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Dear Prudence

Help! Should I Tell People I’ve Had an Abortion?

The Viral #Longrants of John Oliver

Why Do Moms Really Leave the Workforce? It's Their Only Choice.

Why I’d Rather Be Called a Black American Than an African-American

Why the Republican Party’s Class of 2016 Presidential Hopefuls May Be the Best in Generations

Brow Beat

Sufjan Stevens Does a Great, Quirky Cover of Arthur Russell’s “A Little Lost”

Who Is Behind the New Washington Football Team Propaganda Site? An Investigation.

The Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi Survives, Court Rules Abortion Law Unconstitutional

The Conservatives Who Wanted to Impeach Obama Are Pretending It Was the Democrats Idea

Jury Awards Jesse Ventura Nearly $2 Million in Defamation Case Against Author

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Politics

The Conservatives Who Wanted to Impeach Obama Are Pretending It Was the Democrats Idea

Republicans Know How to Win Over Latinos. Why Won’t They Do It?

That Obama-Netanyahu Phone Call “Transcript” Seems Really Fake

Will David Brock’s Super PAC Network Be Able to Fend Off All the Attacks Coming Hillary Clinton’s Way?

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Brow Beat

Sufjan Stevens Does a Great, Quirky Cover of Arthur Russell’s “A Little Lost”

There Is Only One Good Reason to Drink Coconut Water

ESPN’s Non-Suspension Suspension of Stephen A. Smith for His “Take” on Domestic Violence

Why I’d Rather Be Called a Black American Than an African-American

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Future Tense

Twitter's Stock Just Flew Through the Roof. Here's Why.

Weirdly, Netflix Is Faster on Verizon FiOS if You Slow It Down

Can a Baby's Death Tell Us Anything About Video Game Addiction?

Tornadoes in New England: Not as Rare as You'd Think

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Business Insider

Amazon Reveals What’s Behind Its Feud With Hachette

How Are “Protected Weekends” Working Out for Young Bankers?

Instead of Expired-Chicken McNuggets, McDonald’s Tries Tofu McNuggets

Here’s Why Grocery Workers in New England Are Rallying Around Their Millionaire Ex-CEO

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Outward

When Did the Arguments Against Gay Marriage Become So Silly?

Separate Entrances for Lower-Income Residents Are Neither New nor Acceptable Design

Revisiting the Dystopic Outback World of Mad Max

Butch and Femme for Beginners. (Video.)

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Wild Things

Huge Aquatic Insect Discovered: What Is the World’s Largest Bug?

Sawfish Are Some of the World’s Weirdest and Most Endangered Fish

Religious Children Have Trouble Distinguishing Between Magic and Reality

Noctilucent Clouds … Frooooom Spaaaaaace!

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The XX Factor

One Reason Women Fare Worse in Negotiations? People Lie to Them.

Why Do Texas Feminists Hate This Pro-Choice Group?

Why Do Moms Really Leave the Workforce? It's Their Only Choice.

Republican Terri Lynn Land Tried to Win Over Michigan Women by Pointing Out That She's a Woman. It Didn't Work.

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Sports Nut

Who Is Behind the New Washington Football Team Propaganda Site? An Investigation.

A Whole Lot More Examples of Wimbledon Plagiarism by the Times of London’s Neil Harman

Wimbledon Discovered Its Annual Yearbook Was Full of Plagiarism, Kept Selling It Anyway

How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over

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Video

More Mysterious Craters Found in Siberia: What Are These Things? (Video.)

A Futuristic 3-D Camera Room That Can Freeze Memories in Time (Video)

This Huge Comet Impact on Jupiter Convinced NASA to Track Near-Earth Objects (Video)

How to Tell an Animal Is Domesticated Just by Looking at It (Video)

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Behold

How Asian Families Learn to Welcome a LGBTQ Child’s Partner

The Sights and Sounds of Asia’s Incredible Markets

Take a Tour of Tokyo in Miniature

Combining Images Across Time and Place to Tell a Single Story

The Gist

Is Online Reading Doomed? How Paper Helps Us Comprehend.

Why Does Tomato Juice Taste Better on an Airplane?

What Was Roger Goodell Thinking When He Suspended Ray Rice for Just Two Games?

Lexicon Valley: What’s the Etymology of Discombobulate?

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Behind the Scenes

Is Journalism School Really Worth It? Slate Editors Debate.

Annotate This! Slate Plus Members: Help Test a New Commenting Feature.

Arutz Sheva Is the Fox News of Israel. You Should Watch It.

Watch a Live Stream of the July 24 Political Gabfest Taping

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