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Fort Duquesne Sat on the Site of What Present-Day American City?

yesterday 6

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Ray Hamel

It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.

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yesterday 6

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Sam Sankar

What Are the Chances of a Blue Wave in the Midterms?

Copy Link Share Share Comment Listen to What Next: Apple Podcasts Spotify 2026 is going to be a chance to answer a pretty strange question: What if...

yesterday 30

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Mary Harris

Ketanji Brown Jackson Was One of the Few Justices to Recognize the Trans Sports Cases Are About Real People

yesterday 30

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Robyn Nicole Sanders

The Real Reason the Supreme Court Reversed Its Position on Trans Rights

yesterday 6

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Jay Willis

How One Clinic Saved Abortion Access in a Deep-Red State

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previous day 20

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David S. Cohen And Carole Joffe

Which 17th-Century Poet’s 19 Holy Sonnets Were Published Posthumously?

previous day 9

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Ray Hamel

I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Last Thing the ICE Agent Said to Renee Good

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previous day 20

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Scaachi Koul

I Saw the Dark Side of Tort Law. It’s Way More Shocking Than You’d Expect.

Copy Link Share Share Comment The following essay is excerpted from The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s...

previous day 10

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Elizabeth Burch

This Fundraiser for the ICE Shooter Speaks Volumes About What’s Happening Here

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previous day 20

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Molly Olmstead

Florida Just Made It Even More Likely It Will Execute an Innocent Person

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previous day 9

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Sarah Kessler And Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot

It’s Time to Rethink the Politics of “Abolish ICE”

Copy Link Share Share Comment This essay was reprinted from Brian Beutler’s site Off Message.  Subscribe here . The mantra “Abolish ICE” first...

monday 8

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Brian Beutler

Which Philosophical Term Refers to the Belief That the World Can Be Made Better Through Human Effort?

monday 30

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Ray Hamel

Trump Finally Found the One Thing That Could Cause Senate Republicans to Grow a Spine

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monday 6

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Jim Newell

Stephen Miller’s ICE Can’t Afford to Be Wrong, So It Will Never Admit a Mistake

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, and United States Immigration and...

10.01.2026 10

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Jim Newell

Sonia Sotomayor Just Vindicated the Rights of the Incarcerated to Seek Appeals

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10.01.2026 5

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Robyn Nicole Sanders

In the Horrifying New Video Filmed by Renee Good’s Killer, Her Real “Crime” Is Clear

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09.01.2026 50

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Christina Cauterucci