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Trump's Pick for Attorney General Just Made Terrifying Promises About Abortion -- Jill Filipovic

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Abdul El-Sayed Wasn't the Only One Who Won on Tuesday. Democrats and Republicans Alike Are Furious. -- Luke Winkie

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The Republican Campaign Against Abdul El-Sayed Has Already Taken a Turn Toward the Awful -- Jim Newell

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Ukraine Just Found a Powerful New Ally -- Mary Harris

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House of the Dragon Has Done the Impossible -- Jenny G. Zhang

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My Husband Found an Unwelcome Visitor in Our Bed. It's a Threat That's Coming for All of Us. -- Talia Barrington

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They're the Most Annoying Creatures on the Planet. We're Not Ready for What They're Going to Unleash on America. -- Marianne Dhenin

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A Vaccine-Skeptical Administration Just Approved a Potentially Revolutionary New Shot. What's Going On? Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Device Associated With Darkrooms ... or Half of a Phrase That Means "Dark Room" (Six Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 7, 2026 -- Nijah Morris

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Margo Howard Was a Legend. We'll Never Forget Some of Her Best Advice. -- Dear Prudence

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The New Season of Ted Lasso Is Actually ... Good? -- Sam Adams

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These Activists Might Have Cracked the Code to Fighting the Data Center Boom -- Nitish Pahwa

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The Luxury That Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift Can Both Afford—and You Can't -- Steffi Cao

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It's One of the Hardest Parts of Getting Out of Prison, and Nobody Ever Talks About It -- Robert Lee Williams

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I'm the Only Sibling Who Knows About My Dad's "Other" Side. I Have a Plan for After He's Gone.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I've Never Been Interested in Women. But My Friend's Recent Revelation Is Making Me Reconsider.

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Greg Lavallee -- My Mother-in-Law Believes a Disturbing Superstition About My Son. I Need This to Stop.

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As a Classicist, I've Defended Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation. I Can't Defend Her Review of Nolan's Movie. -- Theo Nash -- Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's poem.

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I Wanted to Dislike Kim Kardashian's New Skims London Store. That's Not Exactly What Happened. -- Imogen West-Knights -- I feel duty-bound to report that the pajamas are diabolically ugly.

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El-Sayed's Victory in Michigan Was Much Closer Than Anyone Predicted. What Does That Mean for What Comes Next? Jim Newell - A bruising Democratic primary promises to become a bruising general election.

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