alito’s unabashed flouting of basic judicial ethics principles has compellingly underscored the critical need for a Supreme Court code of conduct.
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In one video, Frederick Douglass boasts about America’s role in ending slavery worldwide and complains about “radical” abolitionists.
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Every couple has their own language. Sometimes all they have to do is speak it.
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The cloud giant isn’t trying to win the race. It wants to own the road.
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Plus, a toilet paper habit that’s escalating at an alarming rate.
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Meta’s Oversight Board is taking on abortion. Will it make a difference?
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The Righteous Gemstones is packed with great comic performances, but one stands out.
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Republican presidential favorites can't seem to stay out of legal trouble.
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He’s spent 50 years as the nation’s champion. That’s about to change.
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It's not unusual for military pilots to see things they can’t explain. But is that “unidentified phenomena” ... extraterrestrial?
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When things get too tongue-y, you probably shouldn't bite their tongue.
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He tells me we're meant to be together, but his actions don't align.
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“I can make people hate me so deeply! It’s just so cool.”
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Big Tech scrambled to get women in the door—only to leave them on the street.
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A Dallas zoologist describes what it's like to make massive, macabre ice treats for big cats in the sweltering heat.
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Half of all American workers still aren’t back in office full-time. What does that do to a downtown economy?
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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My quest for the perfect body started with X-Men.
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Why infantilized women and gendered meals are blowing up online
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Legendary death penalty lawyer Stephen Bright on the structural failures the reinforce inequality in the criminal courts.
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The Apple Card launch was huge, but business isn’t going well.
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In the July episode of Future Tense Fiction, Andrew Silverman discusses his short story “Furgen.”
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Stories about vacations, Tesla, Ariana Grande, and more.
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America Ferrera, Jeremy Allen White, Daniel Radcliffe, and others rock the working man’s clothes.
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And there is currently no federal rule that ensures workers can take breaks for rest, shade, or water.
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The new documentary The Deepest Breath mines a deadly diving accident for suspense. Is that canny—or exploitative?
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A strange defense of class bias in the Atlantic.
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Parenting advice on carpools, theme parks, and divorces.
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She spoke the language of the right to promote left-leaning principles.
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“Do I even love her anymore? What is there to love?”
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Your Kia Sorento beckons. But first, you'll have to try a controversial new innovation.
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Hawaii’s Kilauea seems friendly. It can still be dangerous.
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Most travelers are just passing through. Stay awhile.
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AI is moving full steam ahead. Can the government catch up?
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer and critic, Damon Young.
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Journalist Wesley Lowery shares his research and reporting on the new wave of American racial division.
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Here are four reasons why the new charges are packed with punch for jurors.
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Stories about the Irish singer's pope controversy, Donald Trump's indictments, and more.
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I know we're supposed to suspend our disbelief in Barbie Land, but this was too much to bear.
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The Ukrainians seem to be settling back into an attrition strategy.
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But Bibi might still lose the war to the court and protesters.
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I've spent years thinking my Twitter follower count equaled success. Not anymore!
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A bakery in Brooklyn offers a glimpse of what it will look like.
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A very online beef over her dating life, the “Kittenz,” and what an artist owes their fans.
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Her protest against the pope is seen in a very different light today.
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The team looked cooked and lost—until a star got elbowed in the stomach.
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The very strange reunion between Carrie and an old flame, recapped by The Waves
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One in six Ivy League students have parents in the top 1 percent of the income bracket.
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“We’ll all be dead by the time it’s determined that Jodi Picoult is our time’s Charles Dickens!”
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Parenting advice on best friends, antidepressants, and hotel stays.
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Connecticut’s push to reform its criminal justice system started in the early 2000s but accelerated when Dannel Malloy became governor in 2011.
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The first lady of Florida summoned a concept that’s captured liberal and conservative mothers alike.
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How a mid-tier country artist scored a chart-topper by leaning into racial grievance - and the rural/urban divide.
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The RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant has been making people rethink what a housewife can be, and what a happy family looks like.
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Stories about Texas' legal troubles, Hunter Biden's legal troubles, and more.
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At a news conference, he suddenly stopped speaking and stared silently, unmoving, before being shepherded away.
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The Hunter plea agreement was a negotiation where neither side got all of what they wanted and left both sides at least a little frustrated.
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TV is stuck in an endless loop. Sometimes, that’s not a bad thing.
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Here’s what you’re missing if you don’t see the movie in Christopher Nolan’s favorite format.
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Christopher Nolan’s movie depicts the land that became Los Alamos as an empty vista. That erases a disturbing truth.
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On Elon Musk’s X, you pay up or you get a worse product.
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The House speaker’s job does not seem very fun right now.
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To access vital health care, people are being forced to give up privacy.
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The inefficacy of Operation Lone Star may not matter much to Gov. Abbott.
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A landmark vote limiting the powers of Israel’s Supreme Court could be ‘just the beginning.’
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The unlikely cinematic duo that’s smashing box office records.
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Russell’s disappearance took social media by storm. But something about it felt fishy.
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Follow the kiss, backward in time, to find out when we started doing it.
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The company even had trouble removing all the old bird logos.
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A nation’s far-right leaders hoard power and threaten the essence of the nation’s government. Sound familiar?
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What does it mean for U.S-China relations and internal Beijing politics?
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"I’m trying to protect my child from heartbreak, but she acts like I’m hurting her.”
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All the immediate efforts to expand the impact of 303 Creative against LGBTQ+ people are highly distressing.
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Arming kids with knowledge might help prevent tragedy.
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It is an open secret that young judges have been trying to position themselves as front-runners for the next Republican appointment on the Supreme Court.
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You can’t learn a language on a free app. But we can’t quit this one.
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The Justice Department says it will sue Texas over recent border security measures.
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How to evaluate what Messi means to MLS and American soccer.
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It’s not just that they’re both “original movies.”
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Congress is starting to take “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” seriously.
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Leslie Cohen-Rubury on reframing fear, respect, and misbehavior.
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Whatever “X” is going to be, it’ll never be an Everything App.
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Dave Portnoy's reviews are felt for years—for better and for worse.
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I don’t think they realize how … involved … I’ve become.
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To write The Wager, David Grann sifted through 280-year-old documents to sort fact from fake news.
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He is known for being prickly and difficult. I have not found that to be the case at all.
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Once he enters the room, I might as well be the wall.
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Our roads are designed for death. Regulators are asleep at the wheel.
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The last line of Christopher Nolan’s movie is devastating. Is it enough?
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Belting one out in front of your friends is such a fragile ritual. Here's how to avoid torpedoing it.
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Her viral testimony about the state’s abortion ban exposed its ghastly consequences.
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The easiest route to success this year runs through a new star.
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The attempt to overturn the 2020 election results has been at the heart of multiple investigations over the past few years.
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Record temperatures are making walking dangerous.
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Joe Manchin and No Labels, DeSantis vs. Trump, and Israel/antisemitism.
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Wal-Mart has conquered real world space and is slowly creeping into Amazon’s zone in e-commerce.
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David Grann’s The Wager tells the harrowing story of a shipwrecked crew in 1741 that had to tell their stories to save their lives.
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How a cyberattack threatened the future of fanfiction
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How Mattel learned to stop worrying and embrace an infamous hit.
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It’s clear that Republicans enjoy poking Democrats in the eye with a Kennedy.
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Gregory Gregory knows a thing or two about T-A-C-Os, especially on Tuesdays.
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Minx’s Doug Renetti is sweaty, grimy, and crushable as hell.
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One scene in this movie says a lot about Hollywood's hope for its success.
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Talking about semi-open relationships with guest Tracy Kaplan.
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I solve the puzzle often. I'm not so sure that's a good thing.
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Parenting advice on dangerous homes, IT advice, and gifts gone wrong.
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Hundreds were killed in the Tulsa Massacre in 1921. Now a conservative judge has tried to end a survivor lawsuit. What happens now?
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by feminist columnist and author Jessica Valenti.
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The continent's heat wave is already catastrophic. It could have been much worse.
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Stories about Barbie, Clarence Thomas, Andrew Tate, and more.
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Christopher Nolan’s film is full of spooky action, but it left me at a distance.
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The actor’s performance as Ken is the culmination of a career-long obsession.
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Trump’s “false electors” in Michigan are also stuck in a jam
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Special counsel Jack Smith has very good reasons to add this charge.
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It was for running a Ponzi scheme. (This is what we call “New Jersey excellence.”)
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It was supposed to be a fight to the death. There’s a reason it turned friendly.
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If a program designed for former slaves passes constitutional muster, then so would a program for the descendants of former slaves.
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Parenting advice on accusations, bed times, and passive aggressive guilt-trips.
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On July 1, an Indiana law went into effect making it a crime to come within 25 feet of an on-duty police officer if ordered to stay back.
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The arrest of a suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings shouldn’t overshadow the lives of the victims.
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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is a feminist tale because Barbie has always been feminist.
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Why the highest court in the land desperately needs transparency.
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Greta Gerwig’s movie tries to be everything to everyone. It’s a seemingly impossible task. Does it succeed?
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Stories about this Supreme Court term, the real story behind Oppenheimer, the GOP's new target, and more.
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There’s a dangerous recipe behind Andrew Tate’s virality.
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An indictment may not come until next week, and in the meantime, there are thousands of cubic acres of cable news airspace to fill.
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Was the Manhattan Project leader a communist? Did he regret the bomb? Here’s what you need to know.
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Three decades ago, the 1994 crime bill took a sledgehammer to federal financial aid for incarcerated students.
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Dobbs and Geduldig play a central role in the defense of laws targeting transgender Americans.
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These are serious movies. Until the internet gets a hold of them.
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They’ve always been a tight-knit family, but this is too much.
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Forget astrology and Myers-Briggs: the only personality indicator that really matters is which film you're seeing first.
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There is no real chance that the district court which struck down Alabama’s first map will uphold this one.
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AV firms are pitching themselves as the safer option. Don't buy it.
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Enter, and understand what the House GOP has been hollering about.
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The state has become a beacon for abortion access in a region with dwindling options.
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I asked ChatGPT to develop a college class about itself. Now, it’s teaching it.
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I told her this was a bad idea when they were taken.
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Willis has been building a case against Trump and his allies for more than two years now.
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How the design of our vehicles and roads make simply walking dangerous.
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Confronting abuses of power in the TV industry.
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Dead Reckoning has a very particular message for the Hollywood strike.
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Those few decades when Americans loved an ill-fated symbol.
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In the ’90s, Lenny Kravitz was a Gen-X hippie who crossed Prince with John Lennon. In the ’10s, Bruno Mars paid homage to Sting, Adele and James Brown.
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Advertisers are already clamoring to spend big on Meta's new social network.
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Is the DeSantis campaign remaining calm and steady, or have they completely run out of ideas?
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My therapist took one look at me and said, “I don’t think once-a-week therapy is gonna be enough for you.”
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She’s officially too soft for the lunatic caucus.
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Slow Burn’s ‘Becoming Justice Thomas’ and Heather McGhee’s 'The Sum of Us' share stories of scarcity used against common goods
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Did that really just happen, or is it a callback to the franchise’s very first scene?
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I'm sorry I even have to ask but ... is he (cringes) hot?
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Ronald Reagan—yes, that Reagan—led the 1960 SAG strike.
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Eli Crane was previously known for making bottle openers out of bullets and appearing on Shark Tank.
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This was not the only unbelievable train wreck I could not turn away from online this week.
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The government lawyers tasked with making sure Big Tech doesn’t abuse your data are dramatically underfunded.
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Talking about disordered eating with guest Leslie Cohen-Rubury.
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As a summer blockbuster reimagines Barbie, a new documentary focuses on Black Barbie dolls, and what they’ve meant to Black girls.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by stand-up comedian and author Josh Gondelman.
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Stories about Sound of Freedom, America's empty church problem, Casey DeSantis' eyebrows, and more.
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The delightful Theater Camp gives overdramatic young people what they’ve always craved, whether or not they deserve it.
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These three women have found their voices, and their distinct perspectives.
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One of the past decade’s worst franchises suddenly looks like they can be good for a while.
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Last December, Gunna reached an Alford plea agreement with the district attorney for a racketeering charge and was released after a year of time served.
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Climate change is real and the forecast is bad.
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How can I help my mom be cool with genderless fashion?
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An estimated 7 million eligible Medicaid clients are about to lose their coverage.
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There’s surely more behind Garland’s change of mind than what his lawyers explained in court on Wednesday.
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Plummeting attendance and deferred maintenance have pushed aging houses of worship to a crisis point.
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The Waves recaps Episode 5 of the Sex and the City sequel’s second season.
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Parenting advice on “favorite” kids, gossiping moms, and being ready for a baby.
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This is the exact point where a legitimate problem and dangerous conspiracy theory meet.
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Sports journalist Jessica Luther joins to talk about the players to watch, and how Title IX made the U.S. women’s team so good.
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You can be against human trafficking and still think this movie sucks.
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Breaking down creative work to understand its inner workings.
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Stories about Jonah Hill, Aileen Cannon, and ... Napoleon Bonaparte?!
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We will soon see if Judge Cannon chooses to fulfill her duty.
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According to Ridley Scott's new biopic, the short king was quite the fiery lover.
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There’s a looming crisis in our education system, and it appears to have infected celebrities’ relatives.
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Video game workers are ditching bosses and middle management for shared ownership and democratic decision making. Is it sustainable?
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The Supreme Court gutted affirmative action, but some colleges still give preferential treatment to the wealthy.
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Our walkways are for running, strolling, dining, delivering, protesting, loitering. It’s time for cities to give them some attention.
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In a Senate hearing, PGA Tour executives explained why they finally gave in.
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In each episode, host Willa Paskin unpacks the history of a cultural question, object, or habit, and tries to figure out why it matters.
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A debate over authenticity shreds another Italian cuisine myth.
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What would it take to help people living on the streets?
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Stories about the fight over student debt relief, Twitter's truth army, the golf deal with the Saudis, and more.
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This week’s floods were yet another wake-up call.
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He had us convinced he was a big Mental Health Guy. I’m, uh, not so sure.
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The news followed the Supreme Court decision allowing a web designer to discriminate against gay couples.
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He built his iconic reputation on “culture.” That culture’s credibility is now shattered.
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Talking about surrogacy laws, revealing painful secrets, and candy cigarettes with guest Leslie Cohen-Rubury.
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Dead Reckoning is deeply silly, vaguely topical—and breathtaking.
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Someone had to break the bad news to Tiger Woods.
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A conversational disagreement over when the past is past.
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Bureaucracies don’t have feelings, but they are made up of humans who do — so find them.
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Congressional Republicans called Watermelon Woman an “outrage” for its lesbian sex scenes. Now it’s considered a landmark.
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The Supreme Court didn't kill student debt relief alone.
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Racism and sexism need to be called out, wherever we see them.
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What I learned when I joined the platform’s truth army.
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Stories about Ron DeSantis leaning into explicit bigotry, Rudy Giuliani facing consequences, Boris Johnson's comeback, and more.
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Around me, people gobbled popcorn and trash can–sized sodas, waiting for a very different kind of movie.
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What follows are some of the most amusing and brutal excerpts from the panel’s ruling against Giuliani.
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“It’s not outside of the realm of possibilities that the Biden administration looked at it as a win-win.”
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Governments are using counterterrorism tactics to hunt down poachers.
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Serious presidential candidates used to stop short of pledging to eradicate growing demographics of Americans. No more.
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School board elections were just the beginning.
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People in this community are hoping to fix their lives. But if they slip up, things can get worse.
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She's convinced she got it from a household object.
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Doctors are worried about having to ration lifesaving drugs. It’s a preventable tragedy.
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These men had a snowball's chance of hell of getting noticed. Then the unthinkable happened.
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My mom thinks my boyfriend is being a “cheapo” and that it’s tacky.
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Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence aren't happy about it.
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The only thing more fun than the rides themselves is this guy’s staggering analysis of them.
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She’s invited to the Met Gala but can’t get anyone to listen to her podcast. What is the truth?
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The Twitter clone brings Mark Zuckerberg’s company a big opportunity—as well as two major risks.
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The exercises will improve your life. They won't make you long and lean.
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His adventures in Ozempic are just the beginning.
