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What Lane Does Mike Pence Think He’s Driving In, Exactly?

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Dennis Aftergut

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Nitish Pahwa

Apple Is Taking a Risk Steve Jobs Never Would Have

Alex Kantrowitz

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Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Your Friend

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The Hilarious Netflix Hit That Nails the Hair-Trigger Anger of Our Moment

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Hannah Docter-Loeb

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Albert Fox Cahn and Nina Loshkajian

Sports & Fitness

The Cinderella Story at the French Open

Henry Grabar

The People Who Love to Work Out Drunk

Luke Winkie

Sports Scientists Missed a Crucial Factor for Years. Here’s How to Include It in Your Workouts.

Christine Yu

It seems disrespectful and makes me feel like I can’t steer the evening in my own home.

Help! My Parents Are Going to Bankrupt Themselves Trying to Pay for My Wedding.

Help! My Boyfriend Doesn’t Know Why He Loves Me.

Help! My Co-Worker’s Wife Just Died Tragically. This Changes Everything for Us.

Help! My Parents’ Extremely Toxic Gender Dynamic Is Driving Me to Drink.

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Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense

Dennis Aftergut

Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Your Friend

B.D. McClay

The Cinderella Story at the French Open

How Elina Svitolina’s no-handshake policy won over Roland Garros.

Henry Grabar

Binance Looks Like FTX but Worse

The feds are going after the world’s largest crypto exchange. Their allegations are ugly.

Nitish Pahwa

Culture

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The New Spider-Man Is the First Great Example of IP Cinema

Sam Adams

Many blockbusters are now just thinly veiled excuses for corporations to mash together their catalogs. Across the Spider-Verse finds a new way.

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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The Synthespians Are Warming Up

Heather Tal Murphy

I’ve seen the future that terrifies Hollywood actors. Here’s what the tech can really do.

The Feds Are Going After Binance. It Looks Like FTX but Worse.

Nitish Pahwa

New York Could Ban One of the Most Chilling Tools of Police Surveillance

Albert Fox Cahn and Nina Loshkajian

I Helped Lead the Movement Against “Fake News.” I Have a Big Regret.

Claire Wardle

Apple Is Doing Something Steve Jobs Never Would Have Done

Alex Kantrowitz

What Happens When Cities Run Out of Money

Henry Grabar

I Was a Jerk to Health Care Workers. Here’s How I Learned to Be Kind.

Melissa Hart

How to Turn Kindergartners Into Fact-Checkers

Kari Kivinen

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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How to Celebrate Graduation When High School Was a Flop

Laura Turbow

The lockdown teens are moving on.

I Survived the First Year After Graduation. Here’s How You Can, Too.

Hannah Docter-Loeb

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Help! Every Dinner Party I Host Gets Ruined by the Guests Doing the Same Rude Thing.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

My Daughter Seems Intent on Ruining Her Little Brother’s Life

Doyin Richards

My Dog and My Toddler Nephew Had an Unfortunate Accident. Now My Sister’s Out for Blood.

Doyin Richards

There’s a Perfect New Term for What Women Have Known About Their Hair for Years

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The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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Hear Me Out

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Slate Staff

Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense

Dennis Aftergut

How Bad Is James Comey’s New Crime Novel, Really?

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The Prison System Can’t Stop Discriminating Against Muslims

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What Lane Does Mike Pence Think He’s Driving In, Exactly?

Ben Mathis-Lilley

What Lane Does Mike Pence Think He’s Driving In, Exactly?

There’s a Perfect Term for What Women Have Known About Their Hair for Years

Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense

The Feds Are Going After Binance. It Looks Like FTX but Worse.

Apple Is Taking a Risk Steve Jobs Never Would Have

Health

When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer, I Wish I Understood an Important Lesson About Doctor Visits

My Boyfriend Was Murdered in College. I Found Out Later What That Does to You.

Stars

Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Your Friend

Screen Time

The Hilarious Netflix Hit That Nails the Hair-Trigger Anger of Our Moment

Advice

I’m Noticing a Troubling Pattern in Bed Among the Younger Men I’m Dating

My Dog and My Toddler Nephew Had an Unfortunate Accident. Now My Sister’s Out for Blood.

Podcast

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The Digital Future of Grief

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I Survived My First Year After College. I Know What All Recent Graduates Need to Hear.

New York Could Ban One of the Most Chilling Tools of Police Surveillance

Sports & Fitness

The Cinderella Story at the French Open

The People Who Love to Work Out Drunk

Sports Scientists Missed a Crucial Factor for Years. Here’s How to Include It in Your Workouts.

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It seems disrespectful and makes me feel like I can’t steer the evening in my own home.

Help! My Parents Are Going to Bankrupt Themselves Trying to Pay for My Wedding.

Help! My Boyfriend Doesn’t Know Why He Loves Me.

Help! My Co-Worker’s Wife Just Died Tragically. This Changes Everything for Us.

Help! My Parents’ Extremely Toxic Gender Dynamic Is Driving Me to Drink.

We Want to Take a Family Trip to Disneyland … and Leave One Kid at Home

I Survived the First Year After Graduation. Here’s How You Can, Too.

How to Turn Kindergartners Into Fact-Checkers

Help! Every Dinner Party I Host Gets Ruined by the Guests Doing the Same Rude Thing.

My Daughter Seems Intent on Ruining Her Little Brother’s Life

My Dog and My Toddler Nephew Had an Unfortunate Accident. Now My Sister’s Out for Blood.

There’s a Perfect New Term for What Women Have Known About Their Hair for Years

Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense

Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Your Friend

The Cinderella Story at the French Open

Binance Looks Like FTX but Worse

The New Spider-Man Is the First Great Example of IP Cinema

The Mascot That Changed American Sports

Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Your Friend

The Cinderella Story at the French Open

A Dramatic Upset Has Changed the Face of Britain’s Weirdest Sport

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Meet NPR’s TikTok Boy

The Synthespians Are Warming Up

The Feds Are Going After Binance. It Looks Like FTX but Worse.

New York Could Ban One of the Most Chilling Tools of Police Surveillance

I Helped Lead the Movement Against “Fake News.” I Have a Big Regret.

Apple Is Doing Something Steve Jobs Never Would Have Done

What Happens When Cities Run Out of Money

I Was a Jerk to Health Care Workers. Here’s How I Learned to Be Kind.

How to Turn Kindergartners Into Fact-Checkers

How to Celebrate Graduation When High School Was a Flop

I Survived the First Year After Graduation. Here’s How You Can, Too.

How to Keep Calm & Carry On In the Classroom

Help! Every Dinner Party I Host Gets Ruined by the Guests Doing the Same Rude Thing.

My Daughter Seems Intent on Ruining Her Little Brother’s Life

My Dog and My Toddler Nephew Had an Unfortunate Accident. Now My Sister’s Out for Blood.

There’s a Perfect New Term for What Women Have Known About Their Hair for Years

The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter

Can the Feds Lower Your Rent?

Pride Parades Are Tacky and Counterproductive

The Slatest for June 5: Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Case

Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense

How Bad Is James Comey’s New Crime Novel, Really?

The Prison System Can’t Stop Discriminating Against Muslims

What Lane Does Mike Pence Think He’s Driving In, Exactly?