Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 12, 2025 Quiara Vasquez
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Slate Crossword: Member of a Certain Germanic People … or a Certain High School Clique (Four Letters) Hemant Mehta
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Why Tech Is Bending the Knee Lizzie O’Leary
One reason Zuckerberg and his fellow billionaires are racing to pre-comply: the looming FCC under Brenden Carr.
Two of the 2010s’ Biggest Stars Are Back Atop the Charts. One of Them Needed It More. Chris Molanphy
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars are back at No. 1. One of them needed it more.
Private Firefighters Won’t Save California—But Don’t Blame the People Who Try to Use Them Ethan Varian
An executive went viral when he said he’d pay “any amount.”
She Launched the Modern Antigay Movement in America. It Worked—Just Not as She Intended. Josh Levin
Anita Bryant’s legacy is not what she hoped—but her destructive message lives on.
Why the Supreme Court Refused to Bail Out Trump This Time Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
The Supreme Court decided, by a scant 5–4 margin, that President Donald Trump would have to (virtually) sit through a sentencing hearing.
Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 11, 2025 Quiara Vasquez
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