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Three experts weigh in on the overlooked but extraordinary moments of this term.
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There’s a lot of uncertainty in the Surge this week, as regards both Chesapeake-region cocaine possession and Eastern European geopolitics.
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Some justices may have been chastened by backlash, but the conservative legal movement’s project to put SCOTUS in the political driving seat continues.
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Zuckerberg and Musk aren’t going to fight, but Threads and Twitter are
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How Reddit’s CEO caused a protest and lost control of his creation
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Stories about the limits of the Second Amendment, unrest in France, Taylor Swift's controversial lyric change, and more.
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For now, this is a private club. What will happen when the app is available to all?
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Parenting advice on godmother choices, family therapy, and “selfish” siblings.
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The Prime Video show adheres to the rules of the murder mystery, if only so it can upend them.
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She altered a terribly misogynistic lyric—and shouldn’t have.
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Talking about redefining cheating with guests Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Youth riots engulfed the country following a brutal police killing. The aftermath is looking bleak.
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There’s a place where you can buy magic mushroom chocolates like they’re craft beer. Is that a good thing?
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Zuck's potential Twitter killer is starting with something BlueSky didn’t: a ready-made userbase.
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Many African Americans are fighting to clean up the water in their communities, with health and economic survival in the balance.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist for The Boston Globe.
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Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to six counts related to the mishandling of classified documents.
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Stories about Threads vs. Twitter, the best seltzer brand out there, and more.
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There is a clear pattern between domestic abuse and broader violence.
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The documentary tells a super sad story. But there are many such cases.
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77 seltzers from 17 different brands. One determined quest.
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Emily Bazelon talks with author Monica Potts about returning home to small-town Arkansas and discovering what happened to her old friend Darci.
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No one writes better dialogue or chronicles American weirdos with more delight.
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It has one killer feature that’s a nightmare for Elon Musk.
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Thousands of women cross the border to flee trauma—but find it follows them.
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Much like many abusive law enforcement surveillance tactics, the police in this case attempted to exploit a pre-internet law that governs most online data.
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Hosts of The Waves recap episode four of the Sex and the City sequel, And Just Like That...
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Even though it’s not a permanent move, she’s still nervous and upset.
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Parenting advice on icy boyfriends, genetic disorders, and a scary mother of the bride.
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The court has assured stalkers that they will not only be able to terrorize with impunity, but with acclaim.
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I don’t even have words for the seasonal flavors.
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The Supreme Court’s broad decision seems to be pre-empting Biden’s Plan B as well.
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What makes a wedding dress modern, and why the traditional white dress still endures.
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Stories about alcohol, Supreme Court infighting, Bill de Blasio's love life, and more.
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Francis Suarez wants to know if any other presidential candidates can knock out an eight-minute mile. (Probably!)
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An accidentally ominous July 4 post from the social media mogul.
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Separations are unknowable, sometimes even to the people undertaking them.
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In policing identity, then, the court has picked winners and losers.
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Chief Justice John Roberts stridently protested the scope and tone of Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent for the court’s three liberal justices.
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Starbucks and Anheuser-Busch are the latest corporate targets of tactics honed by segregationists post–Brown v. Board.
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Nitrogen hypoxia’s on-again, off-again status in Alabama began in 2018 when it became the third state to add it to its menu of execution options.
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The job is a very good one. But something’s off this year.
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A fake American beer owned by Belgians has been displaced by a fake Mexican beer owned by Americans.
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We're all living in White Claw’s world now. But your favorite brewery may not be for long.
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We all want more political options—but how do we get there?
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But is it a fitting end to a legendary franchise?
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There’s “remixing” and then there’s just posting a slightly faster version of the same song.
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Talking about Monday dread, and gun toting therapists with guests Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby.
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Parenting advice on invasive mothers, passive dads, and sport participation.
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The vast majority of deep-sea exploration is nothing like the OceanGate disaster.
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A well-funded movement of centrist zealots is being accused of plotting to elect Trump. That might be giving them too much credit.
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Canada’s wildfires are a complicated problem to fix due to a bunch of factors.
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Stories about unsatisfying presidential candidates, the John Roberts court, and more.
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The story being told is the one Chief Justice John Roberts would probably like to have you tell.
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A big decision last week marked a win for gun rights groups and opponents of mass incarceration alike. It also offered a test for the Supreme Court.
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I tested out the Lumen—and learned what experts think.
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No, dismantling this system won’t be easy. But it would have major benefits.
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Comedian Hari Kondabolu on the joys and challenges of having a kid during the pandemic.
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If we change our voting rules, more parties can play a productive—not destructive—role in American politics.
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A cavalcade of populists, socialists, and segregationists came long before Nader and Perot.
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There's a reason the current presidential candidates challenging Biden and Trump feel so fringey.
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The post-Dobbs public backlash may have slowed this court—but it didn’t turn it moderate.
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Future Tense is thrilled to announce its new editor is journalist, author, and screenwriter Susan Fowler Rigetti.
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When I bottom, I climax, but nothing comes out.
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As our shopping goes virtual, there’s something about these rooms and the magic they create that I’ve found myself longing for.
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He struggles to express his emotions and shows his love through “acts of service.”
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Here's the latest on Jack Smith's special counsel investigation into Trump's potential 2020 election interference.
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“I asked the TSA. They said, ‘it's working great.’ And I said, ‘Do you have the data?’ They said no.”
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At the Dawn to Dusk to Dawn race, it's not about who wins. It's about who survives.
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“The First Amendment was meant for better things.”
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The first movie raided world cinema for treasure. The new one mines a more familiar source.
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A week later, cracks in the system are easier to spot.
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John Roberts tries drawing his greener colleagues away from Alito and Thomas’ enticing pyromania.
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How to Train Your Dragon, Pride & Prejudice and Shoplifters are just a few of the great movies coming to streaming this month.
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Barbie vs. Oppenheimer is the question of the moment
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The Supreme Court’s conservatives return to form.
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The Pointer Sisters were an egalitarian vocal troupe—all the sisters were strong singers, each with her own vocal character.
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Stories about the biggest decisions of the SCOTUS term, and more.
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Here's what the president promised after the Supreme Court struck down his student debt relief plan.
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The key precedent is Yick Wo v. Hopkins, a foundational case for constitutional law as the first Supreme Court case to apply the equal protection clause.
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Join Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern, and more as we break down the cases, the justices, and the bonkersness of this SCOTUS term.
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This long-awaited adaptation is so different it’s almost unrecognizable.
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On Friday, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws.
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These cases aren't so much a loss for big business, but a win for conservative religion.
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The military is looking to immigrants to counter sagging recruitment. But what’s in it for them?
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Talking about getting kicked out of a community with guest Alo Johnston.
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Parenting advice on messy moms, destructive dogs, and family friends.
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I’m done letting the stereotype of the tidy, tasteful homosexual get in the way of my messy, unmanicured joy.
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The prime-time shuffle accomplishes a significant goal for Rupert Murdoch.
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This was the Ketanji Brown Jackson hypothetical at oral argument that caught the public’s attention at the time.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Candice Lim, co-host of Slate’s ICYMI podcast.
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Cheap cancer-treatment drugs are victims of their own success.
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The actress and activist survived family rejection and threats to her life to break barriers from Hollywood to Broadway.
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Flying is chaos right now. No one can agree who’s to blame.
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Stories about the latest Supreme Court ruling, Rudy Giuliani, Tomato Girl Summer, and more.
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Perhaps the most grotesque aspect of the affirmative action opinion lies in its effort to drain the moral and legal force of Brown v. Board of Education.
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Age is just a number for newbie Governor Moore and OG Joe Biden
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If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that some of the justices on the current Supreme Court really don’t live under the same sky as everyone else.
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Other sites mitigate review bombing. Why doesn’t this one?
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Obstructive sleep apnea is surprisingly common.
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Canada’s attempt to save journalism may end up crushing it instead.
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These qualifications make the chief justice’s otherwise thunderous opinion rather puzzling.
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Clarence Thomas came of age as practices like affirmative action went into effect.
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Proffer sessions involving a prospective defendant do not occur out of the blue.
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Hosts of The Waves recap Season 2, Episode 3 of the Sex and the City sequel.
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“It’s okay to be petty, just don’t make it public!”
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Parenting advice on trust funds, elder care, and constant photo requests.
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A conversation about murder, justice, and the human desire for a story that makes sense of it all.
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Another path to citizenship has become mired and murky.
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Author Kelly Link discusses the gendered nature of telling stories and the personal side of fairy tales.
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Stories about "fairness" in sports, Kevin McCarthy's apology tour, and more.
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He has enjoyed his status as a pickled Republican outsider, and he's going out with a bang.
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We've entered our Grimace era, and I sincerely hope that it never ends.
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a decision that struck fear in the hearts of every corporate lawyer in the land.
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The Wagner rebellion will have reverberations outside Russia.
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Mostly, you should know that this happens from time to time.
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Moving them from point A to point B is a weighty matter.
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An expert on what the insurrection’s leader can expect out of Moscow.
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I’ve tried to distance myself from him for years—now what?
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A year after the end of Roe, Democratic leadership has not figured out how to lead the way on abortion rights.
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Like too many others, Lance Armstrong has this conversation all wrong.
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The mercurial Democrat is a falconer, bodybuilder, and influential anti-vaxxer.
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We hear from listeners who found love in Minecraft rose gardens and Craigslist missed connections.
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The court’s rejection of the independent state legislature theory is incredibly relevant to the former president’s legal trouble.
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John Roberts' opinion could spell big trouble for Trump in the Jan. 6 investigation.
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Stories about Moore v. Harper, RFK Jr.'s vaccine conspiracy theories, how abortion will affect the 2024 election, and more.
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The decision may still have a chilling effect on protected speech opposing unjust laws and policies, even as advocates celebrate the partial win.
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Kavanaugh and Barrett may be learning to love the chief justice's approach.
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Talking about detransition etiquette and revealing crushes with guest Alo Johnston.
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The FTC is taking Amazon Prime to court. An even bigger case is looming.
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What Chief Justice John Roberts left unresolved in his majority opinion is going to be hanging out there.
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Applying for a job while homeless is excruciatingly difficult. It shouldn’t have to be.
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Creating the perfect balance between the self, relationships, work, and home.
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They're going to need better strategies than this.
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Republicans control the House of Representatives by a thin majority, giving the party’s extremists an outsized voice
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The “battle of the sexes” is a lot more complicated than you think.
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Stories about the Wagner Group, the liberal who doomed Roe v. Wade, the new Indiana Jones movie, and more.
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The yoked Kennedy outcast has started making fitness a crucial vector of his appeal.
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Cast in light of a recent ruling, the justice's self-serving duplicity looks even worse.
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What Gorsuch’s opinion doesn’t acknowledge is that for many Black families, families of color, and poor families, the disaster continues today.
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The billionaire stands to gain something specific.
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157 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000. Their work often dies with them.
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The latest chapter may not be necessary, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a blast.
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There are good reasons to consider the role of mental illness in the disease. It’s still hard to discuss.
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Let's see how this affects the crowded and competitive California senate race.
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After a 36 hour coup attempt, Vladimir Putin's presidency is at a crossroads.
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His legacy matters enormously for how we consider the future of the Constitution.
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Your job is at a university library, and Ron DeSantis happens. Now what?
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Congress has 36 committees. There’s a big hole in that list.
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A month before he proposed to me, he confessed he still had feelings for one of them.
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“I stand really strongly behind that concept of tap being both magic and music.”
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I tried to do it with her, but she seemed unenthused. Now I'm experimenting alone.
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In my apartment building, I'd like to think that people are mostly good. Turns out I'm the one who wasn't.
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Heat waves are getting harder to survive. Governments don’t seem to care.
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When Louisiana's controversial Act 440 stopped her from watching porn with her husband, Elizabeth Henson decided to step up.
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Millions use the drug Ozempic to lose weight. But some say it “quiets their brain.”
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Even if Yevgeny Prigozhin does turn the Wagner Group forces around, that doesn’t mean this clash is over.
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This mystery-box series is strange, confusing, and messy—which is exactly why fans are hooked.
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American politics would be drastically improved if there were more babies around.
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A novelist responds to Jeff Hewitt’s “The Big Four v. ORWELL.”
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Read a new short story about a copyright lawsuit against a prolific A.I. author.
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Its century-long growth into a worldwide cultural phenomenon is rooted in two often overlooked factors: demographics and timing.
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The absurd fight between Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene really sums up the week.
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I’m a Virgo deconstructs the race and class lines at the heart of the “big Black man.”
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The Titanic-bound missing vessel that gripped the world and ended in tragedy.
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Now that players can make money… have college sports changed?
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In the June episode of Future Tense Fiction, Matt Bell discusses his short story “Empathy Hour.”
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The star plays a 32-year-old who’s paid to seduce a teenager and “date his brains out.” Does it go all the way—or attempt the pullout method?
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Stories about Trump's foreign policy bluster, the Supreme Court justices' billionaire buddies, the return of The Bear, and more.
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While Kavanaugh insisted his holding was “narrow,” its reasoning should prove fatal to red state lawsuits that rely on the same theories shot down here.
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From John Mulaney to Jamie Lee Curtis, Season 2 is a real who’s who of famous people.
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Pylos must be placed in a global context where anti-migrant policies from Europe to the U.S. result in inevitable tragedies repeating themselves.
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The Waves recaps Episodes 1 and 2 of the Sex and the City sequel’s second season.
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Even his supporters should be fed up with this.
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One year post-Roe, the organization is facing an uncertain future.
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"Is he weaponizing his care and my vulnerability against me?”
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The court is likely to accept a Second Amendment case for review soon, perhaps as early as this month.
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Parenting advice on moving away from your grandkids, navigating jealousy, and how to tell your partner you don't want her daughter to move in.
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In the new war on gay and trans people, the outcome is already clear.
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We should all beware presidential candidates who bear “secret plans” to solve some hideous crisis that the incumbent has somehow been unable to handle.
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How hard is it to cancel Amazon Prime? So hard the government’s suing over it.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Alisha Wainwright, actor and host of the new podcast series, When Science Finds A Way.
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This LGBTQ Pride month, author George M. Johnson talks about fighting conservative activists, and why they don’t believe in “coming out.”
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Stories about RFK Jr.'s most head-scratching claims, what happened to the OceanGate submersible, the latest House drama, and more.
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Steve Huffman co-created Reddit. Is he trying to quash what's made it so special?
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Calling this an ethics scandal misses the point.
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The Hulu/FX hit outgrows its main character—and improves because of it.
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Two unavoidable questions follow any publicized safety disaster: How did we get here? What can be done?
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Children are perceptive when a parent doesn’t feel good… but do they need to know the cause?
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As a result of this opinion, people with illegal convictions and sentences—people who are legally innocent—will be stuck in prison for no good reason.
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After the manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue was arrested last week, we had some questions.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene called Lauren Boebert a “little bitch” on the floor. Here’s what it says about the Way Washington Works Now.
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A wage hike in New York City isn’t the apocalyptic event that these services claim.
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The power—and major yikes—of a fringe separatist movement that wanted to take over the world, one chromosome at a time.
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The 2024 candidate sure is a man of, um, “ideas.”
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How the nation has fared without abortion protections since the 2022 Dobbs decision, and what happens next.
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What does the future of abortion - and the future of the nation’s largest abortion provider - look like one year post-Roe?
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Stories about how Trump is changing what it means to be "conservative," Ron DeSantis' shady campaign finance activities, bike tickets, and more.
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A new ethics scandal involving another GOP megadonor could deepen an emerging divide on the Supreme Court.
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Upgrading to private jet travel is in the public interest.
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Each needs something from the other. No wonder they’re both smiling.
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The 1991 confirmation hearings could have played out very differently.
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Reddit and Redditors want different things. Can they still play on the same team?
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The comments meant something different all this time.
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The leader of the Republican primary is running to the left of his competitors. Sometimes. Sort of.
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I have to believe that someday soon the revolution will be at hand, and we’ll collectively reach a higher consciousness.
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It’s been a long time since most Americans shared a values system. Maybe it’s time to accept that.
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Texas is hardening schools instead of passing gun control laws. But what do these officers actually do?
