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Trump's Latest Attempt to Cheat in the Midterms Faces Little Blowback - Shirin Ali

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Their Last Documentary Won the Oscar. Their New One Is Just as Urgent—and Even More Controversial. -- Sam Adams

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How Trump's Big Mouth Sabotaged His Press Ban -- Dahlia Lithwick

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He Was an Object of Mockery. Now He's Looking Like the Next Brad Pitt. I Think I Know What Changed. -- Isaac Butler

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The Trump Administration's Most Dangerous Man -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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This Mortifying Attempt to Trap Jack Smith in Perjury Was Like Something Out of The Office -- Shirin Ali

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The "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let's Talk About What We're Actually Talking About Here. -- Jill Filipovic

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She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women's Sports May Be to Blame. -- Maggie Mertens

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 1, 2026 -- Dan Kois

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The One Word Your Chatbot Should Never Say -- Nitish Pahwa

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The COVID-Conscious-Lesbian-Dive-Bar Debacle -- Kate Lindsay and Christina Cauterucci

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The Supreme Court Is Furious at These Defiant Judges. The Justices Should Look in the Dang Mirror. -- Alexis Romero

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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It's a Joke. What Happened? -- Jay Willis

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The Supreme Court's Term-Opening Blockbuster Will Test the Conservative Justices Like No Other Case -- James Goodwin and Daniel Walters

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true - how to do it - I Had an Unexpectedly Great Sexual Experience. Now I've Got to Figure Out How to Recreate It.

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care and feeding -- My Birth Control Failed and We Decided to Start a Family. Then I Learned About What He Left Behind in Another State.

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pay dirt -- My Dad Kept My Mom Out of the Workforce for Years. The "Opportunities" She's Finding Now Are Bad News.

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dear prudence - I've Been Married for 10 Years. Every Year, One Part Gets Harder.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Girlfriend's New Clothes Are Making Her Look Unpolished and Unprofessional

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Jessica Stoya -- I'm a Woman in My 20s and I'm Not Having the Sex I Want. I Know What's Holding Me Back.

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Nicole Chung -- My Daughter-in-Law Dropped Her Kids at My House and Sped Away. She Blames Me for What Happened Next.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Know Plenty of Working People Eat Lunch Like This. But This Isn't Right for a Professional Environment.

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1m ago - true - Laura Helmuth - I Quit My Last Job. The Story Behind It Is Not Exactly Something I Want to Share With My Next Employer.

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Jenny Fey -- Slate SoundBites for October 1, 2026

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My Sister-in-Law Demanded We Give Up Our Expensive Room on Vacation. Her Reasoning Doesn't Hold Up. Kristin Wong

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Unfortunately, All of Taylor Swift's Songs About Travis Kelce Continue to Be Terrible -- Carl Wilson -- Taylor Swift's new songs promise an Encore, but they're really a bunch of repeats.

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The Revenge of the Comment Section -- ICYMI

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Remember What It Was Like to Have a President Who Actually Reads? -- Laura Miller

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He's Scrawny. He's Pathetic. He's Hollywood's Hottest New Breakout. -- Nadira Goffe

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Mark Zuckerberg Might Have Finally Made Something That's Actually Useful - Alex Kirshner - Too bad the execution is hilariously bad.

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Money Talks: Wall Street's Personal Injury Payouts - Slate Money

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The Etiquette Tip That Helps Me Keep My Cool—and Get What I Want—in Tense Email Exchanges -- Susan Shapiro

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I Loved Watching These Robots Fall on Their Faces. Then I Realized What Was Actually Happening to Me. -- Rachel Morris

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She Stars in Some of the Weirdest Videos on the Internet. She's In On the Joke. -- Steffi Cao

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A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw. Nitish Pahwa

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Something Strange Is Happening to Fruits Across the Produce Aisle. Consumers Should Choose Carefully. -- Chason Gordon -- This brave new world isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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View all -- News & Politics

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true - Kamala Harris Is Quietly Reaching Out to the Voters She Thought She Didn't Need in 2024. They're Listening—Carefully. Aymann Ismail - Kamala Harris' return to Michigan this week was telling.

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Who the "Protect College Sports Act" Actually Protects -- What Next

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To Which of His Six Wives Was King Henry VIII Married for the Longest Time? -- Ray Hamel

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The Cheap Money Era Isn't Coming Back -- What Next

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Scurvy Is Caused by a Deficiency of Which Vitamin? Ray Hamel

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