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I Thought It Was Better Than Drinking—and Maybe Even Healthy. I Never Expected it Could Take Me to a Dark Place. Sammi LaBue

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It's Cold. It's Shocking. Northern Europeans Love It. Now I Do, Too. -- Laura Miller

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Our Most MAGA Court Created Another Mess for SCOTUS to Clean Up -- Alexis Romero and Mark Joseph Stern

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Disclosure Day Plays Like It Used That Famous Moment From Inside the Actors Studio as Its Starting Point -- Sam Adams

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Disclosure Day Is Like a Towering Sculpture Spielberg Has Been Molding for Decades out of Mashed Potatoes

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Is Taylor Swift Really Going to Do This? Yes, I Believe She Is. -- Heather Schwedel

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A Guide to Olivia Rodrigo's New Album for Fans of 1980s Rock Band the Cure -- Carl Wilson

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If You're Not Removing This Part of the Garlic in Your Cooking, You're Doing It Wrong -- Danny Palumbo

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That Crisp, Clean Beer You Love Has Long Depended on a Strange, Very Old Ingredient. Brewers Are Dropping It in the Name of Progress. -- N.C. Stevens

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I Had a Spontaneous Orgasm on a Plane. I Blame My Exhausting Condition. -- Rich Juzwiak

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Years Ago, My Boyfriend Took In a Teen Girl. I'm Not Allowed to Meet Her. -- Jamilah Lemieux

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Trump's Disturbing "Renovations" to My Hometown Have Only One Purpose. I Hate That They're Succeeding. -- Christina Cauterucci

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A Cult-Favorite Show Is Back With Some Major Changes. Not Everyone Is Happy With Them. -- Nadira Goffe

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Experience What It Feels Like to Live Inside Trump's Baffling Brain -- Tony Ho Tran

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What's Really Going On in Donald Trump's Head? One Big Clue Has Been in Plain Sight for Years. -- Slate Staff

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​​One Trump Obsession Says More About Him Than Any Other -- Christina Cauterucci

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true - A.J. Daulerio - My Son's Pre-K Graduation Party Was Ruined by My Drunken Brother-in-Law. I Still Can't Believe What He Did.

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Jessica Stoya -- I Want to Experience This Life-Changing Part of Sex. I'm Considering a Risky Move to Achieve It.

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Kristin Wong -- My Stepsister Went Off the Rails When Our Dad Died. Now I'm Not Sure What I Owe Her.

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris - My Friend Ended Her Engagement. But Now She's Paying People Who Say They'll Do Something Ridiculous to Her Ex.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Our New Neighbors Have a Wild Hobby That's Spilling Out of Doors as the Weather Heats Up. We're Disgusted.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I'm Faking My Orgasms. I'm Afraid to Unleash the Truly Horrifying Thing That Happens After a Real One.

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Husband Brought Illegal Contraband Into Our Home. He's Saying I'm the Villain for What Happened Next.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Parents Love Dropping a Ton of Cash on Travel. My Wife Has a Weird Argument for Why It Makes Them Bad Grandparents.

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Laura Helmuth -- There's a Messed Up Open Secret at Our Work Club. We're Expected to Act Like Nothing Is Going On.

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People Compared It to The Birth of a Nation and "a Lynching." Spike Lee Hated It. Now It's a Classic. -- Nadira Goffe -- In the 1980s, The Color Purple prompted protests and boycotts. There's a reason it's since been embraced.

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How Power Ballads Taught Us to Pledge Love While Rocking Out -- Hit Parade

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Obsession Wasn't the First YouTube Film to Break the Box Office. It Won't Be the Last. -- ICYMI

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The 50 Best Restaurant Awards Are Supposed to Honor Excellence in Fine Dining. But This Year, a Major Scandal Soured the Whole Event. -- Corey Mintz -- This might leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

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Slate Mini Crossword for June 13, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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Slate Crossword Presents: A Spielberg Double Feature -- Quiara Vasquez

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Almost a Century Ago, an Autocrat Wanted the World Cup to Worship Him. Sound Familiar? Flynn Coleman - The beautiful game has a long, ugly history with autocrats. But there's something about soccer that the authoritarian mind cannot comprehend.

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Justice Samuel Alito's Boyhood Dreams Are Coming True -- Amicus

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My Clip Viral, My Spencer Pratt, My Kalshi Dived, Knicks In Five?? -- What Next

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

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California's Vote-Counting Mess and What to Do About It -- Political Gabfest

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KBJ Just Blasted Amy Coney Barrett's "Contempt" for Congress -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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How America's Birthday Got Hijacked - Jim Newell

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