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As the rich flee New York City for the summer, so do their content-making chefs.
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In a highly unusual op-ed, the justice purported to rebut an investigation that hadn't been published yet.
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The vaccine conspiracy theorist with a famous name flatters his admirers’ grievances. But that’s not all he offers.
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The Golden Knights, the Aces, and the Raiders are here. Are the A’s next?
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The Bernie Sanders supporter and pro-gun advocate has never been easily pigeonholed.
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A “thaw” in U.S.-China relations has begun and is likely to evolve over the next several months.
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An interview with the former New Yorker fiction editor about how things worked in the Tina Brown era.
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The younger Biden's impending convictions have triggered calls for EVEN MORE Biden prosecutions.
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"I want to support her without making her feel judged. Is that possible?"
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If judges are going to use history as their guide, they should probably try to get the history right.
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If you believe that the role of a novel is to instruct readers on correct moral positions, then Trial is a masterpiece.
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Especially when we allegedly murder our husbands.
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From the justices who have been handing down moderate decisions to the Republicans getting fed up with Trump, maybe there’s a limit.
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We have sex, we fight back, and we have sex even louder.
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A sort of tenuous harmony was once possible for queer people in places like this. But the future looks grim.
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The real emotions ruling America’s anti-queer “state of emergency.”
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It’s a real shame we didn’t do this when it mattered — but now, there are more pressing issues at hand.
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How an ultraconservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention is cracking down on “liberal drift.”
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Privately, some Democrats are praying Trump pulls off the nomination.
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In North Carolina prisons, a private company charges for every minute we want to send or receive messages. Every dollar isolates us more.
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A U.N. treaty to reduce plastic pollution could be a game changer for the environment. Activists who collect plastic for a living want it to be fair.
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Cases like these point to a concerning pattern in rates of arrest following cases of allegedly “self-defensive” gun violence.
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A Post-it note on the microwave. A 1,000-word diatribe on the printer. When will it end?
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Edwards has been afforded this opportunity by 51 of Louisiana’s 57 death row inmates who, last week, filed requests for clemency.
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I can’t believe what he’s asking, especially now.
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Somewhere between the Tomato Feta Soup and the Mango Jicama Slaw, there's a steamy scene unfolding.
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Why the story of the first president’s family will always fascinate me.
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The Flash’s big surprises show how the meaning of fan service has shifted.
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How not eating animal products could save the world, from author and activist Peter Singer and his book Animal Liberation Now.
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Artist Taliah Lempert explains why her life’s work focuses primarily on one subject.
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Just two guys watching the Proud Boys have their day in court.
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The right may have a tougher time making a boogeyman of Alex Soros.
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A silly, but fitting, twist on the long-standing tradition of adult actors playing high schoolers.
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First it was a meme. Then it's what men started saying when words failed them.
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Before cellphones and the internet, our after-work lives were so rich and productive that you'd barely believe it.
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There won’t be another movie-ticket bonanza. Will there be a company that doesn’t explode?
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I think I stayed in pandemic isolation mode a little too long.
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An opinion so extreme they even lost Brett Kavanaugh
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For endurance athletes, there can be a fine line.
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Why are his movies so artificial? And so deadpan? Asteroid City gives an answer.
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Whatever befalls him, one man is the sun, and all others are just a bunch of stupid planets.
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What if literally anything else worked as smoothly as the re-acquisition of national security documents by the Deep State?
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How an early YouTube icon came under fire for inappropriate behavior with fans.
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Slate Money talks about the decline in global economic inequality, tacky beach pictures, and what happened to the Instant Pot.
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Author Peter Singer brings climate change and animal rights activism into a new era.
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I'm not trying to answer emails from a beach in Fiji.
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In the end, Daniel Ellsberg’s leak had more dramatic consequences than he’d envisioned.
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This accident of timing is one reason why Judge Aileen Cannon is now overseeing Trump's prosecution.
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The stretch of I-95 in Philadelphia isn’t the first major road to crumple.
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El Paso, 1996. A deer jawbone and the Victoria’s Secret catalogue. Now I can hardly believe I did it.
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They “desperately want to stay,” but the red state’s government isn’t making it easy for this rabbi’s trans son.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The many disappointments of seeing Elemental begin before the movie even starts.
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The story of “Hass Cash"—and how American Muslims are getting swept into the GOP's Pride wars.
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GOP hardliners’ latest blockade ended for a reason.
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A decent mobile app could’ve made this all go down easier.
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After Pittsburgh police shot him, Leon Ford wanted to kill cops. He chose to work with them instead.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Ophira Eisenberg, host of comedy podcast Parenting Is A Joke.
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June 15: In the face of outrage from right-wing influencers, corporate gestures toward Pride month have been receding this June. What does that tell us?
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Gorsuch concludes that if we had only stuck with the “the Constitution’s original design,” we could have avoided these horrors.
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American and Iranian diplomats are talking again about Tehran’s nuclear program and Washington’s economic sanctions.
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Endorsement of indigenous rights or a rebuke of Justices Thomas and Alito?
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Judge Aileen Cannon has a second chance to get it right
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Six years after launching, the team is a winner and a local cultural phenomenon.
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If there was anything for Democrats to learn from the averted “red wave” last year, it’s that you win debates—and elections—by setting the terms.
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Rainbow-washed corporations are fair-weather allies. But that’s not the real lesson of Target, Starbucks, and others caving to hate this year.
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The dissents from Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are disgraceful.
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“Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle,” their rescuers radioed after they were found alive.
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On the other hand, there's a long and loud history of adding fake car noises.
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Parenting advice on babysitting bans, name changes, and overwhelming anxiety.
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What to expect from Trump’s prosecutors and from his defense attorneys in Florida.
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The Supreme Court will probably ban race-conscious admissions policies this month. Once upon a time, I would have cheered.
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The way he sees it, Judaism has included trans people for hundreds of years.
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Author Kate Clancy’s new book Period explores the science and culture around menstruation.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 14: Judge dread, nerds in love, and Biden's Homeland Security spying on Copy City activists.
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The disastrous Elemental fails in ways no Pixar movie ever has before.
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Even 60-something icons aren’t immune to online drama.
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The Other Two perfectly skewers pop culture and the entertainment industry.
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The competition to become the next Republican-appointed justice to the Supreme Court is happening out in the open.
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Brands should focus less on exploiting emotion and more on spreading impact.
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He's Michael Jordan's son. She’s Scottie Pippen’s ex-wife. What could go wrong?
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Outside the Miami courthouse, everything was live-streamed and Ron DeSantis was a traitor.
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In his deceptively cartoonish new movie, the meticulous auteur gets existential.
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Thomas’ ex-girlfriend and a former special assistant share what he was like in the 1980s.
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How Nick Cannon’s protege Matt Rife sold out a world tour
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What does it take to break away from the way you were raised?
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Krista Burton and Naomi Gordon-Loebl visited all the U.S. dyke bars.
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Trying a case in Miami about the tippity-top, top-secret stuff in those boxes is going to be challenging.
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His indictment does not appear to be causing immediate damage to his presidential campaign.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 13: Saudi golf scrutiny, SCOTUS scrutiny, POTUS scrutiny... Just so much scrutiny. Also: Getting Megyn Kelly'd.
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Something has changed, and it’s not the author.
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America is once again divided about what could happen next.
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Talking about racist HR departments and surgical interventions with guests Emma Gray and Claire Fallon.
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What a beautiful web of democracy we weave, in this American experiment.
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It’s a humanitarian crisis. It’s an energy emergency. And it might be Ukraine’s “worst ecological disaster since Chernobyl.”
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A surreal week became a déjà-vu decade in pop culture.
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It was a coordinated effort with deep roots and deeper goals.
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Parenting advice on fleeing Florida, expensive birthdays, and mother names.
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The Trump indictment relies on a key part of the Espionage Act.
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This is an even bigger deal than the Stormy Daniels case in New York.
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How Ali Hazelwood’s STEM romance novels took off.
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The Trump-appointed judge will have a lot of control here—starting with whether to recuse herself.
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There’s the bad racism, and then there’s the stuff we all do without talking about it.
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Women have completely taken over a key concertgoing experience.
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“We have the power to subpoena; I see no reason why we wouldn’t use it if they just stonewall us.”
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The Slatest news and politics for June 12: The VRA isn't out of the woods yet, Camelot v. Kennedy, and Trump boasting to random laypeople (episode 912).
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The Idol remains a disaster, but there are glimpses of what could have been.
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Conservatives finally have their own Jerry Seinfeld. It isn’t good.
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The FDA has made warning labels. Tobacco giants are suing.
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The full-scale luxurification of the leisure industry is underway.
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Congress has the authority to pass enforcement legislation to push back on Supreme Court rulings that whittle away bedrock fundamental rights.
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Online friends are still friends. But are they enough?
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Ultimately, Judge Cannon should do the ethical thing and recuse herself. If she chooses not to, she should be removed.
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Where Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands on these questions are hard to see.
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Critical parts of the indictment are based upon Corcoran’s audio recordings.
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How can colleges address racial disparities if they have to ignore race?
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Can I really call myself bi if I've never been with a woman?
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The nationalist government’s repressive tactics failed in the face of a protest movement that wouldn’t tap out.
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My daughter told her friend: “I’m with you to the end.”
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This week’s quiz pairs nicely with alphabet soup.
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The political dynasty's least favorite relative has begun his campaign to destroy the family name.
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The innate Australian dismissiveness at the center of Hannah Gadsby’s work.
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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Celine Song’s acclaimed debut movie is about two Korean-born friends who reconnect as adults. It’s personal for John Magaro, even if it’s not about him.
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The Vision Pro shows that Meta was on to something. Will that help it?
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His compulsion to show off is now part of criminal charges against him.
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The show, much like it’s participants, can’t commit.
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Slate Money talks about what happens with crypto after the SEC lawsuits
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It’s looking like a hot indictment summer for the former president
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The Slatest news and politics for June 9: The lie that gave us spicy Cheetos, Ted Bundy's neighbor, and documents. So many CLASSIFIED documents.
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The former president is in grave legal jeopardy. These are major crimes that carry life-ruining penalties.
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He is believed to be the first former U.S. president accused of such a crime.
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The former president is in very deep trouble, and it's completely self-inflicted.
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Parenting advice on accidental discoveries, lonely kids, and staying child-free.
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This is excellent news for Trump and exceedingly bad news for Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges. But his primary opponents won’t make hay of it.
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“Kids understand a lot more than adults think, but what they don't understand yet is the hatred and the judgment of a lot of these bills.”
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The Supreme Court turned down a request to blow up Medicaid in a 7–2 decision by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, surely her most important opinion to date.
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Nvidia is the first big winner of the A.I. gold rush.
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At a time when the world is afire with environmental crises, the Supreme Court is serving corporate interests by shutting off the fire hydrants.
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Talking about good intentions with hurtful results with guest Laura Cathcart Robbins.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The tale of the Mexican American janitor who invented the spicy snack has been thoroughly debunked. The movie still finds some truth.
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The seeds of today’s true-crime boom were sown 50 years ago, when a writer befriended the stranger beside her.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Shan Boodram, host of Lovers and Friends.
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Crypto companies claim to welcome regulation—and the SEC is calling their bluff.
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Creatives of color are battling studios and a Hollywood hierarchy where they’re frequently stuck at the bottom.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 8: A truly shocking SCOTUS surprise, a CEO from nowhere, and physics? Nah.
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These fun supporting characters cannot redeem The Idol. But boy, are they trying.
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The show may be over, but a growing group of Diamond Dogs is committed to living by its ethos forever.
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New technology makes it possible to find VRA districts that might have been hard to identify in the past.
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An Alabama voting rights case provides cover for the high court’s frayed legitimacy.
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There is a story we’ve been telling about Roberts. It's wrong.
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Don’t expect any rapid blowouts of Russia’s defensive lines—at least, not yet.
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You might not be isolated from other people—but they’re isolated from you.
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If they’re judgy about your home, they’re probably not your friends anyway.
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What to know if your child was exposed to the pollutants.
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It is difficult to overstate the impact of Milligan on voting rights law.
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The peace of a freshly snow-covered landscape, twinkling in the moonlight.
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He touted the “virus buster” badge alongside a convicted racketeer. Then there’s the Elon Musk–imposter scandal.
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The water itself can flow back and forth, whether the justices see it with their eyes or not.
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Parenting advice on unknown whereabouts, inappropriate chores, and unsympathetic in-laws.
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I’m tired of aiding and abetting her deception.
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How shifting our mode of thinking can safeguard us.
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Author Amy Key’s new book Arrangements in Blue explores a life without romantic love, but with a lot of Joni Mitchell.
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The vague bill could become a blueprint for other states looking to ban drag.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 7: It's Christie time, baby! Plus, being condescending to our country cousins, the Royal circus, and Comey's book.
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He saw an audience that hated the network. And he went for them.
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Advice from Slate's columnists on relationships, money, sex, and parenting.
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And this time they’ve taken gas stoves hostage.
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The poor air quality stems from more than 150 wildfires burning in Canada.
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Will progressive judges ever find use for the Supreme Court’s recently expanded and disastrous interpretation of the Second Amendment?
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This awful season has broken new ground on and off the field.
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Even “Scandoval” can’t save Bravo from its existential problem.
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There’s been a bunch of reporting about his investigations lately. Here’s what we know so far.
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"We now have a court that has been captured by a faction of a faction."
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Later this month, the Supreme Court will issue its decision on whether the Biden administration’s student debt relief program can go forward.
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A new book tries to bring town and country together—again.
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Practical and emotional tips for the apocalypse.
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Parenting advice about overly expressive mother-in-laws, inspiring children to overcome disabilities, and how to handle kids' lying phase.
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How race-based admissions shaped the future Supreme Court justice.
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There's at least one good reason for him to run for president.
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One torched its progressive reputation when workers tried to unionize. The other chilled.
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With Donald Trump facing multiplying criminal inquiries, he is resorting with even more desperation to his favorite court maneuver—delay.
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Spider-Man’s latest is string-theorized, world-building IP with a human heart.
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The case for domestic partnerships, civil unions, and domestic beneficiary agreements.
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A timeline of Taylor Swift's short-lived romance with Matty Healy explained and a Twitter meltdown over babies on a plane.
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Putin’s not exactly known for taking criticism well.
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There’s a reason this hasn’t happened since 1891.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 6: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the people who love working out while tipsy, and the city budget crisis.
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The feds sued Coinbase and Binance. It could tame the entire industry.
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Getting married to LIV Golf is just business—and a betrayal.
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Talking about trashy texts, the mirror technique, and a deep dive into STASH: My Live In Hiding with guest Laura Cathcart Robbins.
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These guys don’t play their best on clay, but they could go further.
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There’s more going on in this Pride Month fight than it may seem.
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Parenting advice on dangerous dogs, babysitting for free, and becoming “popular.”
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We've been engaging in an age-old art and science forever. We just hadn't named it.
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The former VP has an immense capacity for self-delusion.
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Can the federal government fix a local, nationwide problem?
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LGBT+ Pride doesn’t need to be palatable for the general public — and it might actually be better if it wasn’t.
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Shocker: There appear to have been shenanigans at the world’s largest crypto exchange.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 5: The future actors fear is now, Biden's debt on the debt ceiling, and the case to leave Lasso alone.
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New York lawmakers are trying to ban invasive geofence warrants. Utah and Missouri are following their lead.
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Fans want the singer held “accountable” for her dating choices. What does that even mean?
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NBC news reported on Saturday that the D.C. grand jury investigating the classified documents case is scheduled to meet again this week.
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Nora Carleton, the ostensible hero of the book, is a single mother struggling to juggle her work and personal life.
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Muslims are still treated as a security threat and denied basic religious rights in prisons across the country.
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By all accounts, the company’s new VR headset is bulky, imperfect, and not an obvious game changer. What gives?
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The Daily Dad on “parenting, love, and raising great kids.”
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With a Gin and Tonic down the hatch, I can pump iron like no one's freakin' business.
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Do work requirements help assistance recipients? The workforce? The programs?
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Here’s what the tech that Hollywood actors are scared of can really do.
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Cancer made me scared—and, I imagine, annoying to be around.
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It's the greatest sports story you've never heard.
