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Slate - Top Stories

Laura Helmuth -- My Boss Is Using a Picture I'm In to Promote Her Political Candidate. Now My Family's Asking Questions.

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true - The Worst Tech Bros and the Worst Christian Nationalists United Behind an Extreme Plan. Then It All Fell Apart. Molly Olmstead

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This Epic New Movie Is Considered The Odyssey's Rival for Best Picture. I'm Not So Sure. Dana Stevens

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Why Does Neera Tanden Do It? -- Luke Winkie

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Conservatives Are Cheering. Liberals Are Scratching Their Heads. Is the Zohran Mamdani Backlash Real? -- Aymann Ismail

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The Great British Bake Off Is Supposed to Be an Escape. One Nagging Complaint Is Ruining It This Year. -- Kate Lindsay

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Kelly Clarkson's Meltdown Over a $15,000 Fake Bird Is Embarrassing for Exactly One Person - Heather Schwedel

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Many Wonder How the "Cornell Seven" Could Have Done Something So Horrible. But I Know. -- Susan Matthews

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I Have a Way Out of the Nightmare Our Focus on "Consent" in Sexual Encounters Has Wrought -- Christel Trutmann

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Republicans Have One Huge Advantage Ahead of the Election, and They're Banking On It to Avoid a Midterm Wipeout -- Jim Newell

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The Law Might Finally Catch Up to DOGE -- Shirin Ali

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The Original Sin of Trump's Presidency Is Coming Back to Bite Him -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Mark Zuckerberg Has Found a Cute Way to Win Your Trust -- Alex Kirshner

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A University-Branded Boot Camp Promised Lucrative Jobs. These Students Cashed Out Their Savings to Attend. Then the Worst Happened. -- Sarah Butrymowicz

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He Journeyed Deep Into Elon Musk's Brain. Spoiler: It Wasn't Pretty. -- Lizzie O'Leary

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HOW TO DO IT -- I'm Doing Things I Never Thought I Would During Sex With My Husband. All It Took Was One Thing.

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DEAR PRUDENCE -- There's a Way to Get Your Significant Other to Dress Better. It Takes a Bit of Subterfuge.

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true - pay dirt - I Suggested My Spouse and I Separate Our Finances. I Don't Like What I'm Being Accused of.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- My Best Friend Is So Neurotic About Her New Dog That I'm Worried for Its Wellbeing. And Things Are About to Get Worse.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- One Night, My Wife Started Digging Into My Past Sexual History. Then Her Demeanor Shifted.

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A.J. Daulerio -- Everyone Makes the Same Comment About Our Three Beautiful Kids. I Want It to Stop.

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Kristin Wong -- My Partner and I Had a Deal About Who Would Be the Breadwinner. I Kept My End of It. They Aren't Keeping Theirs.

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He Started as Just Another Marvel Hunk, but Now He's Once Again Revealed Himself to Be a Stunningly Sensitive Actor -- Dana Stevens -- This year's provocative Palme d'Or winner also deserves to be a major Oscar contender.

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One of Our Most Celebrated Authors Has Had Her Books Effectively Banned in the U.K. How Did We Get Here? -- Imogen West-Knights

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Gandhi Never Said "Be the Change." Its Actual Origin Story Is Astounding. -- Decoder Ring

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Ten Years Of The Pussyhat -- ICYMI

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Ask Almost Anyone About It, and You'll Get a Big Eye-Roll. But It Changed Feminism Forever. -- Kate Lindsay -- Remember when women's empowerment was mostly about being a girlboss and a badass?

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Slate Crossword: Its Feet May Be of Interest to English Majors (Four Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - In the 1960s, a Shocking Event Brought Queer Life to National Attention for the First Time. It's Not the One You Think. Timothy Stewart-Winter

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Slate SoundBites for October 15, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 15, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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true - Here's How—and Where—It Could All Go Wrong for Democrats - Jim Newell - The road to winning the Senate runs through Maine. Gulp.

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Which Animal Is Part of the Taxonomic Order Lagomorpha? -- Ray Hamel

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