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It Tested Well With Audiences, but Its Corporate Owner Buried It Anyway. Now It's Finally Seeing the Light of Day. -- Sam Adams

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I Teach at Yale. There Are Gen Z Catholics All Around Me. I Know What Must Be Done. -- Sergio Infante

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Drinking Is at a 92-Year Low—Except Among a Very Concerning Group. We Need to Course-Correct How We Talk About It. -- Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello

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Donald Trump Can Still Win You a Certain Type of Election -- Ben Jacobs

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Wait, I Thought the Supreme Court Blocked Trump's Crazy Tariffs? -- Shirin Ali

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Dolly Parton, America Will Always Love You, but It Didn't Always -- Carl Wilson

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One of Pop's Hottest Stars Is Uniquely Refreshing. I Think I Know the Secret to Her Success. -- Nadira Goffe

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Public Health Officials Are Already Terrified of the Next Pandemic. They Have One Weird Ray of Hope. -- Molly Olmstead

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The WNBA Is in the Midst of a Great Season and a Big Political Mess. I Know How to Fix It. -- Luke Winkie

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It Was One of the Most Surreal Moments in Oscars History. It's Often Still Misunderstood. -- Jamie Fisher

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This Is Not the Same Supreme Court That Refused to Meddle in the 2020 Election for Trump -- Dahlia Lithwick

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Ketanji Brown Jackson's Clear-Eyed Solo Dissent Explains the Supreme Court's Voting Assault -- Alexis Romero

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This State Hasn't Executed a Woman in 200 Years. It Is Picking the Worst Possible Way to Go Back. -- Austin Sarat

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CARE AND FEEDING -- I Show Love for My Children in a Certain Way. My Husband Says It's Time for Me to Stop.

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HOW TO DO IT -- My Husband Is Experiencing Something New and Mysterious in Bed. The Aftermath Is Messy.

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true - dear prudence - I Thought My New Sports Car Was Safely Home in the Driveway. Then I Got a Tearful Call From My Wife.

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PAY DIRT -- My Salary Barely Covers Childcare. I Found the Perfect Solution, But Someone Is Standing in My Way.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- My Fiancé Was Totally Supportive of My Lucrative Surrogacy Plan. Then His Mother Got Involved.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Would Never Seriously Date the Guys I'm Hooking Up With. But What I Want Instead Scares Them Away.

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Greg Lavallee -- My Husband Promised He Wouldn't Go Through With His Barbaric Plan for Our Son. But I Might Have to Resort to Surveillance.

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Kristin Wong -- I Thought My Boyfriend and I Both Lived the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Lifestyle. Then I Caught a Glimpse of His Banking App.

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Laura Helmuth - My Sister Asked Me for a Huge Favor. I Never Did It, But Uh, Now I'm Getting All the Credit.

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Greg Lavallee -- My Son Has Found an Innovative Way to Play an Online Video Game. I'm Worried About What This Says About Him.

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true - Donald Trump's 19-Year-Old Granddaughter Did What Grandpa Could Not - The Kai Signature Collection is here. Heather Schwedel

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true - Country Music Is Dominating the Billboard Charts Like Never Before. I Think I Know Why. Chris Molanphy - The three longest-running No. 1 hits of all time are all recent country songs. Here's what's happening.

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How McGruff's Anti-Drug Anthems Became Wedding Bangers -- Decoder Ring

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Something's Different About The Lindsay Clancy Fandom -- ICYMI

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I Just Got Home From a Trip With 12 People. It Would Have Been Unbearable Were It Not for a Simple, Underrated Solution. Luke Winkie - Go to Paris with a gaggle of people. Stay separately. See them twice.

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Slate Crossword: One With Chiseled Abs, Perhaps? (Six Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate SoundBites for August 27, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 27, 2026 -- Nijah Morris

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The DOJ Is Asking a Conservative Court to Give Trump a Terrifying New Power - Shirin Ali - This case appears likely to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court's Mail-In Voting Ruling Opens Door to Chaos -- Political Gabfest

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Which Animal Shares a Mutualistic Relationship With Warthogs? -- Ray Hamel

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How to Lose Wars and Tank the Economy -- What Next

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Meta's Big Tobacco Moment Has Arrived. But There's a Catch. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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true - It's Becoming Clearer Than Ever That "America First" Has Taken a Toll on American Power - Fred Kaplan

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What This Congressman's Nazi Staffer Scandal Says About the GOP's Future - Ian Prasad Philbrick

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