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Slate - Top Stories

Mickey Mouse, Welcome to the Resistance - Nitish Pahwa

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We're Finally Learning How ICE Is Spending Its Unlimited Budget. It's Literally Shocking. -- Shirin Ali

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Donald Trump Has Finally Wielded His Presidential Power for Good -- Christina Cauterucci

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The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits -- Nitish Pahwa

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A Controversial Technology Is Making Me a Worse Writer. No, Not That One. -- Alex Kirshner

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Why Hayden Panettiere's Sudden Death Is So Devastating -- Nadira Goffe

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Who Cooks Up the Supreme Court's BS Originalist Ideas, Anyway? -- Mark Joseph Stern

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It Was One of the Biggest Scandals of the First Trump Term and It's Even Worse Now. Where Did It Go? -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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In the '90s, It Was Still an Essential Way to Connect With People. We've Lost It Entirely. We Shouldn't Have. -- Dan Kois

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It's Obvious Now Why "Woke 1" Failed. I Have an Idea for How Progressives Can Be Less Annoying Next Time. -- Luke Winkie

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My Co-Worker's Annoying Habit Is Making My Life Hell -- Good Job

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It's a Forbidden Behavior in Today's Restaurants. These Chefs Say It Massively Improved Their Careers. -- Amanda Albee

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I've Seen Evidence That My Relative's Boyfriend Is a Monster. But There Is a Reason I Can't Tell Her. -- Good Job

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dear prudence -- I've Opened Up Our Home to Kids in Need. My Husband Has Some Pretty Unfair Objections.

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Emily Yoffe -- Help! I Stepped Up for My Pregnant Friend After Her Boyfriend Left Her. Now I Have to Share Some Bad News.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Getting Laid Is So Easy After My Divorce. But Now There's a New Problem.

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Carvell Wallace and Rumaan Alam -- I Read My Son's Texts From His Ex-Girlfriend. Uh-Oh.

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true - Trump Just Dealt a Huge Blow to America's Standing in the World - Fred Kaplan

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Why Did Trump Lose It Over Natalie Harp—and Who Is She, Anyway? Unfortunately, I've Learned Too Much. Heather Schwedel

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I Wish I Could Unsee What I Saw at the Trump Admin's New "Patriotic" Art Exhibit - Christina Cauterucci - The overarching impression is of a seasonal HomeGoods display around the Fourth of July.

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Tech Oligarchs Have a Certain Future in Mind. It Completely Misunderstands How the World Works. -- Laura Miller

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HBO's Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to Watchmen -- Sam Adams

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Look What You Made Me Do -- Gabfest Reads

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Does Hating Influencers Really Mean Hating Women? -- ICYMI

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Amazon's Show of the Summer Will Stand the Test of Time -- Rebecca Onion

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true - The Hottest Girl in the Country Is Making Millions Off Us. To Find Out Why, I Did the Unthinkable. Scaachi Koul - There's a common mistake we make in trying to figure her out.

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Slate Pears Game 369: Aug. 18, 2026

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Slate SoundBites for August 18, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 18, 2026 -- Nate Cardin

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Slate Crossword: Turn Out at a Cultural Event? (Nine Letters) -- Tim Croce

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Bestselling Author Elizabeth Strout Grapples With Her 'Uptight' New England Tendencies -- Death, Sex & Money

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2 years ago

true - J.D. Vance Is Learning an Important Foreign Policy Lesson the Hard Way - Fred Kaplan - This must have been an embarrassing moment for the vice president.

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Can You Identify Which Item Cost More Than $10 in the 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog? -- Ray Hamel

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The Nightmare on the USS Lincoln -- What Next

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Donald Trump Promised to Keep Us Out of Protracted Wars of Choice in the Middle East. We Are Now in a Protracted War of Choice in the Middle East. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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true - Donald Trump's Trickle-Down Misogyny - Ian Prasad Philbrick

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