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What Next: What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager...
Was this the opening salvo of open war with Hezbollah? An attack on communication in Lebanon? A terrorizing taunt?
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What Next TBD: Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answe...
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
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A Word: Yvette Nicole Brown: Caring and Community
The actress on comedy, caregiving, and her new podcast Squeezed.
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Well, Now: Who Cares for the Caregivers?
In ‘How Do You Feel?’ a psychiatrist tries to bring the humanity back into healthcare for caretakers and caregivers.
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Slate Money: The Fed Rate Cut is a New Beginning
The Money team discusses the Federal Reserve interest rate cut, Trump’s tax cut campaign blitz, and Axel Springer’s media empire shakeup.
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Amicus: The Chief Justice Tips His Hand
Why did John Roberts help Trump delay criminal accountability?
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Political Gabfest: Who Is Responsible For Polit...
Who is inciting political violence? And who is suffering the consequences?
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What Next: Inside Israel’s October 7th Tourism
It’s the site of a massacre—and a new tourist attraction.
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What Next | The View from Springfield, Ohio
Trump’s words dropped like a bomb on the town. And now residents are left to sort through the wreckage.
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Outward: The LGBTQ Moments and Misses at the DN...
Daisy Rosario chats with ‘What’s Next’ producer Madeline Ducharme about queer moments from the DNC and what they tell us about the Harris campaign positions on Queer issues
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Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 1. We Report....
How Fox News went from bumbling to seemingly invincible.
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What Next: When Cops Police Your Vote
Election integrity, or voter intimidation?
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Hang Up: The U.S. Wins Solheim!
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What Next: The Kamala Endorsement (Taylor’s Ver...
If Taylor delivers the Swifties, can it sway the election?
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Decoder Ring: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Wil...
How a popular children’s book got caught up in the culture wars.
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Well, Now: How to Prepare for Back-to-School Se...
A pediatrician’s tips on how families can thrive all year long.
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What Next TBD: Is Boeing Lost in Space?
How the Starliner derailed Boeing’s space ambitions.
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Slate Money: Fasten Your Seatbelt, Boeing
The Money team discusses the Boeing strike, America’s snack fixation, and the Fed’s Basel Endgame walkback.
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Amicus: Why Ron DeSantis Hates Direct Democracy
Florida Republicans’ new anti-abortion playbook is an anti-democracy playbook
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A Word: How Kamala Harris Stumped Trump
Even Fox panned Donald Trump’s disastrous debate.
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Political Gabfest: Donald Trump Takes The Bait
Kamala Harris sinks Donald Trump in the presidential debate; Taylor Swift jumps into campaign politics and endorses Harris; and Professor Nathaniel Persily dives deep on election integrity
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What Next: The Pandemic Lessons We’ve Forgotten
A long summer COVID surge—and outbreaks of mpox and bird flu—have mostly been met with a shrug.
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What Next: Trump and Harris, Head to Head
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump make their cases to the nation.
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Outward | Kamala Harris’ Record on Trans Rights
Christina Cauterucci speaks to journalists S.I. Rosenbaum and Josie Riesman about their Slate article looking back on Kamala Harris’ political track record on trans rights.
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What Next: Her Sister Died in 9-11. She Almost ...
After 23 years, a plea deal seemed in reach—then the Secretary of Defense canceled it.
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