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May 12 2003 3:31 PM

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By Matt Gaffney

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Roads & Kingdoms

What I Saw Running 26 Miles in North Korea’s Stalinist Dictatorship

The Fuzzy Math Behind the Search for MH370

Why Is Good Friday Called “Good Friday”? Not for the Reason You Think.

Memo to TV Stars: Put Your Clothes Back On!

How Would the U.S. Media Cover the Clintons if They Were in Another Country?

The Slatest

Warrant Requested for South Korean Ferry Captain's Arrest

Gay Nightlife for Minorities Risks Extinction

Drones Get Sketchier When You Use Them to Spot Pot Farms So You Can Steal the Drugs

Guardian Interviews Eccentric Co-Architect of CIA Interrogation Program

How Not to End Racial Discrimination

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Weigel

We Won't Get a Final Decision on Keystone XL Until After the Mid-Term Elections

How Not to End Racial Discrimination

Did Enough “Young Invincibles” Sign Up for Obamacare?

How Would the U.S. Media Cover the Clintons if They Were in Another Country?

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Brow Beat

The Most WTF Moments on Last Night’s Scandal Finale

Year of No Sugar Reads Like a How-To Manual for an Eating Disorder

Clint Eastwood Made a Musical: Watch the Trailer for Jersey Boys

A Stunning Testament to the Life and Work of Chris Hondros

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Future Tense

Drones Get Sketchier When You Use Them to Spot Pot Farms So You Can Steal the Drugs

The Fuzzy Math Behind the Search for MH370

Blood Made From Stem Cells Could Be Coursing Through Your Veins in a Few Years

How the Military Is Preparing for Climate Change War

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Moneybox

Why People Are Freaking Out Over General Mills' New Legal Policy

Why Pope Francis Has Been an Effective Leader

Apple Has an iPad Problem

A New Way for Walmart to Cash In

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Outward

Gay Nightlife for Minorities Risks Extinction

Gorgeous Easter Eggs From the Master Patissiers of France

How Easter Stubbornly Resists Commercialism

Mapping the Intensity of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

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Feed the World

How to Win the War on Bugs? Listen to Plants. They’ve Been Fighting Longer Than We Have.

SpaceX to Attempt Launch Again Today

PTSD Contributes to Violence. Pretending It Doesn’t Is No Way to Support the Troops.

Another Earth? Astronomers Find Earth-Size Planet in Its Star's Habitable Zone

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The XX Factor

Should the Government Regulate Photoshopping in Ads? Two Congresswomen Say Yes.

Democrats! Don’t Get Lured Into Marsha Blackburn’s Trap.

Adult Recreational Kickball Has a Woman Problem

It's No Longer Legal to Sexually Harass Unpaid Interns in New York City

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Sports Nut

Baseball’s Replay System Is Ludicrous. MLB Should Adopt Tennis’s System Instead.

The Rams Should Hand Over $135 Trillion to Anyone Who Guesses Their Schedule Exactly

Kevin Durant Is Having One of the Most Ridiculous Seasons in NBA History

Should We Care That Minor League Baseball Players Make as Little as $1,110 a Month?

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Video

Do Beards Really Make You More Attractive? Depends on the Guy Next to You. (Video.)

Heartbreaking Video of Monkey Comforting Its Mate Raises Questions About Primate Empathy

If You’re Older Than 24, Your Brain May Be Past Its Peak (Video)

Help! Would My Wife Be Happier if I Let Her Have Affairs?

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Behold

A Stunning Testament to the Life and Work of Chris Hondros

America’s Black Basketball Pioneers

The Rio Residents Displaced by Olympic Spirit

Mesmerizing Portraits of Baltimore’s Voguers

Political Gabfest

How Can We Fix the Sexual Assault Epidemic on College Campuses?

Why Are Men So Sure of Themselves and Women So Timid?

Can Stephen Colbert Revive Late Night?

The Football League in China Where All the Players Are Obsessed With Rudy

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Slate Plus

I’ve Never Written a Story Like the One I Did When Dear Prudence Readers Sent Me Stories of Family Abuse (Video)

You’re One of the First to Experience Slate Plus Beta!

David Plotz on Slate’s New Membership Program, Slate Plus

Watch Your Favorite Slate Writers Welcome You to Slate Plus (Videos)

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