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What's the Matter With Minnesota? -- Jim Newell

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The Magical New Movie That's Probably Going to Beat Pixar for the Oscar -- Dana Stevens

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Trump Is Making One More Play to Screw With the Midterms -- Shirin Ali

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There's Something Many People Think Is Normal While Traveling to See Family and Friends. Don't Be Like Them. -- Jenée Desmond-Harris

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There Should Absolutely Be Flights Where Kids Are Banned -- Jenée Desmond-Harris

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This Might Be Trump's Pettiest Move Yet as President -- Alex Kirshner

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Netflix Tried to Re-Create One of History's Most Notorious Experiments. It Went Just About How You'd Expect. -- Nadira Goffe

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Next Monday, America Is Going to Be Watching Monday Night Football for One Reason. It's Not Gonna Be the Game. -- Luke Winkie

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I Looked at Hundreds of Photos of Jon Husted. I'm Not Sure I Agree With Trump's Opinion of His Ass. Luke Winkie

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I've Always Said I Won't Be the Kind of Dad My Father Was. Now My Wife Wants to Force Me to Follow in His Footsteps. My Wife Thinks I Should Take a High-Paying, Stressful Job. This Is Not What We Agreed On. My Wife Thinks I'm Selfish for Not Considering a High-Paying Job. I Have a Very Good Reason. My Wife Wants a Certain "Lifestyle" for Our Growing Family. It Would Make Me Miserable. document.getElementById('cmvjo6sl9006t6hmfy2ztjzel@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - My Wife Thinks I Should Take a High-Paying, Stressful Job. This Is Not What We Agreed On. Good Job

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My Kids Run Halloween at Our House. But This Year, I'm Taking Something Back for Mom. -- Carolyn Beans

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The Most Coveted Halloween Decoration Is Actually Worth the Hype -- Heather Schwedel

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My Toddler Is Extremely Creepy. Should I Be Worried? -- Rebecca Onion

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true - how to do it - I'm Having Incredible Sex With a New Woman. But I Feel Terrible About What I'm Doing to Her.

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care and feeding -- Our Daughter Is a 10-Year-Old Bully. My Wife's Taking Her Punishment Way Too Far.

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pay dirt -- My Husband and I Hashed Out Our Estate Plans. He Has an Odd Request.

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dear prudence - My Partner and I Were Publicly Arguing at the Grocery Store. Then Someone Said the Perfect Thing to Snap Us Out of It.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- My Best Friend Has a Horrible Problem That's Ruining Her Life. Oh My God, Shut Up Already!

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Boyfriend Has a Rule for Our Dream Threesome. I'm Not Sure I Can Follow It.

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A.J. Daulerio -- Every Time Our Daughter Misbehaves, My Wife Pulls Out Her Phone. Then She Makes an Evil Threat.

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Kristin Wong - I Have Saved $5 Million for My Niece and Nephew. Their Parents Are Furious at My Payout Plans.

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Laura Helmuth -- My New Boss Thinks My Very Normal Behavior at Work Means I'm Not "Dedicated to the Job." Oh No.

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3h ago - A.J. Daulerio - I Proposed a Reasonable Solution to Our Son's Halloween Hijinks. My Wife Isn't Having It.

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true - That Horrifying Amy Acton Ad Is Now Being Defended by J.D. Vance. There's a Reason Why. The context here is broader than a sadistic parent and a GOP campaign team cruel and cynical enough to wield her against the child she betrayed. Jill Filipovic

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Nathan Fielder's New Movie Is Already a Phenomenon, but the Biggest Twist Has Been Saved Until Now - Sam Adams - You can't discuss the year's wildest documentary without discussing its jaw-dropping second half, so let's discuss it.

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He's Built Like an Aryan Superman. He's Starred in Blockbuster Movies. And Yet He's Still Somehow Underrated. -- Isaac Butler

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true - An Increasing Number of Men Are Taking On a Once Female-Coded Household Chore - Luke Winkie - More and more men are taking over head chef duties, and everyone is happier for it.

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Slate SoundBites for October 22, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 22, 2026 -- Adrianne Baik

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Slate Crossword: Tiny Snack With Big Curbside Appeal (10 Letters) -- Nancy Serrano-Wu

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true - America Needs to Reckon With What Trump 2.0 Has Done. Planning Should Start Now. David Kaye - Some people will beg off in the name of "bipartisanship." That will not solve anything.

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Valium Is a Proprietary Name for Which Drug? -- Ray Hamel

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A Republican-on-Republican Fight Is Consuming the Midterms -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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true - These Two Supreme Court Justices Will Do Anything for Trump—We Just Got the Proof - Jay Willis

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