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The Careless Superpower

Four incidents this week put Trump’s reckless foreign policy on full display.

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The Careless Superpower

Mueller’s Testimony Before House Democrats Is a Game of Chicken Between Chickens

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Congress Agrees to Keep Future Debt-Limit Crises Alive

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FAQ: Cats

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Podcast Episode Scaring Kids Away From Drugs Won’t Work. Let’s Ask Why They’re Drawn to Them in the First Place.

Robert Mueller’s Testimony Before House Democrats Is a Game of Chicken Between Chickens

Jellicles? T.S. Eliot?! All Your Cats Questions, Answered.

Congress Agrees to Keep Future Debt-Limit Crises Alive

It’s Not In Your Head: Urban Flooding Is Getting Much More Common

The Angle: When It Comes to Foreign Policy, Trump Should Learn to Stop Talking

Dear Care and Feeding: My Parents Just Died, and My In-Laws Have Claimed Every Holiday

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What Jane Mayer Gets Wrong About Al Franken

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Where Were All the Big Little Lies That Were Promised to Us?!

Jellicles? T.S. Eliot?! All Your Cats Questions, Answered.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie Crashed Kimmel, But All We Care About Is Pink Shirt Guy

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The FTC’s Remarkable $5 Billion Fine for Facebook

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My Seventh Grade Science Teacher Showed Us a Moon Landing Hoax TV Special

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100 Great Books for an Ambitious Teenage Reader

I Can Fit Twice As Many Shoes in My Closet Thanks to These Shoe Slots

Help! My Fiancé’s 11-Year-Old Still Sleeps in Our Bed.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Parents Just Died, and My In-Laws Have Claimed Every Holiday

I Became a Sex God to Please My Wife. Now She Won’t Let Me Do the Thing She Loves Most.

Is Banning Private Insurance the New Individual Mandate?

Elizabeth Warren Is Warning of a Recession. Maybe We Should Listen.

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It’s Not In Your Head: Urban Flooding Is Getting Much More Common

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Robert Mueller’s Testimony Before House Democrats Is a Game of Chicken Between Chickens

Congress Agrees to Keep Future Debt-Limit Crises Alive

The Angle: When It Comes to Foreign Policy, Trump Should Learn to Stop Talking

Four Recent Events Show the Complete Carelessness of Trump’s Foreign Policy

Don’t Try to Ask Robert Mueller “Good” Questions. Ask Him Effective Ones

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Scaring Kids Away From Drugs Won’t Work. Let’s Ask Why They’re Drawn to Them in the First Place.

They Came From Planet Claire

Deadspin’s Dave McKenna on Elgin Baylor, Dan Snyder, and Kevin Johnson

The Internet Loves the Exclamation Point!!

What’s It Like to Be a Firefighter?

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity

What’s It Like to Own and Run an Oyster Farm?

Slate Money: The Smoke-Filled Rooms Edition

Scaring Kids Away From Drugs Won’t Work. Let’s Ask Why They’re Drawn to Them in the First Place.