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Alamo Drafthouse Used to Be a Shrine of Cinema. Then It Did Something So Unthinkable That Even Its Most Die-Hard Fans Revolted. Luke Winkie

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Sam Alito Wrote One of the Cruelest Opinions in Recent Memory -- Alexis Romero

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The Supreme Court's New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged -- Mark Joseph Stern

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A Canceled Star Is Back. His Hateful New Movie Is One of the Most Disturbing Things I've Seen Lately. -- Rebecca Onion

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I Make Restaurant Reservations by Phone All the Time. I'm Freaked Out by What I've Started to Hear. -- Maggie Hennessy

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Larry David and Barack Obama Made a New HBO Show. It's a Departure for Both of Them. -- Sam Adams

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Supergirl Is a Super-Bummer -- Dana Stevens

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Why Can't America Have a Housing Bill? Because of Trump's Signature Obsession. -- Jim Newell

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What We Can Learn From Trump's Continued Fixation on Punishing Minnesota -- Shirin Ali

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A Decade Ago, One Idea Defined the Push for LGBTQ+ Equality. It Doesn't Look Quite So Good Today. J. Bryan Lowder, Christina Cauterucci, and June Thomas

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Slate Mini Crossword for June 26, 2026 -- Nate Cardin

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Dave & Buster's Is Fighting to Survive. Its Hail Mary Idea Could Be a Lifesaver. It Might Also Change the Brand Forever. -- Paula Mejía

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A Viral German Tourist Is Revealing a Sad Reality About America -- Alex Kirshner

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The World Cup's Ticketing Nightmare Is Finally Here

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Trump's Mass Deportation Machine Won Big at the Supreme Court -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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Monsanto Wins at the Supreme Court Using Big Tobacco's Playbook -- Christine Papas

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The Conservative Majority Blew Apart One of the Biggest Myths About This Supreme Court -- Mark Joseph Stern

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true - Dear Prudence - I Thought My Marriage Was Perfect. Then I Got a Call From the Police Station.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- There's a "Right" Way for a Man to Propose—And It Should Cost a Whole Lot of Money

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A.J. Daulerio - My Brother Supposedly Takes Care of His Baby While His Wife Goes to Work. I Know What's Really Going on.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- I Have a Certain Tipping Philosophy for Massages and Brazilian Waxes. My Friends Say It's Going to Get me Blackballed.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Put a Do Not Disturb Sign on My Office Door. What My Colleague Did Next Is a Violation.

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I Went to One of the Last-Ever Shows of a Beloved Rock Band. What I Saw Was Haunting and Strange. -- Luke Winkie -- His desiccated performance and chintzy stage show eerily reflected his dark MAGA turn.

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They're Old Fashioned. They Were Never Supposed to Be This Popular. I Saw Why They're Only Getting Bigger. -- Imogen West-Knights -- How an old-fashioned favorite re-conquered America.

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Slate SoundBites for June 26, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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I Visited Washington D.C.'s Putrid Reflecting Pool. What I Saw Was Far Worse Than I Expected. Christina Cauterucci - Even for 2026, this is really on the nose.

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true - The Supreme Court Ran Wild Today. Let's Get You Caught Up. Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Extremism Is the New Normal at SCOTUS as the Right-Wing Justices Step on the Gas -- Amicus

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