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It Was a Bold, Multimillion-Dollar Experiment. They Wanted to Change Cable News Forever. What They Actually Did Was Far More Revealing. -- Nitish Pahwa

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The Surprisingly Anticlimactic End to America's War Against al-Qaida -- Aki Peritz

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It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It's Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. -- Alexander Sammon

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This Looming Tennessee Execution Would Be One of the Most Abhorrent in History. There's Still Time to Stop It.

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Red States Thought They Could Stop Abortions. They Ended Up Stopping Only the Lifesaving Ones. Greer Donley and Yvonne Lindgren

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There's a Seductive Recipe Style That's Taken Over Our Stoves. Think Twice Before You Cook It. -- Jaya Saxena

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Slate Mini Crossword for April 21, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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What's Happening to Sydney Sweeney's Euphoria Character Feels Like a Humiliation Ritual -- Rebecca Onion

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Before One of America's Most Horrific Crimes Was Solved, Someone Else Was Publicly Blamed. The Damage Went on for Years. -- Josh Levin

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It's How Millions of Americans Afford Food. Trump Has Thrown It Into Chaos. The Toll Is Bigger Than You Realize. -- Rainesford Stauffer

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RFK Jr. and I Share an Unusual Condition. How He Has Reacted to Having It Is Horrifying to Me. -- Lorraine Boissoneault

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A Netflix Documentary Has a Bizarre Idea About How to Get Pregnant. I've Watched My Patients Fall for It. -- Sarah Hougen Poggi

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Ilyce Glink -- My Husband Knows What He Needs to Do to Secure Our Future. He Seems Incapable of Doing It.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Stepdaughter Confided in Me. But I Really Don't Think I Can Keep This to Myself.

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Arionne Nettles -- We Were Always the Most Laid-Back Parents We Know. That All Has to Change Now.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Something Strange Is Going on in Our New Shower. I Suspect My Wife Is Hiding a Naughty Secret.

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Logan Sachon -- Help! The Stunt My Sisters Pulled at a Family Party Is Making Me Rethink Their Invites to My Wedding

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Rich Juzwiak -- I Just Found Out What My New Lover Used to Do With Her Husband. I Could Never Compare.

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Nicole Cliffe and Michelle Herman -- At a Pool Party With a Bunch of Teenagers, I Had to Stop My Wife From Doing Something Wildly Inappropriate

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Ilyce Glink -- I Was Initially Charmed by My Neighbors' "Friendly" Habit. Now I'm Over It.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Work at a Wealthy Retirement Home. Our Residents Are About to Get Really Nosy About My Sudden Change.

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true - They Were the Most Sought-After Workers in America. Now They're Unemployable. What Happened? More than a million laid-off workers like me are scrambling in a job market that no longer wants us. Foram Mehta

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Trump's $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Could Be Political Suicide for Republicans - In so many ways, this budget is a fantasy. Fred Kaplan

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A New Rom-Com Was at the Center of a Debate Before It Was Even Out. Luckily, the Result Speaks for Itself. -- Nadira Goffe -- You, Me & Tuscany carries the burden placed upon it well.

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We Are Over Influencers At Coachella -- ICYMI

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The Pitt Prides Itself on Accuracy. So How Did It Mess This Up? -- Hillary Frey

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Apple TV's Star-Studded New Show Does a Rare Thing -- Nadira Goffe

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Netflix's Answer to The White Lotus Is Back. It Cuts Even Deeper Than Before. -- Sam Adams

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The Right Thinks I Don't Exist. The Left Thinks I'm a Liability. I'm Just Trying to Figure Out How to Live. -- Valorie Van-Dieman -- The journey to happiness isn't always straight.

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Slate SoundBites for April 21, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Rick Steves Says Travel is the Antidote to Fear -- Death, Sex & Money

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Slate Crossword: Engaging Personality? (Six Letters) -- Tim Croce

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Trump's Corrupt Pardon Campaign Has Somehow Hit a New Low - Shirin Ali - This week's Executive Dysfunction.

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true - Viktor Orbán's Defeat Showed Democrats How to End Trump's Rule - Dahlia Lithwick

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In Old West Slang, What Was an Arizona Nightingale? -- Ray Hamel

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