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Under the Sea

Flounder Is Not a Flounder, and Other Things You Notice Watching The Little Mermaid if You’re a Fish Person

Nadira Goffe

Screen Time

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

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There’s a New Genre of Blockbuster. We Have the Finest Example Yet.

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Slow Burn

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books

I’ve Never Won a Literary Prize. So What?

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What It’s Like to Write a Biography of Your Dead Wife

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The Book That Crowned Stephen King Is Now a Movie. It’s Still Terrifying.

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I hate thinking my friend isn't the good person I thought she'd always been, but this has thrown me for a loop.

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Plane Nonsense

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Slate News Quiz

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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Culture

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Succession Had a Happy Ending

Sam Adams

The siblings may have failed, but succeeding would have been far worse.

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Nadira Goffe

I’ve Never Won a Literary Prize. So What?

Amber Sparks

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Rebecca Onion

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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No Secrets on the Moon

Rachel Williams and Samuel Jardine

Our increasingly crowded moon could be headed for disaster. A lunar registry will help us right the course.

Sports Scientists Missed Something Crucial for Years. Here’s How to Factor It Into Your Workouts.

Christine Yu

Meet the Biggest Bike Dork in Congress

David Zipper

Delta Is in Trouble for a Misleading Napkin

Nitish Pahwa

The Real Problem With Being a Dad As Old As Robert De Niro and Al Pacino

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Athena Valentine

My Parents’ Dogs Are Practically Inheriting Their House

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The People Whose Crushes Make It Hard for Them to Live

Alexandra Molotkow

Being down bad isn’t considered a mental illness. Maybe it should be.

My Toddler’s Strange Clothing Fixation Is Becoming a Serious Problem

Jamilah Lemieux

I’m Worried That My Wife and I Are Competing to Be Our Kid’s “Favorite”

Jamilah Lemieux

Help! My Friend Keeps Asking Me to “Approve” Her Dating Profiles … but She’s Taken.

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Our Live-In Tenant’s Poor Hygiene Is Making Us Consider Evicting Her

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

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Tim Scott’s Purity Culture

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Biden Is Messaging the Debt Ceiling Deal Totally Wrong

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Letting Ukraine Join NATO Now Would Risk World War III

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The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Kevin McCarthy Is Going to Be So Annoying This Weekend

Ted Lasso Isn’t Broken—We Are

Biden Is Messaging the Debt Ceiling Deal Totally Wrong

Is Ron DeSantis Forgetting the Way His Wife Wants Him to Pronounce His Name?

In the Air

Delta Is in Trouble for a Misleading Napkin

Under the Sea

Flounder Is Not a Flounder, and Other Things You Notice Watching The Little Mermaid if You’re a Fish Person

Screen Time

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

There’s a New Genre of Blockbuster. We Have the Finest Example Yet.

Slow Burn

What I Learned When I Talked to Clarence Thomas’ Mom

Podcast

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The Digital Future of Grief

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Why Tim Scott Made His Virginity Key to His Political Persona

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books

I’ve Never Won a Literary Prize. So What?

What It’s Like to Write a Biography of Your Dead Wife

The Book That Crowned Stephen King Is Now a Movie. It’s Still Terrifying.

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I hate thinking my friend isn't the good person I thought she'd always been, but this has thrown me for a loop.

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

Podcast Episode I Think My Wife Is Cheating on Me—With a Robot. Help!

Help! My Pushy Extended Family Has Turned My Pool Oasis Into a Swamp of Despair.

Help! My Fiancé Made a Big Shift to His Career Without Telling Me. It Changes Everything.

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

Flying Is About to Get Even More Frustrating—but There’s a Way Out

The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter

My Toddler’s Strange Clothing Fixation Is Becoming a Serious Problem

I’m Worried That My Wife and I Are Competing to Be Our Kid’s “Favorite”

In Defense of Ted Lasso, the Show Everyone Now Loves to Hate

Sports Scientists Missed Something Crucial for Years. Here’s How to Factor It Into Your Workouts.

Why Tim Scott Made His Virginity Key to His Political Persona

Is Ron DeSantis Forgetting the Way His Wife Wants Him to Pronounce His Name?

Plane Nonsense

Slate News Quiz

Succession Had a Happy Ending

In Defense of Ted Lasso, the Show Everyone Now Loves to Hate

Meet NPR’s TikTok Boy

There’s a New Genre of Blockbuster. Now We Have the Finest Example Yet.

Flounder Is Not a Flounder, and Other Things You Notice Watching The Little Mermaid if You’re a Fish Person

I’ve Never Won a Literary Prize. So What?

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

No Secrets on the Moon

Sports Scientists Missed Something Crucial for Years. Here’s How to Factor It Into Your Workouts.

Meet the Biggest Bike Dork in Congress

Delta Is in Trouble for a Misleading Napkin

The Real Problem With Being a Dad As Old As Robert De Niro and Al Pacino

I Think I’ve Developed a Good Plan for Making Financial Decisions: Do It All Based on “Vibes”

My Parents’ Dogs Are Practically Inheriting Their House

Flying Is About to Get Even More Frustrating—but There’s a Way Out

The People Whose Crushes Make It Hard for Them to Live

My Toddler’s Strange Clothing Fixation Is Becoming a Serious Problem

I’m Worried That My Wife and I Are Competing to Be Our Kid’s “Favorite”

Help! My Friend Keeps Asking Me to “Approve” Her Dating Profiles … but She’s Taken.

Our Live-In Tenant’s Poor Hygiene Is Making Us Consider Evicting Her

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

I Think My Wife Is Cheating on Me—With a Robot. Help!

Tim Scott’s Purity Culture

Kevin McCarthy Is Going to Be So Annoying This Weekend

How Alito’s Opinion in Dobbs Provides a Framework for Anti-Trans Legislation

The Slatest June 2: Why Tim Scott Made His Virginity Key To His Political Persona

Is Ron DeSantis Forgetting the Way His Wife Wants Him to Pronounce His Name?

Biden Is Messaging the Debt Ceiling Deal Totally Wrong

Letting Ukraine Join NATO Now Would Risk World War III

The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter

I Think My Wife Is Cheating on Me—With a Robot. Help!