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Christa Pike's Botched Execution Is a Travesty. Blame the Supreme Court's MAGA Majority. Austin Sarat

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A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw. -- Nitish Pahwa

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HBO's New Prestige Drama Is a Much Better Show if You Keep One Thing in Mind -- Scaachi Koul

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Netflix Adapted a Great American Classic. What Have They Done to It? -- Rebecca Onion

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Their Last Documentary Won the Oscar. Their New One Is Just as Urgent—and Even More Controversial. -- Sam Adams

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How Trump's Big Mouth Sabotaged His Press Ban -- Dahlia Lithwick

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The Trump Administration's Most Dangerous Man -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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This Mortifying Attempt to Trap Jack Smith in Perjury Was Like Something Out of The Office -- Shirin Ali

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The "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let's Talk About What We're Actually Talking About Here. -- Jill Filipovic

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She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women's Sports May Be to Blame. -- Maggie Mertens

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Scurvy Is Caused by a Deficiency of Which Vitamin? -- Ray Hamel

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Slate Crossword: Strike Zones? (Six Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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He Was an Object of Mockery. Now He's Looking Like the Next Brad Pitt. I Think I Know What Changed. -- Isaac Butler

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I Managed to Get Off a Performance Improvement Plan. But What My Employers Did After Was Unforgivable. -- Good Job

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The Supreme Court Is Furious at These Defiant Judges. The Justices Should Look in the Dang Mirror. -- Alexis Romero

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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It's a Joke. What Happened? -- Jay Willis

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The Supreme Court's Term-Opening Blockbuster Will Test the Conservative Justices Like No Other Case -- James Goodwin and Daniel Walters

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- A High School Student I Mentored Is Now Back With an Unexpected Request. I'm Troubled by What It Is.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I've Thought About Giving My Wife a Complicated "Hall Pass." I'm Not Sure What She'll Think About the Person I Have in Mind.

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A.J. Daulerio -- A Family Friend Was Just Arrested for the Most Horrible Reason. I Can't Trust Anyone Around My Kid Now.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Know Plenty of Working People Eat Lunch Like This. But This Isn't Right for a Professional Environment.

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