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Slate - Top Stories

America Might Beat China in a Crucial Race. You Might Not Like What That Means. -- Alex Kirshner

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The Mess With Channing Tatum, Explained in Too Much Detail -- Heather Schwedel

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New York City's New Public Bathrooms Are a High-Tech Solution to an Old Problem. They May Not Work as Intended. -- Christina Cauterucci

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Off the Record: Draining the Press Pool - Mary Harris and Lizzie O'Leary

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Nikole Hannah-Jones' Confessional Piece Begs the Question: What Do You Owe Your Children? Jill Filipovic

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Mahershala Ali's New Movie Is Unlike Anything I've Seen Before -- Aymann Ismail

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Trump Found a New Horrifying Way to Disappear ICE Detainees -- Shirin Ali

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Mark Zuckerberg Might Have Finally Made Something That's Actually Useful -- Alex Kirshner

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Republican Judges Defy Supreme Court to Try to Boost GOP in Midterms -- Billy Corriher

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Trump's Threats Against the 2026 Election Are Far From Over -- Dahlia Lithwick

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The Book Started as a Steamy Star Wars Fanfic. Now the Movie Adaptation Is Here. Uh-oh. Rebecca Onion and Nadira Goffe

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It Wasn't Looking Good for Ed Sheeran. Then I Saw His Most Recent Concert. -- Nadira Goffe

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Slate Crossword: Magic 8 Ball's Optimistic Answer (11 Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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At Which Temperature Are the Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales Equal? -- Ray Hamel

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Slate's Commenters Have Been Trolling My Writing for Years. I Finally Asked Why. I'll Never Look at Them the Same. -- Luke Winkie

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Are We Making Fruit Too Delicious? -- Chason Gordon

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Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero" Could Mean Something Very Obvious. Or It Could Play With a Loaded History of the Term. -- Anna Gibbs

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It's the Cruelest Conspiracy on the Internet. Donald Trump Has Taken It Up. After a Dark Year, I Found the Truth. -- Molly Olmstead

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Kristin Wong -- There's a Solution for My Mom's Limited Retirement Money. It Goes Against What I Was Raised to Believe.

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One of Jeopardy's Most Beloved Traditions Vanished. I Spent Months Talking to the People Whose Lives It Changed. Then I Got Some News. -- Claire McNear -- A call from the show's executive producer brought some news.

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Prohibition Tried to Stamp Out Drinking in America. But Now We Know That It Actually Gave Us One of the Greatest Cocktails. -- N.C. Stevens -- Everybody loves it. But now we can truly appreciate it.

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Slate SoundBites for September 24, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Sept. 24, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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