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The Heroes of the Borderlands D&D starter set, released Sept. 16, is meant to woo board game players looking for an easy introduction to tabletop role-playing. While I feel the set did a great job of ...

I had not read the newspaper for some time. To be precise, I read it but did not understand. The sentences were before my ...

House Republicans on Tuesday released text for a stopgap bill that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House plans to vote “by Friday” on the ...

Authorities on Sept. 16, 2025, announced a capital murder charge against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025. At a ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Emeline Lakrout, a busy New Yorker with a knack for running, rock climbing and swimming, doesn't let being legally blind stop her from living an active lifestyle. Despite being declared blind at 8 ...

We recently reported that reading is in trouble. Multiple studies in multiple places seem to be showing the same thing. Adults are reading less. Children are reading less. Teenagers are reading a lot ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

Sonny Curtis, who wrote such classics as “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and the theme for the “Mary Tyler Moore” show, “Love Is All Around,” died Friday after a sudden illness, according to a ...