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Pacino. Scorsese. Oscar Isaac. Why Did These People All Sign On to Such a Terrible Movie? Laura Miller

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I Tried a Beloved Movie Theater's Much-Hated New Ordering System. I Have Never Been So Uncomfortable in My Life. -- Luke Winkie

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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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Sam Alito's Textualism Has Entered the Realm of the Absurd -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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I'm a Rom-Com Aficionado. Netflix's New Hit Has the Best Premise I've Seen in a Long Time. -- Heather Schwedel

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The Bear's Final Season Relies on a Gimmick. It's the Smartest Thing It Could've Done. -- Sam Adams

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Larry David and Barack Obama Made a New HBO Show. It Feels Different From What We Expect From Them. -- Sam Adams

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

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The Idea of the Idyllic Italian Summer Is Over. Here's What's Really Going On—and How to Survive It. -- Jessica Lionnel

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

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The Supreme Court's Latest Immigration Decisions Will Be Deadly -- Shirin Ali

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

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The One Guns Case Where the Supreme Court Actually Got Its Awkward New Standard Right -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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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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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I'm a Fit and Well-Endowed Man. There Has to Be Someone Out There Who Wants to Fulfill My Fantasy.

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Son Did Something Unneighborly to the New Kid Next Door. He Got What He Deserved.

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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 -- The Same Disturbing Thing Befalls Everyone Who Earns $100,000 at My Job. I Can't Let it Happen to Me.

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The Supreme Court's New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged -- The Supreme Court's 6–3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez on Thursday confirms our worst fears about the supermajority's Second Amendment jurisprudence. -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Their Album Was Banned. Their Members Were Arrested. But at Trial, the Jurors Couldn't Stop Laughing. -- Isaac Butler -- It was the only album in U.S. history to be deemed "obscene." It was saved by a few old ladies.

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Slate Crossword: Cry After Successfully Picking a Lock (Four Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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Slate SoundBites for June 26, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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

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Has "Visibility" Been a Double-Edged Sword for Queer People? -- J. Bryan Lowder, Christina Cauterucci, and June Thomas

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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's Assistant Managing Editor? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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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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