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Hoppers Scored the Best Opening for a Pixar Original in Nearly a Decade. That's Not the Only Reason It Gives Me Hope. Hoppers Is the First Pixar Movie I've Ever Heard Make the Audience Audibly Gasp - Pixar's Surprising, Hit New Movie Is Part Avatar, Part Studio Ghibli, and Part Animal Liberation - Pixar's Surprising, Hit New Movie Suggests a Way the Studio Could Escape Its Doldrums - document.getElementById('cmmottulw00603tm94qzgb72c@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - Pixar's Surprising, Hit New Movie Is Part Avatar, Part Studio Ghibli, and Part Animal Liberation - Sam Adams

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Trump and Hegseth Are Revealing Their Ignorance of War Strategy - Trump's Claim That the U.S. Has Defeated Iran Is Very Revealing - Trump Says the U.S. Has Defeated Iran. It Reveals a Fundamental Misunderstanding of War. Trump and Hegseth Are Missing a Fundamental Thing About the War With Iran - Iran and the U.S. Are Fighting Different Wars - This Could Be the Real Decisive Factor in the War With Iran—and Hegseth Seems Oblivious to It - document.getElementById('cmmottulw005w3tm9dgit6jzh@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 6)].hidden = false - Trump's Claim That the U.S. Has Defeated Iran Is Very Revealing - Fred Kaplan

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Three Years Ago, Democrats Saved Silicon Valley. Its Billionaires Would Rather You Forget That. -- Alex Kirshner

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Trump Is Plunging the U.S. Into a Historic Oil Crisis. To Confront It, He Might Have to Turn to a Policy He Despises. -- Nitish Pahwa

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I Ignored the Signs. I Was Only 42. When I Saw the Look on My Doctor's Face, I Knew What Was Coming—or So I Thought. -- Christopher Ingraham

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One of Trump's Worst U.S. Attorneys Just Stepped on the Dumbest Possible Rake -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Trump Has a New Policy on Veteran Homelessness. It Could Go Very Wrong. -- Steve Kennedy

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I Went to One of Trump's Mass Deportation Warehouses. It Was Eerie. -- Shirin Ali

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Guess What Pete Hegseth's Department of Defense Is Spending an Absurd Amount of Money On -- Christina Cauterucci

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The Supreme Court's Favorite New Excuse to Rule Against LGBTQ+ Kids - Naomi Cahn, Maxine Eichner, and Mary Ziegler

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Slate Mini Crossword for March 13, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Faced With Pressure From Students, Parents, and Employers, Universities Are Doing Something Drastic. It Could Change the Future of College Education. -- Jon Marcus

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As the Iran War Fallout Widens, Trump Seems to Be Turning to an Old Tactic. He's in for a Rude Awakening. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The Timothée Chalamet Backlash Has Been Building. This Was the Final Straw. -- Nadira Goffe

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Nicole Kidman's Captivating New Crime Show Breaks the Mold -- Laura Miller

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The Ur–Internet Writer Thought About Divorcing Her Husband. Instead, She Entered a Throuple. I Visited Her to Find Out Why. -- Scaachi Koul

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Nicole Chung - I Did Some Good "Parenting" While Babysitting My Nephew. My Sister Is Furious.

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true - Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak - I Just Found Out Who My Hookup Is in a Relationship With. Nothing Could've Prepared Me for This.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My New Husband Refuses to Go Out in Public With Me for a Very Weird Reason. I Think I Made a Mistake.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I've Struggled With Acne Nearly My Entire Life. It's Taught Me a Valuable Lesson.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I Keep Hinting at What My New Girlfriend Should Be Giving Me in Bed. She's Not Getting It.

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Nicole Chung -- I've Always Known What Kind of Person My Mother Is. Unfortunately, My 3-Year-Old Has Figured It Out, Too.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- I've Decided to Do Something Drastic Once My Daughter Turns 18. She Has No Idea.

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Doree Shafrir -- My Friend Helped Me Get Work When I Needed It. I Hate What I'm About to Do to Him.

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My Boss Asked a Question About My Potential Promotion. Uh, the Answer Is Obvious. Laura Helmuth

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She Went From Reality Star to Best Actress Front-Runner. She Deserves It All. -- Isaac Butler -- Jessie Buckley's acting methods may be a bit woo-woo, but can you argue with the results?

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Trump's Most Dangerous Policy Dream Is Spreading From State to State. Much of the Country May Soon Be a No-Go Zone. -- Kalen D. Zeiger -- I know the signs, and they're not looking good.

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Slate SoundBites for March 13, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for March 12, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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true - The U.S. Bombed an Elementary School in Iran. Trump's Response Makes It Worse. Fred Kaplan - It is possible—under previous presidents, it has been policy—to admit to making horrific mistakes in wartime.

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The Strait of Hormuz Gets Even More Dire -- Political Gabfest

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When It Formed, Which Planet Was Twice Its Current Size and Had a Magnetic Field 50 Times Stronger Than Today? -- Ray Hamel

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