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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Oct. 7, 2026.

In theory, there's plenty for MAHA voters to like about a progressive Democrat. There's one big problem.

People want to believe sports are fair, but in politics? Well, we'd LIKE to ...

Last week, six members of the United States Supreme Court blessed a cruel and unusual horror show at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

A generational change in politics is here. Just ask Hasan Piker and Adam Mockler.

Abortion is back at the Supreme Court.

Across those cases, a troubling pattern emerges.

It will not be the last time we see how hard it is to pick up all the pieces.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Oct. 6, 2026.

Inside one room on a recent Saturday afternoon, I saw the problem at work.