Amanda Fortini

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Dear Prudence

Help! My Husband Complains That I Make Him Sit to Pee.

Help! My Fiancée Completely Ignores Her Young Children to Fawn Over Me.

What I Learned by Spending an Entire Day at One of America’s Most Contentious Dog Parks

I Hate My Earbuds. So I Searched for Something Better.

57,000 Kids at the Border Need Shelter. Shame on the Democratic Governors Who Are Turning Them Away.

Weigel

It's Up to Ted Cruz to Stop Iran

How to Stop Bread Mold

A Judge Tosses Out a Senator's Obamacare Lawsuit

Another Study Shows That Truvada Is Incredibly Effective

Incredible "Amateur" Photo of Colliding Galaxies

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It's Up to Ted Cruz to Stop Iran

A Judge Tosses Out a Senator's Obamacare Lawsuit

A National Bar Exam Could Save the Legal Profession. It’s Called the UBE. Go Take It.

57,000 Kids at the Border Need Shelter. Shame on the Democratic Governors Who Are Turning Them Away.

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Brow Beat

This Supercut of Kids Cursing in Movies Is Strangely Satisfying

Weezer Just Want to Be Nerds Again in “Back to the Shack”

Robyn and Röyksopp Incite Revolution in Their Cinematic New Video

Spike Lee Edits Footage of Eric Garner’s Death Together With the Killing of Radio Raheem

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Future Tense

The MH17 Investigation Is Not Doomed

Facebook Has a Magical New Bookmark-Like Feature for Posts You Want to Save

Judge Gives Police Total Access to Suspect’s Inbox

Even iMessage Isn’t Safe From Spam

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Business Insider

How to Stop Bread Mold

Google May Make New York City Pay Phones Actually Useful

Is Congress Guilty of Mansplaining to Janet Yellen?

The Sensible Swedes Burn a Lot of Their Garbage. Why Can’t We?

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Outward

Another Study Shows That Truvada Is Incredibly Effective

Help! My Husband Complains That I Make Him Sit to Pee.

What I Learned by Spending an Entire Day at One of America’s Most Contentious Dog Parks

Stop Saying “Lady Parts”—It’s Unnecessary and Exclusionary

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Bad Astronomy

Incredible "Amateur" Photo of Colliding Galaxies

How to Use More Than 10 Percent of Your Brain

Autism Is Caused More by Genes Than by Environment

With Help From Slate Plus, Bad Astronomy Readers Help Kids Get Scienced

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Doublex

#Twitterpurge Demonstrates Exactly Why We Need Revenge Porn Laws

Why Are Poor Women Having Healthier Babies?

Ronda Rousey and the Danger of the Exceptional Female Athlete

Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center for Not Hiring Her

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The Spot

How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over

Lance Stephenson Is the Most Fascinatingly Flawed Player in the NBA

This Lovely Animation Will Make You Wish the World Cup Were Still Happening

Sepp Blatter Is the King of World Cup Jerks

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Video

MSNBC Prank Call: Will Jokesters Ever Stop Making It on Live TV? (Video.)

Watch an Intense New Research Pool Simulate 90-Foot Waves

What Would TV Coverage of the Apollo 11 Mission Look Like Today?

The Mysterious Hole in Siberia That Has Conspiracy Junkies in Knots (Video)

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Behold

The Cold War May Be Over, but Its Decaying Relics Can Be Found All Over Europe

Intimate Portraits of the Genderqueer Community in San Francisco

Are People Invisible Against These Backgrounds, or More Visible Than Ever?

A New Way to Talk About Poverty in Troy, New York

The Gist

New Clues Emerge in 1909 Murder of an NYPD Cop Overseas

The Greatness of Washington Generals Coach Red Klotz, Who Lost More Than 14,000 Games

Should You Feel Comfortable Uploading Your Calorie Count to the Cloud?

David Weigel Interviews the Club for Growth’s Chris Chocola

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Family

David Plotz Reads His All-Time Favorite Slate Essay: “Watching the Couples Go By” (AUDIO)

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