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Alex Murdaugh's Murder Convictions Were Just Overturned. The Reason Why Is Wild. -- Laura Miller

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Big Corporations Are Funding MAGA Reality TV Shows. It's Starting to Look ... Suspicious. -- Luke Winkie

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It's a Midsize City. It Makes the News Every Six Years. You'd Never Guess the Reason. You Set Off on the Trip of a Lifetime. You End Up Stuck in ... Omaha? Why Do We Keep Sending People to Omaha, Nebraska, to Quarantine? document.getElementById('cmp5yrd2i00113b7d7stc2qfm@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 3)].hidden = false - You Set Off on the Trip of a Lifetime. You End Up Stuck in ... Omaha? Rosie Thomas

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George W. Bush's Former Press Secretary Has Found Her Next Gig. I'm Not Sure She's Up to the Job. -- Rebecca Onion

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Neil Gorsuch Is What Happens When a "Debate Me" College Dweeb Is Given All the Power in the World -- Susan Matthews

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The Seven Biggest Ongoing Gerrymandering Fights -- Shirin Ali

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Florida's Attorney General Is Fighting to Outlaw Surrogacy. Adoption Could Be Next. -- Mark Joseph Stern

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The Latest Overblown Literary Outrage Is Here, and It's a Real Doozy -- Laura Miller

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My Father's Hidden Life Was in a Box in His Office. By the Time I Found It, It Was Almost Too Late. Jordan Hirsch

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It's the Most Sickening Part of the Internet. You Wouldn't Want Your Kids on It—but It Might Already Be Too Late. -- Sabrina Jones

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He's One of SNL's Most Beloved Alums—and One of the Most Polarizing. A New Documentary Examines Why. -- David Mack

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I've Always Helped My Sister With Money When She's Needed It. Now I'm Regretting That Choice. -- pay dirt

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We're Done With My Wife's Brother After How He Treated Our Son. Her Mom Insists We're Being "Precious." -- care and feeding

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My Longtime Friends Love to Bring Up a Particular Sore Spot From My Past. I'd Rather Not Be Reminded. -- dear prudence

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Nicole Chung -- My Adult Son Legally Changed His Last Name. My Husband's Reaction Is Absurd.

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Jessica Stoya -- I Got Home From Work and Caught My Wife Betraying Me. I Can Use This to My Advantage.

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Kristin Wong -- My Friends Always Host Our Hang Outs in Their Home. They Have an Infuriating Habit.

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris - My Husband's Family Treats His Ex-Wife Like She's Royalty. After What She Did, She Doesn't Deserve It.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- I Thought I'd Atoned for Almost Wrecking My Marriage. Now My Daughter Is About to Pay for My Sins.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Husband Decided to Make a Change That a Lot of People Are Doing These Days. Now He's Unrecognizable—And So Is Our Sex Life.

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A.J. Daulerio -- My Husband and My Son Have a New Hobby. It Involves Terrible Cruelty.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Finally Searched for the Man Who Abused Me. What He's Working in Now Sends a Chill Down My Spine.

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A.J. Daulerio -- My Wife Wants to Get Rid of My Daughter's New Toy to "Protect" Our Son. This Is Not a Realistic Approach.

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A Hit New Show Is the Ideal Watch for Jane Austen Fans -- Rebecca Onion -- You will fall for The Other Bennet Sister.

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How Do the Sex Scenes in Off Campus Stack Up to Heated Rivalry? Let's Evaluate. -- Nadira Goffe and Rebecca Onion

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It's a Common Pastime That's Often Considered Harmless Fun. One Woman's Story Should Serve as a Warning. Carlos Orsi - Maybe it's time to stop dabbling in astrology.

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Money Talks: Risky Business -- Slate Money

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Airlines (and Trump) Found a Way to Make Flying Even More Miserable This Summer -- Alex Kirshner

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Orangutan Moms Are the Tradwives of the Animal Kingdom. Their Job Is Easier for a Key Reason. -- Elizabeth Preston

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I Tried a Weekslong Experiment to Become a Better Mom. I Was Shocked That It Kind of Worked. -- JoAnna Novak

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Yes, a Beloved College Is Closing. But It's Not As Bad As It Seems. -- Ethan Ris -- I study higher education for a living. The data doesn't lie.

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Slate Crossword: Is in French? (Three Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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He Spends His Days Tracking America's Wildest Conspiracy Theorists. What He's Seeing Lately Is Eye-Popping. Luke Winkie - Will Sommer has watched our politics descend into darkness. We're not ready for what's coming next.

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Which Part of the Human Brain Is Often Referred to as Gray Matter? -- Ray Hamel

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Why Is John Roberts in a Rush All of a Sudden? -- Richard L. Hasen

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What Cabinet Department Did Neil Gorsuch's Mom Lead? -- Ray Hamel

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It Was One of DOGE's Most Absurd Abuses. A Court Finally Exposed It. Shaun Ossei-Owusu

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