Friday, June 19, 2026 8:11 AM ET
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I Went to One of the Last-Ever Shows of a Beloved Rock Band. What I Saw Was Haunting and Strange. -- Luke Winkie2 hours ago
He Spent Years Calling Out Women's "Cottage Cheese Thighs"—and Worse. He Says He's Sorry. I Met Him to Discover the Truth. -- Krista Diamond4 hours ago
Donald Trump's Star-Studded Concerts Were a Huge Failure. Obama's Latest Coup Is Rubbing Salt in the Wound. -- Heather Schwedel14 hours ago
America Found Something It Loves More Than It Loves the War on Drugs. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick14 hours ago
Neil Gorsuch's New Gun-Rights Decision Is a Love Letter to Legal Weed2 hours ago
The Supreme Court Issued an 8–1 Ruling on Plea Deals. The Accord Won't Last. -- Alexis Romero2 hours ago
He Wanted to Study Business. He Ended Up Romance-Scamming Older Women. He Told Me Everything. -- Carlos Barragán22 hours ago
J.D. Vance Wrote a Tragedy. He Just Doesn't Know it. -- Molly Olmstead18 hours ago
I Went to a Jack Schlossberg Event. I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: He Should Win. -- Scaachi Koul14 hours ago
Slate Mini Crossword for June 19, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez2 hours ago
Build Your Answer From the Sound Up With Our New Game, SoundBites! -- Jenny Fey2 hours ago
Britain Just Issued Another Shocking Ban for People Under 16. This One Is Going to Be a Fight. -- Imogen West-Knights19 hours ago
Stephen Miller Was Closer to Realizing His Scariest Idea Than We Ever Knew -- Shirin Ali1 day ago
Toy Story 5 Takes On a Dark Subject—and Comes Away the Best Pixar Sequel in Years -- Dana Stevens1 day ago
Spielberg Never Told Her That Her Scene Would Be the Movie's Climax. Now She's Going Viral for Her Performance. -- David Mack1 day ago
It's the Most Controversial Scene in One of the 2000s' Most Polarizing Movies. Even the Screenwriter Was Baffled. What if We Got It Wrong? -- Jeffrey Bloomer1 day ago
Greg Lavallee -- My Sister-in-Law Got Our Wild 7-Year-Old to Sleep. I Was Horrified When I Found Out How She Did It.14 hours ago
Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- I Finally Took an Ancestry Test. The Results Are Even More Shocking Than I Expected.20 hours ago
Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Found a List My Wife Made Comparing Me to Another Man. What She Wrote Haunts Me.20 hours ago
Laura Helmuth -- I Can't Stand Another Summer With My Draconian Office Dress Code. This Year, I've Found a Loophole.7 hours ago
Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I Tried a Popular Hack for Getting a Good Night's Sleep With My Husband. He Was Hesitant at First, But It Worked Wonders.2 hours ago
Rich Juzwiak -- The Parents at My Kid's School Have the Same Reaction When I Mention My Girlfriend. It's Been a Year—Get Over It!1 day ago
Greg Lavallee -- My New Husband Hates His Ex. The Way He's "Getting Back at Her" Has Me Questioning Everything.19 hours ago
Elizabeth Spiers -- My Dog Was Mauled and Almost Died. What the Other Owner is Doing Now is So Rude It's Unthinkable.2 hours ago
Laura Helmuth -- I Found My Unemployed Girlfriend a Good Job. The Way She "Repaid" Me Is Unacceptable.1 day ago
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It's Incendiary. It's All Too Common. It's One of the Most Annoying Cop-Outs on TV. -- Imogen West-Knights -- Shows like Alice and Steve, Yellowjackets, and Stranger Things are all guilty of falling back on the same cliché.20 hours ago
Why Is This One Film Shot So Sticky? -- Decoder Ring2 days ago
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Welp, It's Time to Fess Up: We Got Sunlight All Wrong -- Rowan Jacobsen -- It's one of the only things that reliably increases health, longevity, and happiness. So why are we so hellbent on blocking it out?1 day ago
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Slate SoundBites for June 18, 2026 -- Jenny Fey1 day ago
Slate Mini Crossword for June 18, 2026 -- Nate Cardin22 hours ago
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The Dumbest Way Pete Hegseth Is Draining the Military - Mary Harris - The military was once a lifeline for Black Americans. It's become something else.1 day ago
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