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She's an Oscar Winner and One of Our Greatest Actresses. Her Hardest Role Has Always Been Herself. -- Isaac Butler

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The Prosecution of Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer Is Underway. It's a Big MAGA Mess. -- Molly Olmstead

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Elon Musk and His Minions Just Committed a Devastating Self-Own -- Sam Adams

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The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails. There's an Age-Old American Solution. -- Dahlia Lithwick

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The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution -- Jay Willis

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How the Supreme Court Swiped the Constitution From We the People -- Joy Milligan and Bertrall Ross

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Elon Musk Is Furious That Lupita Nyong'o Is Playing Helen of Troy. I Asked a Classicist How She Really Looked. -- Nadira Goffe

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The Ending of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Changes the Meaning of the Whole Story -- Sam Adams

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Pete Hegseth's Testosterone Announcement Is Part of a Much Larger Right-Wing Phenomenon - Christina Cauterucci

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Slate Mini Crossword for July 21, 2026 -- Dan Kois

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It's Possible to Drink All Night and Wake Up Feeling Like You're 25 Again. You Just Need to Make One Substitution. -- Courtney Iseman

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The Hottest Lunch Trend in America Just Ran Into a Very Unpleasant Problem -- Nitish Pahwa

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The World Cup Final Was a Disaster. Until It Became Kind of Perfect. -- Alex Kirshner

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How Shohei Ohtani's Great Season Is Helping Me Grieve My Wife's Death -- Max Perry Mueller

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I Can't Believe This New Hegseth Proposal Isn't a Parody - Fred Kaplan - This idea is both laughable and dangerous.

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true - Trump's War in Iran Was Already Going Poorly. Then This Weekend Happened. Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The Name of Which Fabric Comes From the Hindi Words for "Milk" and "Sugar"? -- Ray Hamel

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