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We discovered awhile back how much we have in common.
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Because writing shouldn’t be a “cross to bear.”
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My work as a psychologist has brought me specific insight into the problem faced by “co-victims.”
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Hopefully this quiz won’t leave you thunderstruck.
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Did Nvidia win the A.I. race or is it riding a bubble?
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Let's just say only some of us would know why we were there.
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It's way better than the basic American flag pin.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemned the 8–1 decision subverting workers’ right to strike.
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Parenting advice on favorite parents, heavy-drinking friends, and toxic sisters.
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The show’s latter half wasn’t nearly as fun or amusing—and that’s the point.
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“Cycle syncing” proponents are onto something—but maybe not what you’d think.
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The debt ceiling deal didn’t net many winners—but the speaker surely feels like one.
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Chief John Roberts’ opinion on voting rights and Justice Samuel Alito’s overturning of Roe v Wade are fundamental to regulating trans lives.
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Streaming could pose an existential threat to content makers
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How Jack Corbett amassed a loyal–and thirsty–following.
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The new Spider-Man is IP Cinema’s first great movie—with one asterisk.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 2: Senator Scott's purity ring, never trusting something written on a napkin, and being paid to bike to work.
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What kind of fish is Flounder? Where exactly does this movie take place? And should Ariel really be flopping around in those jellyfish?
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“If you can’t get your name right, how can you lead a country?”
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Prizes can be lifesavers for writers in need—and they also show us who gets to be a writer in the first place.
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Imagine if everyone had the short fuse of a cranky 8-year-old.
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Those arguing for Ukraine’s instant admission to NATO are looking for easy, legalistic solutions to a hard political and military challenge.
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I think her long-distance partner needs to know about this.
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“For me to go in there and only have two minutes to talk about my life story, my feelings, it's just not enough.”
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He bikes to the Capitol. He wants the feds to pay you to bike to work too.
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Talking about roommates who are also tenants with guests Kaitlynn Bartley and Nicole Fusco.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Do not believe what you read on that in-flight cocktail napkin.
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The senator no longer says he’s abstinent. But his rhetoric about sex still might do it for evangelical voters.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the co-hosts of Stitcher’s Vibe Check, Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford.
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House Democrats and Republicans combined forces
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As Martin Luther King Jr. bled to death, Marrell McCollough was at his side, trying to save him. McCollough was a police spy.
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Having the awkward talk with your parents—about what they’ve posted from your life.
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The Slatest news and politics for June 1: Cop city chaos, Tump's bozo complex, and a new way to cover the Supreme Court.
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Women aren’t the only ones who face fertility issues.
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These people will not stop pushing until they learn every gory detail!
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“The Boogeyman” is just one of the short stories in the 1978 collection that cemented Stephen King’s status as the master of horror.
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Avoiding friends isn't going to fix an awkward situation.
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In what is a first in recent memory, prosecutors are openly charging people with felonies simply for being organizers within a bail collective.
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This week’s ruling, together with the court’s decision last March, gives some teeth to the limited right the court identified.
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“We don’t often talk about publicity being a drag.”
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Elise Hu’s book Flawless digs into all the ways beauty takes work, and why it’s so white-centered.
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Everybody Hates Chris, Avatar: The Way of Water, One Hour Photo, and To Leslie are just a few of the great titles coming to streaming this month.
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A woman who does not make wedding websites is suing for her right to make wedding websites only for straight couples.
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If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.
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The court is likely going to end affirmative action, but nothing in either affirmative action case is firmly about … affirmative action.
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It isn’t always easy to determine which Supreme Court opinions will have the largest impact in the long run.
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Tragically, Rehnquist's thinking on the 14th Amendment currently infects the conservative super-majority of the Supreme Court.
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The Slatest news and politics for May 31: An interview from the house owned by Harlan Crow, the debt ceiling deal's mixed bag, and the magic eraser.
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Progressives are offended. Hardliners are appalled. Who's right to be mad?
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Parenting advice on bad manners, travel drama, and being “shunned.”
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The debt ceiling fight has seen a sudden outbreak of reasonable Republican behavior.
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Regret has an odd, almost grotesque place in the world of the death penalty.
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These measures will make immigrants susceptible to hate crimes and abuse.
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Mexican engineers are betting on an electrical vehicle transformation—but they have a big question.
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A former justice has some thoughts on the current court.
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Listen to Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas wherever you get your podcasts.
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C.M. Lucca made few public appearances after the 2005 publication of Biography of X. One has just been unearthed.
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What the diocese reports can and can’t tell you.
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Dissecting the “apex predator of peak TV” one last time.
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More from Slow Burn’s interview with Diane Brady, the author of Fraternity, which tells the story of Clarence Thomas’ college years.
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The making of one of America’s most powerful people.
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How an Obama-era publishing trend led to it’s own book genre.
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Why worry about “legitimacy” if no one holds you accountable?
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The bottom line: The president’s forgiveness plan is still on the table.
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Fans think the show’s ending was foreshadowed by Tom Wambsgans’ name. Here’s the real story.
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David Folkenflik joins to discuss the series finale of Succession.
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The characters stay the same, while the show’s universe undergoes a gradual and total transformation.
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The Roy siblings may have failed, but succeeding would have been far worse.
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You can easily cut out random strangers with a click, but you're losing something amazing in the process.
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Once their rigorous training ends, the drivers hit the road in pairs of two. That's when things get horny.
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There’s no perfection in their art—only degrees of graceful failure.
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If you've ever gotten a romantic letter or poem, there's a chance it was written by a secret professional.
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“There are so many characters within the character.”
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We hope this quiz won’t leave you feeling crabby.
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From a charismatic fascist to the mother of all mommy issues
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There’s “remixing” and then there’s just posting a slightly faster version of the same song.
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A combination of legalization and generational boomeranging is turning your mom into a marijuana maven.
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An expert in computing responds to Tara Isabella Burton’s “I Know Thy Works.”
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Read a new short story by Tara Isabella Burton about a dinner party, an accident, and the slipperiness of ethics.
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His pitch to make the rest of the country Florida boils down to a power grab.
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Justices deserve the same scrutiny as other public figures.
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In the May episode of Future Tense Fiction, Justina Ireland discusses her short story “Collateral Damage.”
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Slate Money talks Pride merch outrage, Nvidia, and the German recession.
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The first season ended on a thrilling cliffhanger. The second ends with a thud.
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To trace the roots of ’90s Britpop, you have to go back decades, to such ’70s and ’80s acts as Madness, the Specials, and even Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
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The Slatest news and politics for May 26: Empty office buildings means more bad news for downtowns, Elon 'n' Ron, and the myth of the beer belly.
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Needlessly insulting those whose hands are tightening around your neck does not help.
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In the year since the shooting, they haven’t let up on the Republican legislature.
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Talking about looking out for your brother with guest Ben Miller.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The only good Harry Potter spinoff is a very unauthorized wizard story.
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Office buildings are emptying, but rents won’t budge. Debt is mounting. What will give?
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Many of the founders of the nation’s oldest and most prominent universities were slave owners. That history is still being discovered.
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Building on wetlands is what the framers wanted.
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As a former ad exec, Linda Yaccarino both fits and breaks the mold.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Kelsey McKinney, host of Normal Gossip.
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The Slatest news and politics for May 25: Too extreme, even for Justice Kavanaugh. Plus, orcas sinking boats.
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He can’t support Biden. He can’t back Trump. And he definitely can’t help himself.
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In a sea of media mega-millionaires, one man has managed to make himself the center of every outrage.
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Turns out you can wear a belt as a miniskirt and still make your 3 percent realtor's commission!
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You Hurt My Feelings mines hard-earned laughs from a serious subject.
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Losing teeth is a rite of passage; does the tooth fairy need to be, too?
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The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the nation’s wetlands by rewriting a statute the court does not like to mean something it does not mean.
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There are a few things the U.S. can do to lessen the likelihood of war.
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Inside one nation’s push to capitalize on beauty procedures.
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Meet the Beaver Leavers. (They call themselves something else.)
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Another Republican presidential hopeful throws his hat in the ring.
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Author Jena Friedman talks about her new book Not Funny and struggling with being likable.
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The Slatest news and politics for May 24: Harlan Crow's lawyers declare he says what the law is, and how the how the legal press corps can do June better.
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Metaphor alert!!! (They eventually got things figured out.)
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It's fine that she doesn't think Feinstein should resign, but her reasoning is alarmingly flawed.
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The NCAA and the pro sports league are on dangerous ground.
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Balto was the Elizabeth Holmes (of dogs) of his day.
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Of all the insulting things to come out of the past few weeks, this is perhaps the most insulting.
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Let's just say the view from London's Irish pubs was a strange one.
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The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders are going away. Their bigger plan isn’t.
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Through spending, I hoped I’d find a way to like myself more. Be more confident. Be someone people wanted to spend time with.
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It’s a motley crew. And we’re still waiting on DeSantis.
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Patients are feeling abandoned, for good reason.
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To understand Clarence Thomas' possible future, we looked to the past.
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Two Succession Directors Join Slate Money to Break Down the Episode
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A new Republican majority on the state Supreme Court is making its preferences known.
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Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel, Romantic Comedy, explores what makes a relationship "unlikely."
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How Elon Musk broke “the Ratio”—and the ideological point-scoring it symbolized.
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He’s faced thousands of legal actions in federal and state courts.
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The metaverse is still waiting for legs, users.
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How the Danish actor transformed her body to better play a role.
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For some, it was “a bag of cans." For others, it was the only way they know how to feel British.
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The show’s cannibal timeline can feel far-fetched, but not this week.
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Is Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as hot as the Netflix hit’s first two seasons? A thorough analysis.
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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He's made a career of being the underdog. What happens when he’s atop the whole business?
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Get ready for a major transfer of power from the executive branch to the judiciary.
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Another bank failed, but this one was different from the others.
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How TikTok and $20 smoothies helped Erewhon wield influence far beyond Los Angeles.
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Sittenfeld’s new novel asks if ordinary women really can date superstars.
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Lottie’s cult on Yellowjackets is all too real.
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Celebrity fauxmances are as old as celebrities themselves.
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Julia Quinn wants everyone to have a happy ending.
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Service members are not taught that choking a civilian to death is OK.
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The slightly creepy king who talks to trees and spent his life waiting.
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Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul don't seem that serious about fixing the underlying issues.
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Talking about disappearing college friends with guest Dr. Orna Guralnik.
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“God bless J. Lo and whatever she’s getting over there.”
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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It’s a ludicrous premise, if you think about it.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host Aisha Harris on this week’s episode.
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The new movie “Chevalier” rediscovers Black violinist and composer Joseph Bologne, and gives star Kelvin Harrison Jr. his latest chance to shine.
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Companies invested $19 billion in streaming last year. The WGA’s proposals are estimated to cost $400 million.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns the x-date to raise the debt ceiling is June 1.
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It might remain a mystery, but let’s review all the theories.
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Streaming has given companies a strange upper hand over creators.
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The weirdest NBA megastar career keeps getting weirder.
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A deeply funny children’s book tries to explain the new monarch to kids.
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Marcus Silva tried to take control. It backfired spectacularly.
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I want my students to understand that generative A.I. is a tool—and they have power in deciding how to use it.
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The series has always treated history as an inspiration, not a guide. The prequel is no exception.
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A well-intentioned move may be undermining the entire project of public transit.
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How to change the conversation around food, fatness, and diet culture.
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Gone are the trauma and the “lecturing.” That doesn’t mean it doesn’t maintain some of their other signatures.
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Can we do better by our kids when we’re still working on our own internalized fatphobia? Author Virginia Sole-Smith explores in her new book.
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Embrace the creative community that is interested in the things you share.
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Show us this basic bodily function, you Hollywood cowards.
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Democrats in the state are on a roll. But far-right extremism is spreading in a grassroots way.
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We’ve warped how we live to accommodate our cars. And yet.
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Not all the justices’ ethics violations are the same.
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There’s nothing “originalist” about having no rules about who can have a gun.
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And other economic questions plaguing that $15 billion industry.
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We have paved an ungodly amount of land to park our cars, so why does it seem like it’s never enough?
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He has previously been willing to do what he seems unwilling to even consider for Thomas.
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Talking about consensual kissing and protecting nephews with Dr. Orna Guralnik.
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Tim Mak left NPR, but he’s not leaving Ukraine.
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I was lost before my college buddies started sending me memes and affirmations all day. Now I'm finally starting to feel OK.
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The author’s civil suit against Donald Trump is about more than just one day in the 90s.
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Gender-exploratory therapy sounds positive. Here’s what it’s really about.
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There's a wild history at the heart of their vicious fight.
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Without American boots on the ground, Iraq might look a lot more like Syria.
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A public service announcement for sensitive Marvel fans.
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The noted anti-vaxxer is getting significant support. But it's not all that it seems.
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The NHL Playoffs are especially cruel about pulling up drawbridges on the best teams.
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The mean old autocrat might be a stabilizing force.
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I interviewed people about their most traumatic experiences. But I couldn’t give them the care they needed.
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Weather apps are infuriating. There’s a clear reason why.
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The feds took over the troubled bank and sold it to JPMorgan Chase.
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You don’t have to collapse your whole life into suffering to be heard.
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Broker, All American, Parasite, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall are just a few of the great movies coming to streaming this month.
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What we learned from the military documents leak.
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How the Oscar winner went from the hottest thing in Hollywood to the star of The Pope’s Exorcist.
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He says our marriage is a “limited liability partnership” with no “out clause.”
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They need to be aware of the potential hazards.
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“You not only have to look out for your voice but you have to look out for your brain as well.”
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No one uploaded “equal wages for equal work” into the algorithmic black box.
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A video game designer responds to K Chess’ “Escape Worlds.”
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Read a new short story about video games, parenthood, and feeling lost.
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I don't want to attend anything other than the wedding.
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It began on the phone with a party-bus man named Michael.
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This war has been fought before. It didn't go well for the anti-Disney side.
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Twitter verification went from a mark of reliability to one of shame.
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He mistook himself for the brand. Classic mistake!
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Contrary to popular belief, nothing on the internet lasts forever.
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Semafor’s editor-in-chief talks about media shutterings and departures
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In the April episode of Future Tense Fiction, David Iserson discusses his short story “This, but Again.”
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The MTV-spawned, 2nd British Invasion saved Gen-X from “listening to our parents’ music,” says DJ and author Lori Majewski.
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He’s an incredible athlete. But taking him so high up strains belief.
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Bluesky has instant buzz and great vibes. Is that enough?
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I want to root for Disney here, but I really cannot!
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Talking about getting the hell out of dodge with guest Cyndie Spiegel.
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What the acclaimed author thinks about Twitter’s changes, Elon Musk’s dramas, and what social media is actually good for.
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The judge was clearly peeved with his cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll.
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Day three of the trial revealed the difficulties Carroll may face with a jury.
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Life on a social platform that a shady character has taken from you and debased.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate’s The Waves podcast producer Cheyna Roth on this week’s episode.
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Twitter’s blue check kerfuffle is the latest—and perhaps most visible—baffling choice of the Elon-era.
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Autism has no cure, and now more experts argue autistic people don’t need one to live full, productive, and happy lives.
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President Biden kicks off his re-election campaign.
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One would think that Anne Gorsuch Burford’s son would understand why the system is set up this way.
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Judy Blume’s book is more than 50 years old, but this frank new adaptation arrives right on time.
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I’m uncomfortable and my maternal instincts are tingling.
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Brief guest lists. Streamlined festivities. Probably a swimming pool. Why not?
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His meeting with South Korea's president underscored two facts that few citizens in both countries fully grasp.
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When I woke up in a panic one night, I knew what to do.
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Much of what he’s doing lately is close to a political Hail Mary.
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The sly mention of "demographics" was a dead giveaway.
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The tricked the building manager into getting keys!
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Parenting advice on when weddings and family collide.
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It’s the smoking gun of Donald Trump’s treatment of women.
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The terminally-ill activist who fought Vermont’s residency requirement for physician-assisted death.
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Friendships are tough. Author and musician Lane More unpacks it all in her new book, You Will Find Your People.
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The gags are packed so tight there’s no way to see them all.
