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Your Doctor's Office Might Soon Start Charging an Unexpected Fee - Lynda Lin Grigsby

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This Summer Has Had a Hit as Big as "Old Town Road," Even Though You Might Never Have Heard It -- Chris Molanphy

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One of Pop's Hottest Acts Feels on the Verge of Implosion. How Did We Get Here? -- Nadira Goffe

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The Details of Natalie Harp's Relationship With Trump Are Only Getting Stranger

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One of America's Most Beloved Food Icons Got His Start in a Surprising Place. But Was the Story Really So Rock-and-Roll? -- Ellin Stein

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A Popular Social Media Apps Just Made a Baffling Change -- Steffi Cao

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A Beloved Artifact From My Teens Has Been Reissued for Gen Z. These Poor Kids Have No Idea What They're In For. -- Rebecca Onion

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In the '90s, It Was Still an Essential Way to Connect With People. We've Lost It Entirely. We Shouldn't Have. -- Dan Kois

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Harry and Meghan Are Returning to the U.K. The Timing Couldn't Be Darker. -- Imogen West-Knights

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True Crime Conspiracists Have Homed In On Patrick Clancy. I Can't Believe What I'm About to Say. -- Scaachi Koul

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The Real Reason Many Americans Are Cutting Ties With Their Parents and Siblings -- Rin Reczek

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My Wife Just Told Me She Wants to Use Donor Sperm for Our Baby. Her Reason Is Extremely Hurtful. -- care and feeding

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I Found Out I Had Two Secret Siblings. Now I Have Advice for Anyone Facing the Same Discovery. -- dear prudence

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Laura Helmuth -- I Work Part-Time at the Community Pool. Some Parents Have Accused Me of Something Wild.

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HBO's Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to Watchmen -- Sam Adams -- The subversive, funny, thoughtful Lanterns is another superhero show for people who think they don't like superhero shows.

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The Culture War Is Coming For The WNBA -- ICYMI

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Society Has One Narrative About Motherhood. Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy Are Showing Us Another Reality. -- Shannon Palus -- What will we learn from our summer of complicated mothers?

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true - I Did a Deep Dive Into Natalie Harp's Letters to Donald Trump. One Particular Line Will Haunt Me. Heather Schwedel

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true - So About That Iranian Cyberattack on Our Water Supply - Scott Pilutik - It's only the most essential component of human life.

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We've Replaced School Security With the Creepiest Possible System -- Nicholas E. Stewart

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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's VP of Brand and Communications? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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One Number Is Keeping Trump's Team Up at Night. You Should Be Worried About It Too. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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