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I Was Hired by One of the "Cornell Seven" Last Year. I Know Well How This Case Has Gone Uniquely Wrong. Hanna Stotland

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Did Sam Alito Recuse Because His Fellow Conservatives Told Him "We Got This"?

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We Have a New Contender for Dumbest Political Move of the Century -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Dems Are Struggling to Beat Susan Collins, Again. I Think I Know Why. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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His Death Shocked the World 20 Years Ago. I Was in Fifth Grade. Now I Know Why It Ruined Me. -- Ivana Rihter

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Detroit's Favorite Dish Is Beige, Bland, and Bad at Photos. But There's a Reason It Remains So Beloved. Rose Palazzolo

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The Guy Behind The Big Short and Moneyball Is Back to Take On Elon Musk and DOGE. It's a Roller Coaster. -- Laura Miller

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A Notoriously Bonkers Bestselling Book Is Now an Even Wilder Movie Starring Anne Hathaway. It's Quite the Ride. -- Rebecca Onion

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People Are Mad a Celebrity Admitted She's Never Read a Book. Frankly, I Applaud It. -- Heather Schwedel

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How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms -- Richard L. Hasen

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Are the Polls Wrong Again? Or Is the Blue Wave a Blue Tsunami? We Took a Closer Look. -- Jim Newell

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Trump's Latest Attempt to Cheat in the Midterms Faces Little Blowback -- Shirin Ali

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Teenagers Are All Obsessed With Them. They're the Death Knell of Something Important. -- Lindsey DeLoach Jones

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She Co-Wrote the Longest-Running No. 1 of All Time. Now Will She Finally Get Her Due? -- Carl Wilson

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Ted Cruz Wants It. Matthew McConaughey Wants It. It's Downright Evil. -- Alex Kirshner

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She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women's Sports May Be to Blame. -- Maggie Mertens

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My Husband Insisted That Our Son Take Up a Classic American Pastime. Now We're All Miserable. -- care and feeding

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true - care and feeding - When We Arrived at My In-Laws' House, We Heard Barking From Another Room. That's When We Realized the Foolish Thing They'd Done.

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dear prudence -- My Sister Just Showed Me Her Engagement Ring. I Have Big Questions for Her Fiancé.

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good job - I Invited My Colleague to My Birthday Party. Things Went So Off the Rails That She Didn't Show Up to Work for Three Days.

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how to do it -- I Just Discovered What My Husband Does Every Time I'm Out of Town. He's Not Who I Thought He Was.

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Emily Yoffe -- My Friend Said I Was the One That Got Away. He Couldn't Have Picked a Worse Messenger.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I'm Perfectly Fine With What I'm Into, but Everyone Freaks Out When I Tell Them About It. It's Starting to Drive Me Insane.

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Arionne Nettles -- We Could Send Our Eldest to Private School. But We'd Be Trading In His Sibling's Future.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Stepmom Left Her Son Everything in the Will. But There's an Account We All Keep Wondering About.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Know Plenty of Working People Eat Lunch Like This. But This Isn't Right for a Professional Environment.

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true - He Was an Object of Mockery. Now He's Looking Like the Next Brad Pitt. I Think I Know What Changed. Isaac Butler - "R-Patz" was a derided teen heartthrob. Now he's in four of the biggest movies of the year and seems headed for his first Oscar nomination.

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Why Is Threads...Like That? ICYMI

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Tom Cruise's New Movie Is a Disaster of Almost Apocalyptic Proportions -- Dana Stevens

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true - There's One Word That Your Chatbot Should Never Say - Nitish Pahwa - Artificial intimacy is harming us in ways we don't fully understand. An MIT professor thinks she knows how to combat it.

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What Should You Do With Your Money? -- Slate Money

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ChatGPT Doesn't Love You -- What Next: TBD

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A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw. -- Nitish Pahwa

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The COVID-Conscious-Lesbian-Dive-Bar Debacle -- Kate Lindsay and Christina Cauterucci

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Money Talks: Wall Street's Personal Injury Payouts -- Slate Money

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The Etiquette Tip That Helps Me Keep My Cool—and Get What I Want—in Tense Email Exchanges -- Susan Shapiro

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true - Billionaires Are Suddenly Dressing Like They Deal Weed. I Have a Theory Why. Steffi Cao

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I Stumbled Across My Boyfriend's ChatGPT. It Ended Our Relationship. Lindsey Hall - "I'm just not proud of her."

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Slate Pears Game 417: Oct. 5, 2026

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Slate SoundBites for October 5, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 5, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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Slate Crossword: Kosovar Pop Star with Her Own Book Club (Seven Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - The Supreme Court Just Took What Will Be the Blockbuster Case of the Term - Shirin Ali - On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted what is sure to be the blockbuster case of its 2026–27 term.

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Which Adjective Refers to Someone Called a Crepehanger? -- Ray Hamel

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The GOP Killed His District. He's Not Giving Up. -- What Next

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true - Just One GOP Justice Needs to Flip for Big Oil to Face Climate Accountability. Welp. Madiba K. Dennie

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