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Slate - Top Stories

21h ago - true - Rich Juzwiak - I Was Raised in a Conservative Religious Sect Many Would Call a Cult. Now I Can't Have the One Thing That Turns Me On Most.

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These Parents Suffered One of the Worst Fates Imaginable. They Found Comfort in a Surprising Place. -- Sonia Weiser

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Trump's "It Could Be Worse" Strategy Is in Full Effect -- Jim Newell

23 hours ago

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

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If You've Ever Had a Kid Play Competitive Soccer in America, You Already Know Why We Aren't Better at It -- Evan McGarvey

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

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He Warned Us About Bagged Lettuce. One Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Later, It's Clear We Should Have Listened. -- Mary Harris

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It's Possible to Drink All Night and Wake Up Feeling 25 Again. You Just Need to Make One Easy 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 Constitution Was Never Supposed to Belong to Nine Justices Alone -- Dahlia Lithwick

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Slate Mini Crossword -- Kiran Pandey

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Slate Crossword: Sure of One's Personal Hygiene? (Nine Letters) -- Tim Croce

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A Sitting Judge Just Delivered the Most Scathing Critique of This Supreme Court Term -- Mark Joseph Stern

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I've Taught High School English for 22 Years. Here's What the Debate Over Standardized Testing Is Missing. -- Nick Ripatrazone

1 day ago

In a Secretive Lab, "Researchers" Are Trying to Solve America's Shoplifting Problem. I Went There. I Saw Too Much. -- Alexander Sammon

19 hours ago

There's One Way to Get the Right to Accept You if You're Gay. Maybe Lindsey Graham Knew Exactly What That Was. -- Christina Cauterucci

4 days ago

Harry and Meghan Visited King Charles After Four Years. The Real Villain Was All Too Clear. -- Imogen West-Knights

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dear prudence -- My Neighbor Has Declared Himself the "Waste Manager" of Our Building. Things Are Getting Weird.

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pay dirt -- My Best Friend and I Are Both Single Mothers. We Thought We Figured Out a Trick to Make It Easier. Big Mistake.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- When I Brought My Ex Around My Family, He Was Met With Some Nasty Insults. The Way He Handled It Changed Everything.

2 days ago

Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Boyfriend's Mom Has a Strangely Invasive Habit on the Family Vacation. I've Had Enough.

2 days ago

Michelle Herman -- I've Taught My Kids an Important Lesson About the Way We Treat Others. One Teacher Is Threatening to Undo It.

1 hour ago

Kristin Wong -- My Husband Kept $2,500 Hidden in Our Home. He Says It Was Stolen. I'm Not So Sure.

4 days ago

Laura Helmuth -- I Just Learned My Boss Has a Skill I Really Want to Practice. But Asking For His Help is Controversial.

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Logan Sachon -- My Friends Have No Problem Insulting Our Parenting Decision. If I Tell Them What I Really Think, It Might End the Friendship.

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One of the Great American Filmmakers Is Back With Another Masterpiece. It's the Movie He Never Wanted to Make. -- Sam Adams -- It's the best movie of the year so far.

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Inside Trump's Second Term: Power, Money, and Presidential Decision-Making -- Gabfest Reads

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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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Slate Mini Crossword for July 18, 2026 -- Adrianne Baik

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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.

1 day ago

The Constitution Was Never Supposed to Belong to Nine Justices Alone -- Amicus

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true - Not Today, Explosive Diarrhea. Not Today. Ian Prasad Philbrick

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A President in His Element - John Dickerson

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