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Is 250 Even That Old for a Country? Rebecca Onion

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Will America Be Any Better at 500? I Made Some Guesses. -- Luke Winkie

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Living Abroad Helped Me Realize Some of the Best Qualities of Americans -- Hannah Docter-Loeb

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The World Thinks Americans Only Eat Pizza-Nugget-Burgers. The Truth Is a Much More Interesting Story. -- Chason Gordon

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The True Successor to Yellowstone Is Clear. It's Surprisingly Promising. -- Rebecca Onion

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America Has Two Options at the Box Office This Fourth of July Weekend. The Choice Is Clear. -- Sam Adams

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The Drama Over This $40 Million Movie Reveals a Bleak Truth About the Future of Hollywood -- Nitish Pahwa

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True Patriots Will Sip Only One Drink This July Fourth. Better Get Your Bottle Now. -- N.C. Stevens

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I've Finally Found the Drink That Deserves to Be Called "the Great American Cocktail." It's Probably Not What You Think. -- Jordan Weissmann

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Nina Totenberg Made a Mistake. But the Reaction Reveals a Much Bigger Problem. -- Dahlia Lithwick and Sonja West

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Slate Crossword: Audience Response at a Republican Congressperson's Town Hall, Probably (Four Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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I've Learned One Magical Thing From Soccer Commentators. You Can Try It, Too. -- Clement Gelly

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Their World Cup Team Lost Terribly. Yet They're Having the Most Fun. -- Aymann Ismail

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One of the Biggest Questions of the World Cup Comes From a Country With a Unique Name -- Alex Kirshner

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Wife and Her Sisters Never Listen to Our Daughter. They Missed a Major Announcement, and All Hell's Broken Loose.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I Had a Secret Surgery That Changed My Life Forever. I'm Worried It'll Decimate My Dating Prospects.

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Logan Sachon -- My Brother-in-Law Let My 9-Year-Old Do Something Terribly Dangerous. And Now He Wants to Charge Me for It!

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Laura Helmuth -- Quitting My Job Will Have Some Real Repercussions for the People I Help. The Guilt Is Eating Me Alive.

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Michelle Herman -- My Husband Thinks Our Son Is "Ready" for a Dangerous Activity. Absolutely Not.

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The Ultimate Myth We Tell Ourselves About the U.S. "The truth is, part of our government, since the founding, has been authoritarian." Lizzie O'Leary

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Louis C.K. Is Back With His First Major Stand-Up Special Since #MeToo. He Hasn't Really Changed. -- Imogen West-Knights -- The once disgraced comedian has not only been uncanceled but given his own Netflix special.

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Every Child Seems to Take Part in a New, Exhausting Tradition These Days. Teachers Have Some Theories About Why. -- Kate Lindsay -- "They're just going to go to the classroom upstairs," one teacher pointed out.

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Slate Pears Game 324: Jul. 4, 2026

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Slate Mini Crossword for July 4, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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What Was Really Going On With Republicans' Show of Rebellion Against Trump's War - Fred Kaplan - It was more posed than real.

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Thanks to SCOTUS, Bad History Might Actually Kill America -- Amicus

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Off-the-Record: Toy Story 5 Did NOT Make Mary Cry -- What Next

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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's Features Editor? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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Why the Court's Long-Sought Ruling Has One Big Exception -- Political Gabfest

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Something Is Going On With Mitch McConnell's Health, and His Office Is Being Mighty Cagey About It -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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