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How Long Is Trump's Life Expectancy? The Answer Surprised Me. Shannon Palus

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It Was Everyone's Sport. Then MAGA Hijacked It. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way. -- Laura Jedeed

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I Thought It Was Better Than Drinking—and Maybe Even Healthy. I Never Expected it Could Take Me to a Dark Place. -- Sammi LaBue

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It's Cold. It's Shocking. Northern Europeans Love It. Now I Do, Too. -- Laura Miller

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How America 250 Became Trump 80 -- Jim Newell

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Disclosure Day Plays Like It Used That Famous Moment From Inside the Actors Studio as Its Starting Point -- Sam Adams

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Is Taylor Swift Really Going to Do This? Yes, I Believe She Is. -- Heather Schwedel

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A Guide to Olivia Rodrigo's New Album for Fans of 1980s Rock Band the Cure -- Carl Wilson

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That Crisp, Clean Beer You Love Has Long Depended on a Strange, Very Old Ingredient. Brewers Are Dropping It in the Name of Progress. -- N.C. Stevens

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Our Most MAGA Court Created Another Mess for SCOTUS to Clean Up -- Alexis Romero and Mark Joseph Stern

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Trump Is Mentally Trapped in the 1980s—and It Shapes Everything He Does -- Nitish Pahwa

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Republicans Have the Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever With Todd Blanche's Nomination -- Dahlia Lithwick

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I Got Off the Plane and Walked Into a Scene From Another Era. You'll Know Exactly What I'm Talking About, and It Should Scare You. -- Jill Filipovic

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Mother-in-Law Treats My Wife Horribly. Our Daughter Accidentally Might Have Saved Us All.

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Tia Williams -- My Wife Is the Most Interesting Person in Every Room. It's Leading to a Frustrating Problem.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- People Consider a Certain Reaction During a Crisis to Be a Red Flag. But It's More Complicated Than That!

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Rich Juzwiak -- My Wife's Puritanical "Sex Rule" Is Really Putting a Damper Our Big Jamaican Vacation

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Michelle Herman -- My Husband Has Given Me a Cruel Ultimatum About Having a Baby. I Didn't Think He Had This in Him.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Parents Love Dropping a Ton of Cash on Travel. My Wife Has a Weird Argument for Why It Makes Them Bad Grandparents.

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Laura Helmuth -- There's a Messed Up Open Secret at Our Work Club. We're Expected to Act Like Nothing Is Going On.

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People Compared It to The Birth of a Nation and "a Lynching." Spike Lee Hated It. Now It's a Classic. -- Nadira Goffe -- In the 1980s, The Color Purple prompted protests and boycotts. There's a reason it's since been embraced.

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How Power Ballads Taught Us to Pledge Love While Rocking Out -- Hit Parade

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Obsession Wasn't the First YouTube Film to Break the Box Office. It Won't Be the Last. -- ICYMI

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A Cult-Favorite Show Is Back With Some Major Changes. Not Everyone Is Happy With Them. -- Nadira Goffe

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The 50 Best Restaurant Awards Are Supposed to Honor Excellence in Fine Dining. But This Year, a Major Scandal Soured the Whole Event. -- Corey Mintz -- This might leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

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Slate Mini Crossword for June 14, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Almost a Century Ago, an Autocrat Wanted the World Cup to Worship Him. Sound Familiar? -- Flynn Coleman -- The beautiful game has a long, ugly history with autocrats. But there's something about soccer that the authoritarian mind cannot comprehend.

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Justice Samuel Alito's Boyhood Dreams Are Coming True -- Amicus

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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's Senior Audience Development Editor? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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California's Vote-Counting Mess and What to Do About It -- Political Gabfest

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