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Scandals from Gorsuch to Thomas are adding up. The public is clamoring for accountability. But John Roberts is unmoved.
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I’m getting married in a few months, so this pains no one more than me.
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Automakers are starting to admit that a new car technology didn’t work out.
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“When I saw the price, ‘I was like, Holy s---, no.’”
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“That’s about the time I had a full-on breakdown.”
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A curious reconsideration of a much-misunderstood man.
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In 2022, there were more weddings than in 40 years. But they looked, uh, a little different.
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Let's see how much I regret writing this in 2024.
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Parenting advice on breastfeeding in front of children, tantrum-prone toddlers, and keeping a child's mental health diagnoses a secret.
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One challenge? Not pissing off the Midwest Republicans.
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The video game classic scored high at the box office, but left some fans cold.
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Where do you go once you’ve failed all the way to the top?
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What can LeRoy Neiman’s career tell us about how we value artists and why they matter?
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Talking about downplaying your wealth and Munchausen moms with guest Cyndie Spiegel.
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My profane, revealing year working for a future demagogue.
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One of the greatest postseason performers of his generation has the league’s best team one loss from elimination.
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“You’re now licensed to kill in a way you weren’t before.”
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The old system of traffic control is breaking down.
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It’s not just that he’s sober, or that he’s ready to get confessional.
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Parenting advice on MIL miscommunications, artistic feedback, and forgetfulness.
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Aaron Rodgers may suck now. But the team was smart to bring him to New York.
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Strategies for navigating this brave new world.
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Harlan Crow, welcome to a special stratosphere.
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How self-defense law turned into “self-offense.”
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One viewer’s trash is another viewer’s treasure.
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You can embody Fox News. But it has only one king.
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They cheered, they did the wave, they broke into song.
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A spectacular way to end the Don Lemon CNN experience.
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There’s still one thing artificial intelligence can’t do, though.
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Strict laws about what can and can’t be said in the classroom are pushing out good teachers—and critical thinking.
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Software was supposed to eat the world. So is A.I.
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My husband and I are off to the side looking like outsiders.
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Hide your chairs. Hide your mugs. They're coming.
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Even this version of the court seems not entirely careless about the risk of wrongful convictions.
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My hunt for one man across the lonely expanse of the queer past ended in a place I never expected.
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Lukas “The Swede” Mattson, Kendall, and Roman battle on top of a mountain
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The Wall Street Journal reporter is being held in a tsarist-era prison, frequently used by Stalin.
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No one on this show actually knows how to do anything.
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More than 30 years ago, the "French paradox" got America bleary-eyed.
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Alexandra Petri’s new book, Alexandra Petri’s U.S. History presents the most important documents in American history…that she made up.
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No one wants to pay for Twitter’s checkmark. It’s no mystery why.
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She has sent me several notes about my selfish plans.
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We left no stone unturned with this week’s quiz.
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Crow and his wife have poured millions into shaping state and federal politics over the past three decades.
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The difficulties of knowing what people need to know.
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For many of her fans, Blume was more than just a beloved author—she was a pen pal, confidant, and at times, lifelong friend.
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I spent 10 years as one. I’ve seen a lot of issues.
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The voting machine company used lofty ideals as a bargaining chip in its defamation suit against Fox News.
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There are many who never got training, and never intend to. This is a problem.
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Threatening to build a state prison next to Disney World: Is this good politics?
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Victims rights were silenced in this cyberstalking as free speech case.
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The app’s powerful algorithm complicates the age-old debate about concert spoilers.
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Why the Fox News and Dominion Settlement Is a Big Deal
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Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents will make you rethink your high school history class.
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Mifepristone will remain legal in blue states despite a lawless judicial effort to ban it.
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Here’s what Beau Is Afraid is really all about.
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Lower courts are taking their cues from SCOTUS’ cruelty.
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The justices take their own safety very, very seriously. Everybody else’s? Not so much.
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If you look closely, attempts to limit contraception are already in the works.
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A.I. could be disastrous for democracy. But it doesn’t have to be.
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Talking about being proud or blending in with guest Zak Rosen.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by bestselling author Lane Moore on this week’s episode.
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Information may want to be free, but Reddit wants to get paid.
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A child abuse survivor explodes the myth that beating kids is “a Black thing,” and confronts its damaging consequences.
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Fox News pays Dominion Voting to settle a defamation lawsuit and Evan Gershkovich is held hostage in Russia.
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The teen social media debate is full of moral panic. Here’s what the science actually says.
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Parenting advice on family secrets, affected speech, and tempting promotions.
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Police used my brother’s journal as evidence in a bank robbery. It’s really evidence of a broken system.
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Particularly when the audience is an imagined one…
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Elected Republicans seem completely unworried about getting on the Florida governor's bad side.
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Ben Smith, BuzzFeed’s former editor in chief, gives the view from the top. But what does that miss?
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A $787.5 million tab is unlikely to change hearts and minds at the network.
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It doesn’t take skating rinks, curfews, and ankle injuries to explain the letdown.
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In his familiar plaid button-down, and with casually crossed arms, the journalist Russia has captured looked eerily normal.
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The trial is about to start. It’s a nightmare for him.
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When they overturned Roe, the court said they would return the question to the people. What does that really mean?
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Parenting advice on kids who give up too easily, emotionally tenuous grandmothers, and husbands who refuse to feed their children right.
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Senior animals bring few surprises and tons of love, even if they won't live forever.
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We asked judicial ethics experts what could happen next.
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Democrats pushing the California senator to resign are contending with a very stubborn politician.
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Apple TV+’s Frog and Toad offers an appealing vision of queer life.
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The streaming platform flew to close to the sun with its live reunion attempt.
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The legendary barrier breaker now has people asking if the Senate needs age or term limits.
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Plus, Hulu's new limited series Tiny Beautiful Things, and the state of the music business.
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If Columbo made a message for Romanian state TV, and no one remembers it — did it actually happen?
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Drama! Consequences! Michael Wolff getting in a random spat! And two very bored dudes named Sean.
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If you're bummed by the Dominion settlement, an even bigger lawsuit is on the way.
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The Netflix series’ depiction of Korean American Christianity is terrifying in its accuracy.
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The most hated owner in sports is finally getting his.
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Talking about inconvenience stores and social isolation with guest Zak Rosen.
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These laws weren’t crafted to harm child stars. But they might.
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After a day’s delay, the defamation trial begins.
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A lesson in humanity, from the Neanderthals of Clan of the Cave Bear.
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How do I get her to leave it to the professionals?
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And everything else you need to know about this mifepristone case.
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You're asking the wrong question when you ask, "Can I still listen to David Bowie?"
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For Republicans, there's an opportunity for some leverage here.
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Animals used to be sued as defendants. Now animal rights lawyers are making them the plaintiffs.
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The question comes down to damages and “actual malice.”
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Feline-on-bird violence isn’t the whole story, but humans have an important part to play.
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Waiting—just a little longer—for the network to meet its fate in court.
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The journalist bids a not-so-sad farewell to the NFL owner.
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The city has a rat czar. Here’s what she needs to do.
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Drake and the Weeknd do not have a new single. Except in our brave new world.
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No team has ever looked this scary entering the playoffs.
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They’re the kind of team the show’s fans should be cheering on, not rooting against.
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Conservative Protestant theology is a mess of paradoxes when it comes to gender expression.
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A new attendance system was supposed to bring transparency to a government work program in rural India. It’s actually forcing people to work for free.
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One day I woke up and my head felt like a washing machine.
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A struggle for power could reunite the show's most troubled couple.
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What you need to know about the network's long, painful road to a Delaware courthouse.
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A person either wants to spend 10 hours relitigating the Reformation or they don’t.
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She asked how we can judge her for having legs.
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“Drag is about asking questions and imagining a more just and fabulous world.”
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Blanket social media bans aren’t the answer, but reform is promising.
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline is not an instruction manual.
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And the CEO’s stunt working as a driver won’t be the thing that fixes it.
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Four seasons down, the creator says he simply figured out what other dating shows never could.
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How do conservatives get what they need out of the federal courts? With great ease.
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And why the U.S. housing market is becoming even more inaccessible.
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The Comstock Act is the 19th century statute being used to criminalize reproductive choice.
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In the mid-’60s and again in the mid-’80s, being British went from liability to asset on the U.S. charts, as U.K. bands taught the Yanks some new moves.
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How Love Is Blind keeps finding new ways to light up your group chat.
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Classified documents ended up on a corner of the internet mostly occupied by gamers.
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Parenting advice on recess concerns, lacking lads, and aggressive toddlers.
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A former intelligence officer gave us some context.
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Are any of these teams actually great or what? We’re about to find out.
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Talking about trouser troubles with guests Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by journalist and Emmy Award–winning executive producer Bomani Jones on this week’s episode.
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Highly classified documents from the Pentagon were leaked from a small Discord server dedicated to military equipment and video games.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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They got jobs at Meta. They waited for something—anything!—to do. They got axed.
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There are many other things we can do to increase equity in a post–affirmative action world.
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The racial wealth gap means that African Americans often have less familiarity with tax strategy. But good financial planning can help.
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One federal judge says stop, another says go, others say slow down on the F.D.A.-approved abortion pill mifepristone.
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Here’s how the FBI, the FCC, and hundreds of news organizations got this one so wrong.
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A circus of mismanagement has wasted what could be the final elite, healthy seasons for three future Hall of Famers.
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And why should the Massachusetts Air National Guard have access to these kinds of secrets?
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“I am hopeful. I just don't think it's enough. And I think it comes very late in the process.”
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The agency has no obligation to impose the court’s orders, and doctors have no duty to follow them.
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We're much closer to electric cars overtaking the market than you'd think.
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Judge Kacsmaryk and the Fifth Circuit are simply cutting women out of the decision-making.
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Republicans punished two state representatives for daring to protest for gun control. What happened next is a model.
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Courts aren’t—and shouldn’t be—regulatory bodies.
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From Norah Ephron’s Heartburn to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon, Caroline Aaron is one of Hollywood’s best character actresses.
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The mifepristone decision has awakened a sleeping giant.
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The court’s analysis directly contradicts binding precedent, relies on skewed evidence, and would yield absurd consequences.
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The former first lady (or a large language processor) has (kind of) addressed reports that she is, or is not, distancing herself from her husband.
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Logan Roy's children finally have a chance to get out of their father's shadow, but the chances of them breaking the cycle seem slim.
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Head injuries are putting thousands of soldiers at risk. The Department of Defense isn’t even tracking them correctly.
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Parenting advice about babysitters, anxiety, and bonding.
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The possible Supreme Court case of a man imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit deserves to be heard.
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Russia has criminalized journalism for a decade. It’s surprising this has happened so rarely.
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In each episode, host Willa Paskin unpacks the history of a cultural question, object, or habit, and tries to figure out why it matters.
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The back-and-forth legal history of overdose prevention medicine.
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Plus, Netflix’s road rage dramedy Beef, and the first full album from supergroup Boygenius.
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Did Peter Falk’s cigar-chomping detective help quell a communist revolution?
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Writer-director Ari Aster describes his latest as a “comedy.” Can he be trusted?
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Talking about airport parking and borderline boyfriends with guests Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg.
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I went to 23 Cornelia St. with a bunch of grieving Swifties to figure out why we're all so sad.
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Demand for air travel is surging. Airline staffing and tech are floundering.
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The show takes a wild turn in its final episodes, but it’s the only way for the characters to break free.
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Parenting advice on starting a family, ultimatums, and boundaries.
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People behind bars have created concepts and strategies that have opened up new possibilities to reduce incarceration and reduce crime.
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I was told I’d hurt my family with “a revolving door of men.” But it’s been great.
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GOP-appointed judges will have to decide whether their personal and political views outweigh their legal principles.
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They’ve been at it for a long time, and they’re picking up steam.
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One man created a digital avatar of his dying mother, one that would grow and change—and talk to him—long after her death.
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If you’re hoping this ends in the former president behind bars, you may want to hold your horses.
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Yes, it involves vacation time and a devious spreadsheet.
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It’s not just vote suppression and gerrymandering anymore.
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The largesse that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received is lavish to an unfathomable extent for most government workers.
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The big event wasn't exactly what anyone expected
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According to a new court filing, it’s been merged into a new entity called X Corp. Here’s what that could mean.
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Companies are building apps on the new A.I. platforms. They could regret it.
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Parenting advice on homeschooling, grandparents, and sleep.
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Being an adult man stranded with a group of teenage girls is not a recipe for longevity.
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Fifteen years ago, the Supreme Court said executing someone for a non-murder offense was cruel and unusual punishment. Florida wants to reverse that.
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There have been hints over the past few months that Jack Smith is getting close to the end.
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Does Clarence Thomas take a private jet to Walmart parking lots?
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The show found a way to surprise us with the inevitable.
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Move over, DeSantis, the real victim-in-chief has returned.
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We don't think he means badly, but we don't love it.
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Parenting advice on flying the nest, independence, and domestic violence.
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“The wonderful thing about writing a book is you change as you write.”
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Don’t come tumbling after this week’s trivia quiz.
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When his infant enters “goat mode,” one father struggles with language.
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The system isn’t back to 2019 levels—but travel demand is.
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There’s a second drug that is nearly as effective. But that doesn’t negate the inhumanity at the heart of this decision.
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A very niche drama is unfolding over an invitation sent out for King Charles III’s big day.
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When two moms drove their six adopted children off a cliff, many people kept thinking of them as “two perfect women.”
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I can’t help mourning the man I thought he was.
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Let's not pretend we love every celebrity for being a capital-A Artiste.
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Slate Money talks podcasting, crypto and Anthony Scaramucci
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Expelling representatives, and targeting Black electeds is an attack on democracy, but it’s not a new one.
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Blac Chyna's cosmetic surgery reversal is enthralling the internet.
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This unprecedented abuse of judicial power with no basis in law or fact will soon force the Supreme Court’s hand.
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It’s the relationship that launched a thousand fanfics.
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Air reunites Affleck and Matt Damon to tell the story behind the shoe. Is it good history or a sneaker advertisement?
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The proposed rule itself is just a few sentences long.
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Parenting advice on poisonous MILs, catfishing phones, and calls from the ex’s kids.
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Paint is like Amadeus, but with pledge-drive tote bags.
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On Thursday, in a startling turnaround, Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner F. Drummond acknowledged what Glossip has been saying all along.
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They’ve missed about four decades of advertising from Big Beer.
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Talking about preserving your internal work with guest Tuck Woodstock.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston made her hometown of Eatonville, Florida famous. Residents have fought for its future ever since.
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Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by former Prudie Danny M. Lavery on this week’s episode.
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Republicans seem newly committed to removing their opponents from office under the thinnest of pretenses.
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The sneakers’ origin is way more interesting and morally complex than in Air.
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This image should be enough to shock anyone into taking action against the spigot of dark money that flows directly from billionaire donors into the court.
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Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges for hush money payments to a porn star.
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Six is old enough to start talking about body diversity.
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These books offer the audiobook narrator a surprising challenge.
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Kelly Reichardt on André 3000’s flute, Michelle Williams’ career, and being a tough teacher.
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He actually couldn’t shoot someone on Fifth Avenue anymore.
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“When an editor says this is the rate, it's hard not to be intimidated by that.”
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Parenting advice on wedding drama, daddy issues, and roommates from hell.
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From defending “Benny Eggs” to the former president.
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Virginia and Maryland, once friendly rivals, are now itching to take each other down.
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Growing cannabis indoors hurts workers and communities. There’s a simple solution
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More axes may fall, but these charges look very serious for Trump.
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TIME gender correspondent Eliana Dockterman and author Nichole Perkins discuss why we don’t see sex in movies anymore.
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“I no longer have enough in the tank” may be a more liberating phrase than it seems.
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"I identify as a golfer," one patron said when asked about politics.
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The former middle school teacher is preparing for a different kind of unruly behavior.
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In what was likely the most important election of the year, Wisconsin voters elected liberal Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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The bewildering Rennervations promises to “make actionability and thoughtfulness of others cool.” But it has another agenda.
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Wikipedia’s coverage of the Holocaust in Poland is plagued by a “toxic” editorial culture, according to the site’s arbitration committee.
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How an influencer helped bring the largest Tesla plant in the world to Mexico.
