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The Crazy Loophole DOJ Is Exploiting to Keep My Immigrant Clients Imprisoned -- Alexander Urbelis

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This Is One of the Worst Pieces of the Modern Legal System -- Christine Abely

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Email Signatures Are Supposed to Be Forgettable and Mundane. These People Refuse to Abide. -- Alison Green

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I Have One of Those "Easy" Desk Jobs Everyone Dreams Of. It Has a One Terrible Flaw. -- Doree Shafrir

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Slate Crossword: Digits You Might Phish For (Three Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Mini Crossword for April 29, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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He Was One of College Football's Biggest Stars. Schools Paid Him Millions. It Just Ended for the Dumbest Reason. -- Alex Kirshner

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Protecting Wild Animals Has Never Been More Urgent. But It Can Be Harder Than It Seems. -- Helen Pearson

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I Spent Decades in Love With My Best Friend. Then He Sent Me a Text That Turned My Heart to Stone. -- Xintian Tina Wang

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The Real Problem With the Michael Jackson Movie -- Jack Hamilton -- The megabudget biopic is a train wreck, morally and cinematically. It's going to be huge.

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One State Has an Ingenious New Strategy for Blocking the Opening of an ICE Detention Warehouse - Madeleine O'Neill - Tucked away in rural western Maryland, past a dead-end road cut off by railroad tracks, a stream runs cool and clear over a ledge dotted with snails.

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King Charles Did Something Remarkable Today. That Should Worry All of Us. -- Ben Jacobs

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