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Hit shows like Severance, Paradise, and Squid Game all have one thing in common.

The Washington Post broke Watergate and the Pentagon Papers. Now it shares an owner with the company behind a Melania Trump documentary.

Gird your Lifesavers: The candies you know and love are transforming into something otherworldly.

The sequel to Leaving Neverland is here, but the original is nowhere in sight.

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It was a long week of escalating constitutional crises.

What looks on the surface to be a typical murder mystery unfolds as a brutal illustration of the rise of toxic masculinity online.

Suzanne Collins hits BookTok with a blast from the past.

I responded as any parent would, but he’s somehow mad at me?

The claims against the big law firm were absurd. The firm’s reaction was a disaster.

Is it unethical for the innies to exist? Or is it unethical for them not to?

Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for March 21, 2025.

Doe-eyed cats. Tongue-lolling dogs. Legions of pissed-off humans. What gives?

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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Scientists are scrubbing words like “biodiversity” and “mRNA” from their grants, hoping to avoid the scythe.

The host of The Stacks, a literary podcast, joins guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer.

“Cold Harbor” seemed to confirm some major fan theories—but major questions still remain.

I had been dreading The Pitt’s foreshadowed mass-shooting episode. But it’s a vital watch.

Paramount+ has taken quite a few liberties with the real-life story of a woman coming to terms with her serial-killer father.

And the judges aren’t too happy about it.

The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.

Plus: do the teen girls at Sephora really need any of that?

This can't be happening.

The Alien Enemies Act was created for a radically different America from the one we live in.