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February 17, 2023

How One City’s Traffic Plan Kicked Off a Global Right-Wing Freakout

Move over, Agenda 21. There's a new urban-planning conspiracy in town.
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Published on February 17, 2023 07:27

When Your Friend Doesn’t Think You’ve Suffered Enough To Be Taken Seriously

Talking about making misery a competition with guest Daniela Taplin Lundberg.
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Published on February 17, 2023 06:00

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Dear Prudence? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Published on February 17, 2023 02:55

Ron DeSantis Must Embrace and Weaponize the Nickname “Meatball Ron”

Donald Trump has done his 2024 rival a favor.
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Published on February 17, 2023 02:45

Slate’s Dear Prudence Advice Podcast Is Back

Jenée Desmond-Harris brings the iconic column to your headphones each week.
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Published on February 17, 2023 02:15

February 16, 2023

Why the Massive Tesla Recall Is So Bad

While the company pushed out "unsafe" tech, the government was asleep at the wheel.
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Published on February 16, 2023 17:20

The Emily Brontë Biopic Falls Victim to One of Our Dumbest Ideas About Writers

Emily reduces the author of Wuthering Heights to a cottagecore emo girl.
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Published on February 16, 2023 15:00

Don Lemon Is So, So Confused About a Woman’s “Prime.” Let Me Help.

This man man needs Google like the desert needs rain.
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Published on February 16, 2023 14:28

Nikki Haley: Not Trump, But Not Anti-Trump

What is your current position on the Confederacy, Ms. Haley?
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Published on February 16, 2023 14:25

The Story Behind the Fast Food Earworm That’s Taken Over America

For some of the infected, it became much more than a jingle.
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Published on February 16, 2023 13:54

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