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Parenting advice on holidays, in-laws, and picky eaters.
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What it’s like to use Mill’s bin to dispose of food scraps.
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I wasn’t alone in questioning some things professionally on Tuesday.
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Plus, the new AMC series Lucky Hank, and a recent essay by poet Maggie Smith.
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Another proxy battle in the war on Obamacare, Americans’ health.
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It is said that if you go after the king, you should not miss.
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Talking about detransitioning, and sensitive swim parents with guest Tuck Woodstock.
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In broad strokes, these charges are exactly what we expected.
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The local Blue Suede order of drag nuns agrees that the state’s kids need protection—but not from people playing dress-up.
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The indictment of Donald Trump stems from payments made to a pornographic actress who allegedly spanked him with a copy of Forbes magazine.
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At least there'll be like 20 free wedding photographers from Getty.
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The Democratic Party appears to have finally convinced left-leaning voters to care about judicial races.
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The more you scrolled, the more you watched, the less you knew.
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Everyone is talking about TikTok and teen mental health. My experience is more complex than their soundbites.
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Parenting advice on childhood abuse, youth sports, and bullying.
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After all, something kind of like this has happened before.
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If my father knew his death was imminent, why didn’t he warn us?
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He is expected to surrender himself at the courthouse, flanked by Secret Service.
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How difficult it will be to vote in Milwaukee in 2024 hinges on tomorrow’s election.
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Anti-abortion policymaking needs to put its money where its mouth is.
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It was a year of upsets. But don't sleep on the team that just won its fifth title in a quarter-century.
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The case for caring less about the former president’s indictment.
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While drag performers will be most impacted, S.B. 3 is an affront to the First Amendment rights of all people.
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Plus, recommendations of what you should check out this week.
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Parenting advice from Care and Feeding about burnout, mental health, and special needs.
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Randall Kenan once told me he wanted his essays collected after he passed. But what about the novel he’d been working on for 20 years?
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How Sen. Brian Schatz became a YIMBY—and how he thinks his party can see the light.
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The man notoriously hates having his hands touched.
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Kendall, Shiv and Roman might team up to crash the Waystar deal
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I’m not totally sure how I should feel about this.
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The technical foul on Caitlin Clark will live in infamy.
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Delighting in the unseasonably early cherry blossoms with Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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It turns out younger men have certain … abilities.
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Parenting advice on tweendom, boundaries, and in-laws.
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They’ve been fighting the mayor since the nineties. Now they have a chance to put one of their own into office.
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The border crisis needs more than the glitchy “CBP One” app.
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The corporation pulled a fast one on the Florida governor using a surprising legal maneuver.
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What happens when all the social networks look the same.
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Once again, the platform acquiesces in Modi’s India.
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A Final Four without any of the favorites can still be a good time.
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He finally found a way to get Republicans behind him again.
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Bend It Like Beckham, Inside Man, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Ghost are just a few of the great movies coming to streaming this month.
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It's not just the characters the actors play but all the ones they've played before.
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The movies’ director reveals what they take from Buster Keaton.
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(Stares straight ahead unblinkingly as forehead vein pulses in rage.)
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One of the less strange parts involved bringing on Rod Blagojevich.
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The indictment is still sealed, but the implications for presidential politics and history are already coming to light.
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“Can you imagine being an elementary school kid who believes her national Congress thinks she’s never going to be anything but a criminal?"
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“I’m coming to the defense of truth,” cries the actor, while lamenting the box office for his superhero film.
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Parenting advice on family secrets, nickname trouble, and nonconsensual babysitting.
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Why you would ban it. How you would ban it. And if we really, truly want to ban it.
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Talking about reviving withered friendships with guest Gabe Mollica.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Black Women Build is teaching African Americans to rebuild homes, wealth, and hope in Baltimore neighborhoods, one house at a time.
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Plus, trying to save friends from bad relationships, and a spouse who puts the dog before the kids.
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It’s an interesting bit of trivia in the Trump indictment saga.
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The former president declared that "the USA is now a third world nation."
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Perhaps Bragg’s move will embolden other prosecutors to bring charges related to the former president’s alleged misconduct in these arenas.
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Honor Among Thieves is as stupid as the game. That’s a good thing.
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On The Record, the three soloists of Boygenius merge into a different kind of band.
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After hundreds of thousands take to the streets, Netanyahu pauses the weakening of Israel’s judiciary.
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For Republicans, only parent vigilantism is the cure.
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Millions of Americans’ ability to access basic health care is now in jeopardy.
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The Tesla CEO called for a pause in chatbot development. But he’s pushing something much more dangerous.
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Parenting advice on “correct names,” repeating Kindergarten, and bratty kids.
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March 30 is World Bipolar Day. It’s time to celebrate it differently.
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She is … not happy. You might even say “utterly enraged.”
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Why the media has gone all-in on guides to the word game—for now.
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To twist a French idiom, now it’s vélo, boulot, dodo—bike, work, sleep.
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Investigative journalist Roxanna Asgarian discusses the Hart family murders and her book We Were Once A Family.
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Her relatives who agreed with the ban had no idea what it really meant.
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Members of Broken Social Scene reveal how their own “sordid” history informed the hit show.
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What it’s like to be stuck recapping a show long after it was good.
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Howard Schultz is a terrible boss, and Republicans love it.
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But Speaker McCarthy and President Biden did write each other some letters this week.
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On Tuesday, the Appellate Court of Maryland took the stunning step of reinstating Adnan Syed’s murder conviction.
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Consider White Cat, Black Dog the chance to get to know one of America’s most inventive, evocative writers.
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Parenting advice on healthy eating, ADHD, and pets.
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Our migrant policies are designed to lead to more death.
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The new rules may prove to be the rare case in which the interest of baseball’s ownership class and actual fans overlap.
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Judge Kacsmaryk decided to come after me—even though I’m not involved in that case in any way.
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That every problem needs an engineering solution—and that technology alone can provide it.
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There are simple ways to try to stave off brain aging—and you should start them now.
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A look inside Midjourney, the mind-breaking A.I. tool where users create the sacred (Francis in a puffer) and the profane (you don’t want to know).
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Under house arrest, the man could just not stop posting (and contacting potential witnesses).
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Plus, the new streaming series Swarm, and why classical music is getting popular with young people.
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All Americans have the right to make money off their name, image and likeness. Could the NCAA get Congress to restrict an athlete’s right?
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I teach tech policy on TikTok. My followers know something Congress doesn't.
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Talking about a contrariant besties and COVID denialists with guest Gabe Mollica.
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Israel has never faced social upheaval like this. What trick will Netanyahu pull to get out of his jam this time?
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Elon Musk made big promises for Tesla’s Full-Self Driving tech. Is he getting in the way of keeping them?
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The former child stars who found a second—and sometimes better—life in porn.
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Parenting advice on expectations, divorce, and toy guns.
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And co-founder Dave Davies has a message for Elon Musk.
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Recently laid off? You’re not alone. Here’s a survival guide.
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I don't want to sound like I agree with our mom.
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Religious groups are stepping up to fill gaps in the government’s precarious climate response.
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They want to seed "personhood" into law and make abortion a crime punishable by death.
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Smaller countries are happier countries. So what if we let some states leave the union?
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If his recent kiss with Emily Ratajkowski is anything to go off of, he's pretty bad!
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Do the players need to calm down? Is it the league's fault?
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Lucky Hank tries to do the impossible, with help from Bob Odenkirk and George Saunders.
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Like 40 million other Americans, Sakina Shakur is anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision on Joe Biden’s proposal to cancel student loan debt.
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In the March episode of Future Tense Fiction, Annalee Newitz discusses their short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.”
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It turns out gaming can be good for your kids — and for you.
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Steven Rattner and the senior executives he's talked to want to see workers "go hard" again. Easy for them to say.
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The move is a flagrant betrayal of a joint declaration he made with China.
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For the children of incarcerated people, trauma extends way beyond the prison walls.
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The Republican exodus is fueled by disinformation smearing ERIC as a “Soros-funded organization.”
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“If it weren’t so serious, it would be an absolute joke,” said the governor.
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After his historic midterm wins, he’s suddenly tacking right. A new hire may be why.
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Shows like What Next and the Political Gabfest are now available to stream anytime on YouTube.
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Parenting advice on grandparenting, caretaking, and more.
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Two musicians brokered a deal to save 80 million images from Stable Diffusion. Are they enablers or heroes?
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Will voters opt for a police reformer or someone who wants to “uncuff” the cops?
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Slate Money talks Logan Roy and GoJo on its recap of HBO’s Succession
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Even when Logan Roy was “piss-mad” from a UTI, he wasn't this miserable.
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“Wherever he goes, he leaves and there’s questions, and a mess, and promises didn’t pan out.”
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And the shortage is spreading to other ADHD medications, too.
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Parenting advice on anxiety, in-laws, and school choice.
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From his imaginative lyrics and expert instrumentation to his “sheer sense of fun.”
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On Jason and Mark, and an adolescent shift that gnaws at me.
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This is honestly the most likable she's ever been.
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How our bodies are perceived in society is a problem none of us can fix on our own.
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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Let’s hold off on underage educational brain implants, for now.
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Read a new short story about brain-computer interface and a billionaire’s preschool.
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You might think, "Well, the president is the head of the executive branch."
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I can’t believe what this “professional” said in our session.
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And it’s not because he might ban the platform.
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Trump’s indictment would offer his broken brain a silver lining: the glitz and glam of the cameras!
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Slate Money talks about Credit Suisse, the politics of the FDIC, and TikTok’s appearance in front of Congress.
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Slow-walking the perp walk is a rule of law thing.
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Even as her sound has evolved over two decades, Pink's fans stick with her because she turns out good albums and provides bang for the buck live.
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He’s streaming Minecraft. He’s debating ChatGPT. Is the right-wing pundit just another viral influencer now?
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The guy knocked up a tortoise nearly 40 years his junior. He's got some explaining to do.
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Parenting advice on racial comments, mental illness, and birthday invites.
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The embattled app’s CEO appeared before a bloodthirsty Congress. He did not appear to actually be in charge.
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A.I. is making it terrifyingly simple—and cheap—for scammers to replicate your voice.
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Talking about the reasons for estrangement with guest Kate Duffy.
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These dissents are striking in their blunt disregard for the right to life.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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It’s surely better to be honest about your geopolitical wants and needs than to suffer along with the status quo.
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Unchecked, this will make the act of voting a Potemkin exercise and upend the very concept of representative government.
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How Bush-era memos helped the project move forward.
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My Wife’s Friend Is Not Her Friend. Help! Listen to Dear Prudence answer your letters.
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Some Black Americans disagreed with Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy. But his assassination turned many of them into revolutionaries or rioters.
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Why TikTok’s CEO is getting yelled at in Washington.
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Banks are getting nervous, and Republicans are trying to exploit the uncertainty to defund and deregulate financial watchdogs.
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It’s good to be careful about any narrative coming from the Trump camp.
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Shou Zi Chew went to Congress and got a verbal beating.
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The state is "#30 in Education & Childcare," the former president says, whatever that may mean.
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There are limits to what defamation law can do.
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Courts are done with Trump's stalling tactics. Uh-oh.
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“The question is less about what are you willing to give up and more about what kind of life do you actually want to build.”
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Parenting advice on name changes, absent-minded drivers, and grieving mothers.
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Are friendly relations with Senator Murkowski a good trade for a new oil drilling project?
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New moms are at risk for the “worst psychiatric emergency.” So why aren’t we taking it more seriously?
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“I sometimes think I’m a little too interested in understanding certain terrible things.”
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It wasn’t military aid. It’s more comprehensive.
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Parenting advice on eating habits, anxious teens, and gratitude.
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For years, “we couldn’t figure out how to pry people away from the steering wheel.”
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The Daleys’ ghosts are hovering over this choice.
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Plus, Sundance darling Palm Trees and Power Lines, and why it’s beyond time to legalize sampling in music.
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A look into the legality of the human skeleton market.
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Is the DEA’s limit on amphetamine production to blame?
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Talking about entering an open relationship, and the unknowns of transitioning with guest Chris Gethard
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Even the “What about Hunter Biden?” caucus is pretty quiet right now.
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As three justices elaborated, this standard should protect patients from the trauma inflicted on pregnant Texans denied emergency abortions.
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It includes stuff involving the paranormal and DILFs.
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Ted Lasso's White House visit was further evidence that politicians just freaking love that guy.
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Without redressability, no one can come before a federal court and ask for relief.
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More district attorneys are cracking down on abusive employers. It’s about time.
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The centrist president pushed through a controversial pension reform. It's not a victory.
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Parenting advice on teen romance, sleepovers, and compulsive liars.
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Veteran journalist Celeste Headlee is reinvigorating the art of civil conversation and debate, one episode at a time.
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Those opposed to the construction see it as an environmentally-destructive means of placating the Atlanta Police Department after 2020’s protests.
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Remembering high jumper Dick Fosbury and his immortal invention.
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The tactic deployed to “protect” the unborn has now been deployed to deprive actual living, breathing, ambulating humans too.
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But pundits are warning, darkly, of the counterfactual.
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Fine, ChatGPT is cool. Please don’t make all these apps talk to me.
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This feels like a good explanation. But do we have data?
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Parenting advice about in-laws, dinner routines, and new babies.
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Workers will be fighting over this until the end of time. But one office has found a creative solution.
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The former president says he'll be arrested. Is he right?
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Former President Trump’s 2024 campaign means “the clock is ticking” on his legal exposure in several cases.
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And the most important law you’ve probably never heard of, with author Chris Miller.
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Parenting advice on politics, divorce, and in-laws.
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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks discusses her new adaptation of The Harder They Come, a 1972 film starring Jimmy Cliff that features a legendary soundtrack.
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At the New Pause symposium in Los Angeles, middle aged women gathered to learn about, and shop for, menopause.
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“Safe words” can tell your elderly parents whether you really need to be bailed out or if it’s a scam.
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The "deeply anxious" former president is in a precarious position.
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What schools can do to help more people study abroad.
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And what the tech industry did to cause the backlash.
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Purdue’s failure Friday night was beyond remarkable.
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How Romani and Jewish survivors have worked together.
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If you must view Flaco, who escaped in Central Park, it’s important to practice “owl-iquette.”
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Everyone is definitely hanging out without me. But I refuse to give in.
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The Florida governor is going to have to engage with Trump’s bombardment of taunting and insults at some point.
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The semiconductor chip shortage problem started before the pandemic made it all worse, and more with author Chris Miller.
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Fans cannot get enough of his charm, or the way he says, “Baby girl.”
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Slate Money talks about Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse, and how federal policy will change going forward.
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The adorable suspect linked to the origin of the pandemic.
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Two years ago, Nashville tried to cut ties with Morgan Wallen. Now he’s scored the genre’s first real chart-topper in decades.
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Where the sector stands after a turbulent week.
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Parenting advice on puberty fears, sibling relationships, and “the diet.”
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Cities could do something about rampaging drivers. They just don't.
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Gamers know what’s coming. TV viewers might lose their minds.
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A one-player embodiment of what the tournament gives and what it takes.
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I’m part of the BeyHive. There’s a lot else this show could have done.
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The self-proclaimed "bitch for God" has an anti-anger audiobook, but does she know how to use it?
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With Problemista, Julio Torres finds the humor in a surprising, dark place.
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Talking about professional plagiarism with guest Kate Duffy.
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How one company scrambled while Silicon Valley Bank went under.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The national party does not trust the big blue state’s leaders to keep it together.
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For all its clamoring about “heartbeats” and “fetal pain,” the anti-abortion right has no interest in the biological particulars of pregnancy.
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Unmarried, childless adults represent the fastest growing part of the Black middle class. Is that a crisis, or an opportunity?
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My Mom Doesn’t Think My Fiance Is Enough. Help! Listen to Dear Prudence answer your letters.
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Are Silicon Valley libertarians going to come out of this pro-FDIC?
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There's a problem with the Chinese app—but forcing a sale may not solve it.
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The Florida governor has entered the pantheon of politicians eating weirdly.
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The regulators are haunted by the ghost of Lehman Brothers.
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Conservative state courts have to decide whether the government can value the life of a fetus over that of a patient.
