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It's Almost Swimsuit Season. American Men Are Missing Out on the Best Part. David Mack

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A Hit New Show Is the Ideal Watch for Jane Austen Fans -- Rebecca Onion

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I Went to See What's Happened to the Home of the TED Talk. It Was a Little Terrifying. -- Alexandra Marvar

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HBO's Violent New Show Is Like Heated Rivalry for Sickos -- David Mack

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Iran Has the Upper Hand Now -- Fred Kaplan

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At First, I Could Hardly Believe That This Bizarre New Movie Existed. Now I'm So Glad It Does. -- Sam Adams

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Trump Is in His Ozymandias Era -- Rob Gunther

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The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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Why Democrats Stand No Chance in the Gerrymandering Wars -- Shirin Ali

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Does John Roberts' Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court's Callais Ruling? -- David Daley and Lisa Graves

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Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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When ChatGPT Learned I Have Cancer, It Started Treating Me Differently. I Wish It Hadn't. -- Alexandra Frost

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The Tech Industry Has a Plan to Reanimate the Dead. I Should Know: They Want to Bring Back My Brother. -- Jess Keefe

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Laura Helmuth - My Co-Worker Has Discovered a "Hack" for Getting Out of Doing Her Work. Now the Rest of Us Are Paying for It.

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Logan Sachon - I Tried to Tell My Husband That Only One of Our Daughters Wanted to Play Soccer. He Didn't Listen, and Now I'm in a Tough Spot.

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SNL Finally Found Its Kash Patel. It Could Only Have Been One Comedian. -- David Mack -- Aziz Ansari made his first SNL appearance in nearly a decade just for this.

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