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The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a 2028 Nightmare -- Jim Newell

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The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito -- Richard L. Hasen

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It's a Plague on Bars Across the Country. And Without a Serious Intervention, It's Only Going to Get Worse. -- Courtney Iseman

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An Acclaimed New Show Somehow Combines Stephen King, Atlanta, Parks and Rec, and Jaws -- Sam Adams

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 Gives Its Predecessor a Much-Needed Makeover -- Dana Stevens

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King Charles Told Trump What He Thought of Iran. Then Trump Did the Positively Unimaginable. -- Imogen West-Knights

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I See All the Accomplished Women in My Life Suffering Through the Same Thing With Their Boyfriends. I Don't Want to Be Next. -- Steffi Cao

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Trump Is Going After Jimmy Kimmel Again. What's Likely to Happen Next Isn't Pretty. -- Nitish Pahwa

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The U.K. Perfected a Certain Kind of Political Photograph. Why Don't We Have Them Here? -- David Mack

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Doree Shafrir -- My Boss Hired a New Chief of Staff. The Way He Did It Is Totally Shady.

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true - Jessica Stoya - I Need to Put a Moratorium on Sex With My Husband. But I'm Not Sure What Comes Next.

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Logan Sachon -- I Made the Best Choice for My Kids in an Impossible Situation. I Can't Believe How My "Village" Is Reacting.

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Nadira Goffe -- I Read My Ex-Husband's Obituary. He Told a Huge Lie—Involving Me.

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Isabelle Kohn -- Help! My Friend Volunteered to Dog-Sit for Months. I'm Horrified by What I Caught Him Doing on My Secret Camera.

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true - Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak - My Crush Keeps Doing the Weirdest Hot-and-Cold Maneuver. I'm Not Sure What It Means.

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A.J. Daulerio -- My Kid Is Now Banned From All Family Functions Until Further Notice. He Doesn't Deserve This!

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Kristin Wong -- I'm Saving for What Used to Be a Normal Goal. Now It Feels Like a Pipe Dream.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Was Ruthlessly Kicked Out of a Group at Work. The Time Has Come for My Revenge.

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11m ago - true - Dahlia Lithwick - The Supreme Court Has Found Its True Enemy: Multiracial Democracy

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TRUE -- The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century -- Richard L. Hasen

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There's Something More Sinister Beneath Trump's Ballroom Obsession - Shirin Ali

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I Spent a Few Days With the Democrat Everyone Suddenly Can't Stop Talking About. Now I See Why. -- There's a reason everyone can't stop talking about Abdul El-Sayed. -- Aymann Ismail

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I Was Wrong About Lena Dunham -- Sonia Saraiya -- Over a decade ago, when Girls premiered, I was one of the many voices who reflexively loathed its creator. Looking back, I know who I was really attacking.

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Wanna Be Startin' Somethin? Criticize the Michael Jackson Biopic. -- Culture Gabfest

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We're Taking This "Mormon" Trend Too Far -- ICYMI

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Even If the Michael Jackson Movie Didn't Have a Responsibility to Address the Allegations, There's a Bigger Issue -- Sam Adams

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There Are Two Types of Gardening Shows. The Superior Kind Can Be Found on YouTube. -- Laura Miller

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I Saved $800 on My Medical Bills With a Little-Known Trick. You Can Do It Too. Alex Olgin - Doing this has saved me a nice chunk of money.

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Elon Musk Says He's Suing OpenAI Because They Abandoned Their Mission. I Think His Real Reason Is Much More Embarrassing. Tony Ho Tran

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Email Signatures Are Supposed to Be Forgettable and Mundane. These People Refuse to Abide. -- Alison Green -- One woman signed her emails with her entire vacation itinerary.

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Slate Pears Game 259: Apr. 30, 2026

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Slate Crossword: NYC Crash Pad of the Type Zohran Mamdani Has Pledged to Tax (10 Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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Slate SoundBites for April 30, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for April 30, 2026 -- Kiran Pandey

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true - Two Generations Ago, It Wasn't So Weird to Be Naked in Front of Other People. Now Everyone Hates It. I Went to the Only Place to Find Out Why. Rowan Jacobsen

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One State Has an Ingenious New Strategy for Blocking the Opening of an ICE Detention Warehouse -- Madeleine O'Neill -- Tucked away in rural western Maryland, past a dead-end road cut off by railroad tracks, a stream runs cool and clear over a ledge dotted with snails.

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What Is the Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points on the Surface of a Sphere? -- Ray Hamel

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The Death of the Voting Rights Act -- What Next

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"A Day of Devastation for Our Democracy" -- Amicus

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