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“I just think it's important for every kid in America to know who someone like Rush Limbaugh was.”
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It is an extremely ominous sign that Kacsmaryk appeared to agree with this false history.
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GOP leadership is protecting him from expulsion, but that doesn’t put him in the clear.
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Parenting advice on graduation tickets, conservative hometowns, and being the “mean” parent.
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But its demise offers a warning for the future of infrastructure—not just in New York City, but everywhere.
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The House committee must release its report before the next Congress.
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“His journey has been completed, whether or not he brings back a cup.”
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The Sussexes have been through a lot. We can feel bad for them and recognize their true essence too.
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For years, TikTok has managed to dodge the increasingly tech-skeptical U.S. government. This time it might not be so lucky.
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A philosophical schism about the point of crypto has erupted into a “boiling guerrilla war.”
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The networking group behind the Supreme Court’s hard-right turn.
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The disgraced FTX founder didn’t help his case by giving a gazillion interviews, and he probably made it worse.
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A ludicrous scandal ended with an actual arrest, and somehow that’s not good enough for people.
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Mississippi State’s Mike Leach leaves behind a complicated but towering legacy.
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The organizer of the event she was at said Republicans “must be prepared to do battle in every arena,” including “in the streets.”
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The unqualified celebrity candidate craze will likely continue.
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At the paper of record, a restive staff. (We promise there aren't any more Times headline jokes in this post itself.)
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Diplomatic relations are otherwise totally stalled.
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A Q&A with Annie Wu Henry about winning digital strategy and how Taylor Swift and Adam Levine made great midterms content.
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Iranian protest rapper Toomaj Salehi faces brutal conditions in detention. What could that mean for the future of the protest movement?
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It's 2022 and we're Asian American. What is she thinking?
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Everyone is taking Tár at face value, but the final act suggests that nothing is as it seems.
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Comedians Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar are back with another book of harrowing and humorous tales of racism.
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Great lawyering—and, surprisingly, Amy Coney Barrett—debunked a legal theory designed to subvert democracy.
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The real, pitiful meaning of the company’s tax fraud convictions.
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The Georgia runoff win makes it a lot easier for Senate Democrats to get stuff done.
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Users may not pay for a blue check. But they will pay for … you know.
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A scene report from the lots where you buy your living-room firs.
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Their shots just aren’t as good as mRNA vaccines.
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If lethal injection can’t be performed safely, is the death penalty finished in America?
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The year of Republicans blowing it is now complete.
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A jury found Trump’s company guilty of 17 counts, including a scheme to defraud, conspiracy, and falsify business records.
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His maximalist theory of the First Amendment would swallow civil rights law.
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The knockout rounds had been dominated by the favorites—until Tuesday.
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Drone strikes deep in Russian territory are a first—and they were accomplished with Soviet-era weaponry.
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“We can’t operate with gossip, and speculation and rumors,” a network honcho said. Uh, yes we can!
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“Kanye brought all of us together, but we don’t identify with him anymore.”
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Every year, fans and pundits fear the suits will commit a grievous crime. They never do.
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Listening experiences good enough to get you to do the housework you don’t want to do.
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was a new kind of candidate, using old-school tactics.
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Is Georgia still red enough to push a candidate this bad over the line?
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Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon famously took Polo from the runway to the streets.
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A graphic designer refuses to make custom websites for same-sex weddings. Colorado says that’s fine.
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This is the court that pretends the public is the reason for its lack of legitimacy.
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The American GBBO’s holiday edition goes Beast Mode.
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I would love for my sons to be given free choice like the girls.
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“Authoritarians love Twitter,” says the Washington Post’s Joseph Menn.
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Thomas has violated the rules around conflict of interest, in public.
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Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek have been through the wringer.
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It's not your child's responsibility to help you process your own emotions.
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The USMNT needs to make one major decision that'll shape the next four years.
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If Musk gives up on it, there’s a way to keep Twitter online, useful, and, crucially, fun.
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“The eyes of America—in fact, some would argue, the eyes of the world—are once again on Georgia.”
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How refugees of the Taliban survive in America.
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It’s safe. It saves lives. Your town will probably give it to you for free. Don’t wait.
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Parenting advice on open marriages, half siblings, and young romance.
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Three years later, I’m still reexamining my practice, unlearning much of what I studied in graduate school.
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Writer Karen Han explains the process behind her new book, Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema.
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This week’s trivia quiz pairs nicely with a dry martini.
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On mercy and clemency in a “bloodthirsty” time.
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They're focused on sex, but it's not what they need.
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The end result was a good but not stellar tournament from the Americans.
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The Romanian magician who brought Thing to life tells all.
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World Cup winners tend to sink in the next one—but Les Bleus are threatening to repeat.
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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In the ’90s, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, suggested something to help us sort through information.
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Slate Money talks about Disney’s CEO swap, shrinkflation and SBF’s media tour.
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What we love and hate about the internet during the holiday season.
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The bands that spawned punk and new wave had only their back-to-basics ethos in common—they wanted to bring ’50s and early-’60s economy to ’70s rock.
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The new Lady Chatterley’s Lover is surprisingly explicit—except that it leaves out the book’s most scandalous part.
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Parenting advice on protests gone wrong, awful aunts, and oversharing moms.
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Musk made the right move here—but it also happens to be another manifestation of his flailing governing style.
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Elizabeth Prelogar dared to challenge federal courts’ power while arguing before the justices. They were not pleased.
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The game is a favorable matchup for both teams in different ways.
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The erstwhile enthusiast for every conspiracy theory in the world is suddenly talking to reporters about the importance of moderation.
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It's all about data collection in an optimized sports world.
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT is scary-good, crazy-fun, and—so far—not particularly evil.
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For many of Wikipedia’s most dedicated contributors, this year’s proposed banner ads presented something like a moral crisis.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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hinese spam shows that Twitter isn't capable of moderating content anymore.
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Twitter has always struggled to contain disformation. And many users say Elon Musk’s leadership raises the stakes in the fight against it.
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The criminal investigation into the former president will now proceed unimpeded.
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A right-wing turn hasn’t made the Twitter CEO any better at posting.
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Donald Trump’s falling star makes Republicans slightly more willing to denounce his bigotry. But the dinner with Ye and Fuentes is still problematic.
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Perhaps it’s time to add some professionals to your parenting team.
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This awards hopeful’s problems run much deeper than fatphobia.
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“It’s always going to be a money vs. time vs. energy calculation.”
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Josh Levin and Evan Chung discuss the stories behind the fourth season.
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Her mother is basically telling us to suck it up.
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3:10 to Yuma, Superbad, Emily the Criminal, and Huda’s Salon are just a few of the great movies coming to streaming this month.
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Despite heavy surveillance and promise of repercussions, Chinese citizens are in the streets protesting party policy.
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Series writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins to talk about how divorce, middle age, and parenting are different for women.
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It was just a live interview with the New York Times. What could go wrong?
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The teddy bears were one thing. The Supreme Court documents were another.
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Elite law schools are pulling out of the crucial U.S. News rankings. Why now? And who’s next?
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Sure, it’s a high school drama about teens with powers. Your point?
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Red states used a racist and xenophobic claim about immigrants to shoehorn their way into court.
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His candidacy has been a long journey—metaphorically, and clearly also geographically.
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Lethal injections, even when performed by a skilled doctor, are cruel.
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If the disease is “scale at all costs,” maybe intentional smallness can be the cure.
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His defense of himself for hosting Kanye West and Nick Fuentes is incredibly familiar.
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Tumblr users are always the most committed to the bit.
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They retreated after their goal. Blood pressures surged. But it worked.
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This crisis could become a big problem for President Biden.
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We need the "keep Twitter from being overrun by trolls” base to turn out.
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“A lot of people have trouble actually keeping track of what they owe and when,” says Bloomberg’s Paulina Cachero.
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A conversation with the team behind the Apple Podcasts Show of the Year.
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What you need to know before you give two weeks’ notice.
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There is only one feasible shield against this.
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Charles’ experience, from resistance fighter to kapo, is always on my mind.
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This year, the Senate runoff falls smack in the middle of the holiday season.
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Why Yale’s law school withdrew from U.S. News & World Report’s rankings.
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If you remember Yanni’s “Live at the Acropolis,” then you probably watched public television.
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Glass Onion spent Thanksgiving weekend selling out showtimes. Time to hide it away for a month!
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A conversation about the Cowboys owner and the race.
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The U.S. needs goals to advance. Who will be trying to score them?
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Sometimes you need to face what you did, head-on.
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This has been the most controversial reporting topic in my journalistic career.
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The youth-led initiative had a gigantic growth spurt. Now, it's retooling for a new chapter.
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A new edition fills a gap left by Merriam-Webster and others. And it’s full of delightful new words!
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The Brooklyn Democrat is likely taking over as the Democrats are again the minority party in the House.
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I don't want to be a bridezilla, but I'd much rather she carry a bouquet.
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A conversation with Liza Bielby and Richard Newman of the The Hinterlands.
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There’s no need to stand on ceremony with the Slate Quiz.
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Is Buy-Now-Pay-Later a credit lifeline, or a road to debt?
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Why this Michigan win will be even more demoralizing for Ohio State.
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One writes as acutely as his best critics. The other’s a different story.
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An expert on waste management responds to Palmer Holton’s “Universal Waste.”
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In Palmer Holton's "Universal Waste," a small-town cop is tasked with solving a decades-old cold case —in the middle of a massive recycling plant.
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An episode from Slate’s Decoder Ring about the dress whose color the internet couldn’t agree on.
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Playing England to 0–0 was not ideal, but this was the best possible version of that outcome.
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Talking wet blankets with guest Amanda McLoughlin.
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When you sign up for fintech services like Venmo and Acorns, you’re surrendering sensitive financial information.
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The return to school has been difficult for everyone. Here’s how to cope.
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Real-life teacher advice about trauma, academic struggles, and home life.
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This delicious sticky treat has quite the American origin story.
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Will the moral qualms become too much for Twitter’s power users?
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“It’s pretty unusual for a Democrat to be hiring Republican staffers,” one of Mary Peltola’s political consultants said.
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The Fabelmans reveals details of the filmmaker’s life that eluded even his biographer. Above all it’s an act of forgiveness.
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Army veteran Richard Fierro isn’t the first to successfully take down a mass shooter.
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We share our biggest turkey day mistakes so you can do better.
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FIFA may have kicked Russia out of the competition, but it still sold the rights to broadcast the tournament to Russian state TV for $40 million.
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Two years of longer lines, higher prices, and bad Imagineering.
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A shadowy organization, a mysterious leader, and an alleged conspiracy against the U.S.
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The DOJ has good reason to believe its investigation—and an indictment—will proceed as planned.
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His SNL appearance wasn’t perfect. But it’s worth considering.
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The movie’s dystopian vision of humanity in thrall to screens rings uncannily true now.
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Ticketmaster beat Pearl Jam at their peak and has only gotten bigger.
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What funny, memorable, and horny internet moments are we thankful for this year?
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The federal government created this beautiful park. Guess who doesn’t want to admit it?
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She threw herself in front of Kim like a human shield. Maybe?
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Argentina was widely tipped to win the entire tournament. Saudi Arabia was given next to no shot to advance.
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A new history of a group of Jewish ex-partisans who tried to even the score.
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Reports of turkey inflation are rampant. We cry fowl.
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James Roesener, the first openly trans man to win a U.S. election, on why he ran.
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Blame Hillary Clinton! Or, at least, the 2016 presidential cycle.
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It is not really a question of whether Alito revealed the outcome in Hobby Lobby.
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People are right to be scared about fentanyl, but GOP fearmongering isn’t helping.
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Hakeem Jeffries has a reputation for antagonizing progressives. But without their support, he won’t get far.
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Voters in five states considered whether incarcerated people should be forced to work.
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How yesterday’s bustle-enhanced bottom made way for today’s big butts.
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The HBO miniseries started by chronicling what brought NXIVM down, but it ended by examining its appeal.
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The drama stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as the New York Times journalists who exposed the powerful producer. How true is it to the real story?
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The Welsh goal made America’s prospects of advancing in the World Cup way dicier.
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Starting with: The bride and groom live at the White House??
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How the lovers in Bones and All would fare, in real life.
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The inflexible theories of a famous political science professor show how old thinking about Russia is in need of a reality check.
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Three executions in two days—and all of them botched.
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The close offside call was technically correct. But it raises bigger questions.
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A conspiracy theory, fueled by a recent article, is alarmingly wrong.
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The fight to erase abortion rights has long intersected with battles over influence-peddling and money in politics.
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The pandemic caused a dramatic change in consumer behavior. Meta and Amazon counted on it lasting for years.
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To be fair… never swinging at pitches did work.
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Parenting advice on dreams, ADHD, and friendship.
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This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
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A blitz of new bills may effectively force transgender people and their families to leave the state.
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Its satire might not be as sharp as the original’s, but Glass Onion is no less attuned to how to please an audience.
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It’s hard to overstate the drug’s danger, but you can mislabel the causes.
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The HBO series’ characters are in thrall to their primal urges, but get no pleasure from giving in.
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The platform the former president may return to is very different from when he left.
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Author Beverly Gage discusses her new book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.
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Former Pixar animators went indie and created Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
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You’ll need some Spidey sense to ace this quiz.
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e’ve gifted you a birthday assessment of where you are, and where you go from here.
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That is, if he runs for reelection, which he shouldn’t!
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America is not quite alone in having an aging leader.
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And Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina has some advice.
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It’s not a bust, but nothing is the "hot new thing" forever.
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The withdrawal movement is a freight train, picking up steam.
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People are shoveling out thousands for stadium seats. Can that really be worth it?
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The people who know how to fix it? Many of them are gone.
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Punk was angry—but the so-called Angry Young Men were really melodic sophisticates in punk clothing, transforming pub-rock and power-pop into New Wave.
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Among many others, Xavi didn’t have to be so good at what he was paid to do.
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On a good day, America can beat anybody. But it just does not have enough good days.
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Why America could spring a surprise on those who underestimate it at the World Cup.
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COVID turned the soccer world upside-down. It’s about to learn where it’s landed.
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House Republicans will have a narrow majority. Will “Speaker Kevin McCarthy” be part of it?
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Beverly Gage’s new Hoover biography will make you rethink the FBI director’s legacy.
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Rachelle asks a tech reporter about the future of the platform
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Four out of five textualist justices are not interested in this history or text.
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Slate Money talks about the ongoing saga at FTX.
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You can feel annoyed and betrayed by her ticketing debacle.
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“Texans are fighters, and as difficult and sad as this has been, we’ll keep fighting.”
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The move is likely to delay the progress of the Mar-a-Lago case and the Jan. 6 investigation.
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Budweiser has already shipped an untold gallonage of its trademark lager to the middle of the freakin’ desert.
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How the culture war around gun violence intrudes on grief.
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The government may not be able to afford to execute protestors.
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It’s no secret that She Said is about Harvey Weinstein, but the film pointedly refuses to show his face.
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Turley’s midterm quandary—how to boost the poor performance by the party he has loyally served as academically-credentialed propagandist—is unenviable.
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The movement should share his disgrace, and learn from it.
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I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m thrilled. Introducing Feeld Notes.
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It’s possible to think climate reparations are a good thing and also think the UN isn’t the best avenue for them.
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Soccer’s biggest tournament features several Black stars. Now African American “football” lovers want to build a fanbase in the community.
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When asked whether his do-gooder image was “mostly a front,” SBF replied: “yeah. I mean that’s not all of it. but it’s a lot.”
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Sam Bankman-Fried vaporized money—and trust in institutions.
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But don’t think the California Congresswoman is walking away from exerting her “influence.”
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They can have side effects. But here’s what else to consider.
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Teacher advice on deadlines, reading progress, and conferences.
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“We'd see our first star and make a wish. And the wish was to go home.”
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Gabrielle Blair’s new book Ejaculate Responsibly urges men to control their sperm.
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Once non-partisan, state supreme court races looked like any other race these midterms.
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Behind the scorching rhetoric lay an important point about precedent and accountability.
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Poland! The weather! Steve Doocy’s Apple Watch!
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The former president announced his 2024 campaign to a surprisingly muted response.
