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There's an Unsettling Path Toward Getting Our Kids to Love Reading. I Can't Say I'm Not Tempted. Rebecca Onion

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"No Kids" Was Supposed to Be for Weddings and Cruises. I Never Thought Baby Brands Would Go There, Too. -- Maggie Lange

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Elizabeth Smart Has Taken Perhaps the Last Job You'd Ever Expect -- Anna Sale

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One of the Biggest Books of the Year Has Proved Polarizing for an Unexpected Reason -- Rebecca Onion

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Fans Waited Five Years for a Sequel to One of Books' Biggest Series. Now That It's Here, They're Not All Pleased. -- Nadira Goffe

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Did Trump Learn Anything From the Midterms? We Already Have Our Answer. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Slate Mini Crossword -- K. Austin Collins

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[Whispers] The Democratic Party Is Good at Politics -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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He Was the Greatest Boxer of All Time. Amazon's New Show Captures That Magic. -- Franklin Schneider

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Shannon Palus -- I Found Out My Husband's "Plan" Ahead of the Midterm Elections. Now I'm Considering Leaving Him.

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Ilyce Glink -- Our Granddaughter Could Have Been a Millionaire. But Now She's Making Some Life Choices We Disagree With.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- After 25 Years, My Husband and I Finally Found a Way to Make Our Sex Life Work. There's Just One Problem.

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It's a Daily Ritual Beloved by Billions. There's Actually a Rule Book for It. It's a Delight. -- Bureaucracy at its most endearing. -- Eleni Petrakou

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true - A Generation of Men Once Revered Him. His New Movie Is the Worst I've Seen in Some Time. Scaachi Koul - It's not even outrageous enough for me to recommend it as a hate-watch.

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Livestreaming Killed The Cable News Star - ICYMI

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The Mega-Rich Backlash Has Claimed Its Latest Victim. I Never Thought It Would Be Her. J. Bryan Lowder - Her brand of vaguely attainable homemaking makes it easy to forget who she really is. Then we saw her costume.

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Slate SoundBites for November 9, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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true - What Democrats Must Do Now - Dahlia Lithwick - Much work is needed.

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Is Pete Hegseth Toast? -- What Next

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Trump Stole Billions of Dollars from Americans. The Democrats Have to Find It and Get It Back. -- Amicus

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A Post-Midterms Schaden-Friday Special -- What Next

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Which Syllable Is Stressed in the Pronunciation of the Word Diaspora? Ray Hamel

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