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			<description><![CDATA[Is Chanté Joseph’s article heterofatalism gone too far, or a long-overdue correction to the patriarchy?]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[This outcome is much more common than people think.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Last Time a Black American Man Reached a Grand Slam Final Was 30 Years Ago. He’s Watching This One Very Closely.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton have a chance to break a daunting 30-year drought.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trump Just Got Embarrassed by the “OG of Online Mapping”]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Downloads have surged for the app after it defied the president’s trolling.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slate Pears Game 386: Sept. 4, 2026]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trump’s Attack on the Postal Service Echoes Another President’s Shameful Plot]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The president’s executive order directing USPS to suppress mail voting has often been called “unprecedented.” That isn’t quite right.]]></description>
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