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A gruesome case at meatpacking plants is but one example.
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Parenting advice on stranger judgment, food relationships, and losing the joy of parenting.
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The GOP might want to take a deep breath before anointing this guy their savior.
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It’s easy to project a fantasy onto someone you think you know.
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Best Picture frontrunner The Fabelmans isn’t the gooey valentine to the movies you probably expect.
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Also, Selena Gomez’s new documentary, and Gen Z arrives in Congress.
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Will the Court defy years of precedent and decide that tribal identity is a racial classification instead of a political one?
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How did Justin Timberlake and Bernie Sanders score an invite?
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This early announcement is not the get-out-of-jail-free card Trump thinks.
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Outraged by their poor showing in the midterms, some disgruntled Senate Republicans are calling for a change in leadership.
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The two world leaders re-established working ties. But not without interesting limits.
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There’s a reason that demand for tickets is “historically unprecedented.”
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And what, if anything, the U.S. is going to do about Sam Bankman-Fried and his imploded empire.
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As recently as 2015, it would’ve been unthinkable that such a sweeping bill could pass into law.
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Talking codependent mothers and searching for chosen family with guest Rakesh Satyal.
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Advisers are on hand to remind Lake that even if her feelings got hurt, it's best not to destroy the United States over it.
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Poland purchased Pegasus with funds intended to support victims of crime—and then used it to monitor opposition figures.
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My time with the writer’s Le Creuset, paperweights, and candlesticks.
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Parenting advice on trust, cell phones, and youth sports.
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Host Willa Paskin returns with juicy new questions and some surprising answers.
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Even bad maps can’t explain Kathy Hochul’s close call.
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An unassuming photo of a party dress showed how seeing is believing.
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Why I’m a bit less terrified, and what dangers still lie ahead for 2024 and beyond.
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On Monday night, TV networks called the Arizona gubernatorial election for Democrat Katie Hobbs over Republican Kari Lake.
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The forgotten Trump chose the most hilarious possible weekend to get married.
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A massive new fan project aims to make zines and other physical media available online—before it’s too late.
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Three revolting rulings show why the party must supercharge judicial confirmations.
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The paper was kicked out when it criticized the procurement process for execution drugs and rampant corruption in the state’s prison health care system.
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The school’s badness has entered uncharted waters.
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"There's no particular reason why people should invest in crypto," says Felix Salmon.
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The key? Finding activities that you both love.
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How communities on the platform plugged holes in the medical system.
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But there's little sign Putin plans to give in.
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Trump seems pretty concerned about Ron DeSantis.
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Those with H1-B visas who’ve lost their jobs have only a 60-day grace period before they need to lock down a new one.
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Trafalgar's widely shared polls were off by as much as 34 points.
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Real-life teacher advice on stage fright, IEPs, and redshirting.
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Wakanda Forever finds a different way to do something radical.
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The Patient was one of the most complex depictions of Jewishness in years, until it brought in Auschwitz.
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Inside the most ambitious German propaganda project to the U.S. homefront.
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“It is just a viral maelstrom out there right now.”
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Abortion is a winning issue for whichever party feels like it's losing the battle.
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Locked cases. Shuttered branches. A standby of city life in the 21st century is firmly in decline.
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Why dwell on the abundant positives when one could nit-pick bitterly about the few things that went wrong?
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Democrats staved off a GOP sweep thanks to strong turnouts, the unpopularity of the Dobbs decision, and President Trump’s misguided endorsements.
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The actress and director’s new book Inside Voice is all about her obsession with how we sound.
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Despite his claim not to "deal in feelings," the Senate Minority leader has got to be hopping mad at Donald Trump.
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Are the Republicans going to….do anything about it?
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A Midwestern bellwether that Trump won in 2016 went blue for governor (again), flipped seats, and codified abortion and voting rights.
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While most networks adjusted to reality on election night, Fox was trapped inside its own.
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Pfizer will submit results of a phase 3 trial to the FDA soon.
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Do Democrats still carry the suburbs when Trump isn't on the ballot?
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The reason is simple: In February, by a 5–4 vote, SCOTUS suspended the Voting Rights Act’s ban on racial gerrymandering.
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1 in 4 voters said abortion was their top issue.
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Will Republicans take the House? Who controls the Senate? And what did Los Angeles decide about Rick Caruso?
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Parenting advice on puberty, sex, and body image.
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In addition to bills about youth sports, threats of child protective services investigations have pushed families with trans kids out.
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Also, the very quotable Weird Al movie, and farewell to Derry Girls.
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We don’t yet know why things went a different way than expected.
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How John Fetterman shut down Oz, the most pathetic kind of MAGA villain.
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And other eye-popping wins from a historic 2022 election.
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The race for governor was called for Republican Ron DeSantis one minute after the polls closed.
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Does crypto face an existential crisis for the fourth time this year?
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Stick with the Slate Midterms Live Blog as we process the election's results.
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Two Slate reporters discuss the record-breaking spending that fueled the 2022 midterms.
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What to expect from various states when it comes to results.
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I'm terrified these stupid yard signs are going to be effective.
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The resolution of these court cases may decide critical midterm races.
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At what point does running no longer become worth it?
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Decoding the marketing claims with help from dermatologists.
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The Trump era has messed with everyone’s head. Including, it seems, Wendell Berry’s.
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Forget Congress. This kind of thing is why Tuesday’s elections really matter.
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Rana Foroohar joins Slate Money to talk about the end of globalization.
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Some politicians really understand how to be online, but most don't.
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The High Court seems to think setting a deadline does the trick.
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Apple TV’s My Mind & Me turns the camera around on the audience.
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The Albertsons/Kroger merger tells you a lot about our cash-extractive economy.
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The descent into a world in which people who are fundamentally unethical and unserious hold too many levers of power is not normal and it’s not funny.
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The movie surpasses previous adaptations of Erich Maria Remarque’s story but gives it a very different ending.
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The Beatles’ record once seemed unbeatable. Then Swift doubled it. But this unprecedented debut was planned weeks in advance.
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Elon Musk says nothing is changing on the platform as it faces its first test. It doesn’t look that way.
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Recommendations from Slate’s politics team on how to completely block out any thought of politics until Tuesday.
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Talking best friend fails with guest Danielle Moodie.
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Most people are born with a complete set of “tooth buds.”
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Parenting advice on Thanksgiving, driving privileges, and pets.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The six-week investigation resulted in a 74-page report that concluded “no crime occurred.”
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Planting drugs, threatening whistleblowers, beating suspects…A Tradition of Violence probes deputy gangs in the L.A. Sheriff's Department.
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Elon’s libertarian brain goes to war with his capitalist brain.
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Could suppressed Latino turnout knock out the Senate’s sole Latina?
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“We have some strange-ass laws on the books in Georgia.”
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An extremely committed Daniel Radcliffe stars in a movie that shows admirable dedication to being dumb.
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How rethinking your commitment to sports may help your kids have a more balanced adulthood.
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For those who watch the court closely, this kind of argument should sound eerily familiar.
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I was sure that food would taste better, out there.
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Their tactics go beyond even Amazon’s, and they’re getting away with most of it.
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Josh Chin on Xi Jinping’s high-tech power and the future of surveillance in China.
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It also changed jazz and American culture forever.
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"It all comes down to the objective vs. the subjective."
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Real-life teacher advice on IEPs, boundaries, and grades.
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What the war on "progressive prosecutors" is really about.
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Across multiple tight races around the country, third-party candidates could influence the outcome by pulling votes away from other candidates.
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It’s knives out for Joe O’Dea, Senate Republicans’ prized candidate.
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The former candidate for vice president is now running for Congress.
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Latino voters aren’t an unshakeable Democratic bloc in the Silver State.
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The independent state legislature theory is an abomination to originalism, and for genuinely originalist justices, Moore should be an easy case.
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Though you might have to see Aftersun twice to see how it brings it all together.
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The idea of proportionality has roots in midcentury Japanese American advocacy.
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Reeves’ order is bracingly honest about the sorry state of Second Amendment jurisprudence today.
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Residents of mobile homes are 6 to 8 times more likely to perish from indoor heat exposure.
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Parenting advice on insomnia, death, and consent.
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His chaotic first days might be part of a plan—one he’s used before.
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Abortion rights fell even though a clear majority of Americans support them. Is anyone ... doing anything about that?
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The insurrection hasn't weighed heavily on the minds of voters—but the issue might still make a difference in the states where it will count the most.
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If the GOP wins the House by narrow margins, they'll have their allies in the judiciary to thank.
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Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz, and the rest of the MAGA field are putting swing voters' bozo tolerance to the test.
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Two issues have broken through to young voters in a big way. They may not be enough.
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Abortion rights. Trans rights. Basic health care rights. They're all on the ballot.
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The Dems have embraced tactics they would’ve found off-putting in 2010. Recall that in 2010, they got creamed.
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Schools and CRT are so last year. In 2022, Republicans in tough races went all-in on battering Democrats over law and order.
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The question driving several key races has devolved into which candidate is more of a Real Man.
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Thiel has pumped big money into races the GOP desperately needs to win to retake the Senate.
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There’s a broad new public desire to take the law into one’s own hands because, well, you did the research.
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The fact that the story is very stupid does not make it ineffective.
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Jim O’Dea’s campaign is another let down for the idea of moderate Republicans.
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BuzzFeed’s Ikran Dahir discusses Tate’s wealth, misogyny, and the community he’s built around himself.
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Also, the new film Aftersun, and revisiting Brangelina.
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His plan to save the company’s business has more sticks than carrots, and the carrots are barely carrots.
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The Atlanta trio that revolutionized the rhythms of rap has come to a shocking end.
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The Philosophy of Modern Song will bedazzle and befuddle, not to mention troll.
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The comparison to the 1920s fails to capture some critical differences between the two cases.
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Talking scapegoat recovery and enby exhaustion with guest Danielle Moodie.
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He wants to “review” the company’s anti-trans harassment policy. There’s a worrying history here.
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Focused deterrence is all the rage from Dallas to Ohio to Boston. It does not live up to its violence reduction promise.
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As is so often the case in American politics, this is less a fight over the meaning of a particular right and more a fight over whose rights matter.
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Hunt for stories on the origins of their political beliefs.
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Parenting advice on allowance, jealousy, and consent.
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The former governor stacked New York’s highest court with conservatives who hijacked the state’s redistricting process.
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Key & Peele, See How They Run, The Mindy Project, and My Old School are just a few of the titles coming to streaming this month.
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Race-conscious admissions processes are back on trial.
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Thank Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump Jr.
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The little-told tale of the 1651 trial of Hugh and Mary Parsons.
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She wants to do it right before the first dance.
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Is it possible a little bit of great-grandma is running through the faucet?
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Is there a good way to make someone invite a kid to a party?
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How the rivalry that’s taking over TikTok is playing out on the front lines.
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A veteran instructor swears he could teach it to anyone—given time.
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And suggests that, yes, anti-vaccine rhetoric is to blame.
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Parenting advice on allowance, bias, and death.
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The story of how American officials learned to love the bomb a little bit less.
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New York's new concealed carry law is only the latest victim of the Supreme Court's recent ruling.
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Talking about bringing hugs back with guest Alyssa Knox.
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Users are sharing less. Young people aren’t signing up at all. What will it take to resuscitate the big blue app?
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The Supreme Court is set to hear a case on Section 230, which shields internet platforms from liability for content published by others, this term.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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In her first book, Rachel Aviv explores the gray space between biological and psychoanalytic approaches to mental health.
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Families deciding on schools need something better.
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From the unsullied to the undead, actor Jacob Anderson puts on a bloody good show as Anne Rice’s melancholy monster.
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Republicans were fine with Walker holding a gun to his wife’s head–his abortion won’t matter.
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Tár tells a #MeToo story from the perspective of the alleged perpetrator. What is it trying to say?
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Is it just a medium for creativity or an introduction to beauty standards?
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She’s written the definitive portrait—of a man who’s never been a mystery.
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Real-life teacher advice on problem students, Montessori, and when to start school.
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Does the Ryan Murphy show have some artistic merit, or is it just pure exploitation?
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A Milwaukee queer activist on whether the hit show is really "for the victims."
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“We actually did give a lifetime rejection to one writer…”
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William MacAskill, author of What We Owe the Future, and Robert Wright debate longtermism.
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Even after Dobbs, the end times are dominating bestseller lists.
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Increasingly isolated and unpredictable, Vladimir Putin is the head of a nuclear state that is verging on losing a war.
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Josh Levin and Evan Chung discuss the stories behind the third season.
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Two writers from opposite sides of the pond discuss.
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It’s a pattern we’ve seen with many recent natural disasters.
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The optics aren’t great, but the speaker has her reasons.
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She’s trying to buy back her reputation as a feminist icon by throwing pocket change at the ACLU.
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The Russian candidate to lead a major internet governance organization lost in a landslide.
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A historian on the First Lady’s relationship with Lorena Hickok, as referenced in Bros.
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Parenting advice on water safety, morning routines, and breaks from the kids.
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Understanding how these networks operate, communicate, and solicit funds will be critical to efforts to curtail future violence.
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Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor are perfectly aware of the situation at SCOTUS.
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It’s like the entire party is running for police commissioner of Gotham City.
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Also, questioning Dahmer, and sympathizing with the Wife Guy.
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Why has a popular, bipartisan congressional stock market ban stalled out?
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Everybody on TikTok is bopping to pop music in Hebrew right now.
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The coal miner’s daughter pioneered her own kind of country feminism.
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The Department of Justice faces an incredibly tough call.
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It’s not exactly plagiarism, but it’s definitely not good.
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The trick to finding news you can actually use in your life.
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On the game’s new platform, its difficulty, and the FETUS moment.
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This set-up was the secret to my adventurous, productive summer.
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Parenting advice on toxic in-laws, nudity, and dogs.
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“I haven’t really quite been able to just sit there,” one Highland Park resident told me.
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Textbooks are being screened. Teachers are being retrained. And a right-wing agenda is pervading the classroom.
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“I think it’s important to not call this ‘training.’ They're not training you to do anything.”
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How to navigate house rules when on vacation with another family.
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Parenting advice on extramarital affairs, stepchildren, and meat-eating.
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The Modi government says a data protection bill has become “too cumbersome” and that it needs to start again.
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Followed closely by that hot knight who won’t smooch.
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Kiwi Farms’ army of harassers was so vicious that few people would utter the forum’s name. Not anymore.
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He told me he was going to have to prioritize her feelings.
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“Martial arts is a spiritual activity just as much as it’s a physical activity.”
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Parenting advice on caring for elders, names, and screentime.
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A new Lyme vaccine is in late-stage trials, more than 20 years after the first Lyme vaccine, LYMErix, was removed from the market.
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You’re likely to get schooled in this week’s quiz.
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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A visiting volleyball player heard a racist heckler. LDS history sets the rest of the story apart.
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And what weed researchers say you need to keep in mind.
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When should you get it? What’s a bivalent vaccine? Will it really help?
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The Silicon Valley billionaire is giving Mitch McConnell serious agita.
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Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
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Slate Money talks labor shortage, quiet quitting, and the fast-food labor council.
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Parenting advice on social outcasts, estranged kids, and philosophical frights.
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The Founders imagined a broad pardon power that might apply to insurrectionists as a means of calming the national temperature, but never like this.
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A perfectly cast production and an authentic adaptation of the source material.
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Talking overwhelming news feeds with guest Austin Channing Brown.
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Our chaotic public square is about to lose a lot more than typos.
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A father wound up being investigated by the police for sending a nude photo of his son to the doctor after Google A.I. flagged the image.
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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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The history of Brown’s Open Curriculum says a lot about modern politics.
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The Rings of Power beautifully captures the look of Middle-earth, but its structure and tropes come from other lands.
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Many Black students take on crippling debt for degrees. Does the president’s plan mean more of it will pay off?
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Is Elrond not an elf? Is this show related to the movies? Was that Gandalf? And more.
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Why would Trump risk prosecution rather than just giving back the docs?
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So long to a clear success of the pandemic response.
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Why the Democrat, who beat Sarah Palin in a special election for a House seat, made salmon the cornerstone of her campaign.
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How to address custody issues without making matters worse
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Real-life teacher advice on homework, motivation, and reading.
