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An Extremist Won This Week in Wisconsin. It's Probably Not the One You've Read About. Jim Newell

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

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If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump "Superstore" -- Jessica Pishko

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Her Previous Album Has Become One of the Defining Records of the Decade. Her New One Is Something Else Altogether. -- Carl Wilson

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

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Anne Hathaway's Nasty Little Dinosaur Movie Is Better Than Any Jurassic Park in Years -- Sam Adams

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Trump on Long-Suffering Sailors: "Not Nearly Long Enough" -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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How Can Congress Stop Trump From Sabotaging the Next Democratic President? -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Starbucks and McDonald's Keep Pushing These Drinks. I Have a Distressing Theory Why. -- Steffi Cao

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The Hottest Girl in the Country Is Making Millions Off Us. To Find Out Why, I Did the Unthinkable. -- Scaachi Koul

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The Obsession With Botox and Filler Has Reached a Dangerous New Level -- Sam Nichols

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There Is No Male Loneliness Crisis. What's Actually Happening Is So Much Darker. -- Nick Keppler

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The One Part of Friends That Was Actually Totally True -- Dan Kois

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There's a Growing Crisis in Our Social Lives. Is the Cure This Simple? -- Dan Kois

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true - dear prudence - My Sister Just Revealed What She's Really Been Up to With an Older Cousin. Our Family Wants Me to Keep an "Open Mind."

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

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Rich Juzwiak -- Before Giving a Risqué Wedding Gift, Ask These Two Questions

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Michelle Herman -- I Know My Brother's Secret. And His Kid Is Onto Him.

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Lillian Karabaic and Athena Valentine -- I Have a Wife, Kids, and a Good Life. No One Knows My Deepest Fantasy.

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Laura Helmuth -- My Co-Workers Are Starting to Side-Eye Me for What I Do All Day at Work. If Only They Knew Why.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I'm a Sex Worker. I Had a Client So Good in Bed That I Want to Do Something Unprofessional.

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It's the Buzziest Book of the Year. Anne Hathaway Is Making It Into a Movie. It Has the Worst Kind of Twist Ending. -- Rebecca Onion -- I basically enjoyed Yesteryear—until that final surprise messed up everything.

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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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Everyone Calls Me a F-Boy. I Deserve It. But I Refuse to Stop Breaking People's Hearts. -- Isabelle Kohn

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 15, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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true - Restaurants Think They're Making This Classic Dish More "Accessible." I'm Not Sure That's Such a Good Thing. Maggie Hennessy

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 14, 2026 -- Adrianne Baik

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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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To Understand Today's Supreme Court, You Need to Understand One Particular Justice. -- Amicus

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The Supreme Court's Callais Ruling Has Already Wrought Terrible Damage -- Donathan L. Brown

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The Ottolenghi Conspiracy: A Dinner Party Riff - David Plotz

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