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When I Was 10 Weeks Old, My Dad Was Arrested for Breaking Three of My Bones. It Was Front-Page News for Years. Now It's My Turn to Write the Story. Emily Smith

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There's a New Report on Cosmetic Plastic Surgery. What's in It Could Change How You Think About Going Under the Knife. -- Anna Gibbs

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A Hollywood CEO Tried to Kill This Movie. Now It's His Latest Humiliation. -- Nitish Pahwa

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The Supreme Court Is Letting Trump Get His White House Ballroom on a Technicality -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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Voters Are Rejecting Elderly Politicians. So What's This 80-Year-Old Senator's Secret? -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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She Hasn't Won a Grand Slam. She May Soon Break Tennis's Attendance Record. Josh Levin

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My Husband and I Promised Ourselves We Wouldn't Play Raffi for Our Children. How Wrong We Were. -- Rebecca Knight

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Adults Everywhere Are Suddenly Trying to Get Their Hands on a 30-Year-Old Children's Game -- Steffi Cao

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My Mother-in-Law Paid Another Woman to Raise Her Kids. The Way She Talks About It Now Disgusts Me. -- Doree Shafrir

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Slate Mini Crossword for Sept. 2, 2026 -- Adrianne Baik

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Silicon Valley Is Now Promising Investors Infinity Dollars -- Alex Kirshner

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Popular Instagram Accounts Keep Posting About the Same Man. There's a Bizarre Reason Why. -- Nitish Pahwa

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A Leaked Document Shows That American Generals Are Squirming About Iran—and for Good Reason -- Fred Kaplan

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Trump Just Asked the Supreme Court to Back One of His Cruelest Policies -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I Visited My Friend Out of Town. After What I Saw, I Don't Know If I Can Stay at Her House Again.

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Jessica Stoya -- I'm Suddenly Experiencing a Sexual Awakening at 65. Uh, I Wasn't Expecting That.

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Carvell Wallace, Nicole Cliffe, and Michelle Herman -- The Things My Stepdaughter's Mom Lets Her Do Make Me Cringe

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Ilyce Glink -- Our Adult Son Has Made Some Baffling Life Decisions. The Result Is That He's Broke in His 50s.

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Doree Shafrir - I Have Information That Could Save My Former Employer a Lot of Trouble. But Maybe I Won't Tell Them.

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A Bestselling Book Is Now a Star-Studded Netflix Movie. To Be Blunt: It's Bad. -- Laura Miller -- Just about every worn-out cliché known to the serial-killer thriller genre gets trotted out in The Whisper Man.

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My Parents Had a Style of Cooking That Was Efficient, Reliable, and Adequate. We Could Really Benefit From It Today. -- Jessica Furseth -- Let my little experiment help lighten the dinner load.

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Slate SoundBites for September 2, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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true - I'm a High School Teacher. A Phone Ban Has Come to My School. The First Day Went Nothing Like What I Expected. Nick Ripatrazone

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true - Judge Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Order, Calls Out DOJ's "Cynical" Attempt to Misread Supreme Court Ruling - Robyn Nicole Sanders - Judge Indira Talwani took the justices at their word.

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