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He's Boring. He's an Establishment Democrat. Up Close He's ... Actually Kind of Great? Susan Matthews

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One Literary Giant Is Rarely Associated With His Homeland. Make No Mistake: He's the Most Influential American Writer of All. -- Laura Miller -- Not Mark Twain, not Herman Melville, not F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Why There's a Real Risk of a Replay of the 2020 Election Come Tuesday -- Shirin Ali

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How to Lose Your Party a Senate Seat: Alaska Edition -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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I Wanted to Understand What Israelis Think of This Election. What I Learned Was Chilling. -- Tamara Davison

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We Bought a House. We Had Help From My Husband's Parents. It Was One of the Biggest Mistakes We've Ever Made. -- Meghan Nesmith

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People's New Sexiest Man Alive Is Proving Weirdly Controversial -- Nadira Goffe

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Obama Won This State Twice. Republicans Have Since Taken It Over. Now, Democrats Have Come Roaring Back. Ben Jacobs

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 29, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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She Wants All the Haitians Gone. Now. She's Finally Getting Her Way—but She's Still Angry. -- Alexander Sammon

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Trump's Real Goal in America Is Clear in One Town. It's Haunting to Visit. -- Alexander Sammon

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Elizabeth Holmes Is a Fraudster. It's Astonishing What Nathan Fielder's Doc Makes of Her. -- Shannon Palus

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Nicole Chung -- My Son Wants to Opt Out of Family Thanksgiving. He's 12!

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Was the Strange, Long-Lost Icelandic Version of Dracula Written by Bram Stoker Himself? -- Decoder Ring

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The Documentary Dividing The Internet -- ICYMI

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Taika Waititi Adapted a Strange and Beautiful Novel. The Result Is Shaping Up to Be a Legendary Bomb. -- Laura Miller

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Some People Are Miserable at Work. You'd Think They'd Leave—but They Choose to Do Something Wild Instead. -- Alison Green -- Their hair is falling out and their cortisol is through the roof, but still, they choose to stay.

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Slate SoundBites for October 29, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Crossword: Attempted to Take a Seat? (Three Letters) -- Ben Zimmer

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true - What Trump Plans to Do in 2026 and How the "No Kings" Movement Can Defeat Him - Dahlia Lithwick - This past weekend, millions of protesters showed up at "No Kings" marches at thousands of locations, including in multiple MAGA strongholds.

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The Next Epstein Files -- What Next

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Which Two Kingdoms Engaged in the Hundred Years' War? -- Ray Hamel

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What Is Defined Scientifically as a Force Multiplied by a Time Divided by an Area? Ray Hamel

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