The Bills

The Get-Rich-Quick Schemers Who Love the GOP

Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Jeb Bush have something in common: “multilevel marketing” companies that prey upon the desperate and broke.

By Helaine Olen

Why the Winner of This Year’s Nobel in Economics Thinks We Should Worry About the Super-Wealthy

Is the Benghazi Investigation Finally Dead?

By Jamelle Bouie

Twitter’s New Blue Notification Dot Is Driving Me Nuts

And I’m not alone.

By Jordan Weissmann

How to Tell When a Second-Base Slide Is Dirty

Crime

“It’s Worse Than Prison”

This woman finished her 27-year sentence for sex assault, but Virginia found a way to keep her locked up.

By Leon Neyfakh

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The Juice

Yes, Gas Is Cheap. You Should Still Buy a Hybrid.

Americans have started buying less efficient cars again. Horrible move.

By Daniel Gross

Reginald Artis Has Served Out Her 27-Year Prison Term. That Doesn’t Mean She Can Go Free.

Yes, Gas Is Cheap. You Should Still Buy a Hybrid.

UT–Austin Students Protest Campus Carry Law With Dildos

By Christina Cauterucci

Twenty Years Ago, Lisa Simpson Changed the Image of Vegetarians on TV

By Alan Siegel

Watch 10 of the Best Movie Mistakes That Ended Up in the Final Cut

John Oliver Exposes the Dark Side of North Dakota’s Oil Boom

Taylor Swift’s Latest Breakup Yields Taylor Swift Song Material

Oct 12, 11:15 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read After Decades of Lying, You Can Now Legitimately Say You Read Playboy for the Articles

Oct 12, 11:01 PM - BEN MATHIS-LILLEY - 4M to read ESPN Delays Doc Involving Obama Ally Kevin Johnson Over 1995 Sexual Assault Allegation

Oct 12, 10:30 PM - DAHLIA LITHWICK - 4M to read A Kid Finds a Loaded Gun. Someone Gets Killed. Why Is No One Prosecuted?

Oct 12, 10:21 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read California Bans Redskins From High School Team Names; the NFL’s Still Totally Fine With It

Oct 12, 8:51 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read Confederate Flag Group Indicted on Terror Charges for Confrontation With Black Partygoers

Oct 12, 8:20 PM - JUSTIN PETERS - 5M to read How to Tell When a Second-Base Slide Is Dirty. (Hint: Chase Utley’s Was.)

Oct 12, 7:21 PM - CHRISTINA CAUTERUCCI - 1M to read Taylor Swift’s Breakup Yields Taylor Swift Song Material

Oct 12, 7:20 PM - JAMELLE BOUIE - 3M to read The House Benghazi Committee Has Been Exposed as a Partisan Sham

Oct 12, 6:49 PM - LILY HAY NEWMAN - 1M to read Federal Judge Stirs Up Drama in the Debate About Government Encryption Backdoors

Oct 12, 5:30 PM - JUNE THOMAS - 1M to read Latrice Royale Is Back on Logo—in a Documentary About Gays in Prison

Oct 12, 4:25 PM - MULTIPLE AUTHORS - 1M to read Live Podcast for America With James Carville, Jon Favreau, and John Heilemann

Oct 12, 4:13 PM - MULTIPLE AUTHORS - SLATE PLUS Do Accents Matter When It Comes to the Polls? A Political Gabfest Bonus Segment.

Oct 12, 4:03 PM - JOSHUA KEATING - 3M to read The Worst Terrorist Attack in Modern Turkish History Comes at a Very Dangerous Time

Oct 12, 3:39 PM - CLAIRE LANDSBAUM - 1M to read New Yorkers Have No Idea Who Chris Pratt Is in the Latest Billy On the Street Clip

Oct 12, 3:35 PM - BEN MATHIS-LILLEY - 1M to read The Monday Slatest: Tamir Rice Shooting Was “Reasonable,” Reports Say

See All Video Hail, Old Hollywood! All the MGM References in the New Coen Brothers Trailer, Annotated

Hail, Old Hollywood! All the MGM References in the New Coen Brothers Trailer, Annotated

Ask a Homo: How Should A Doctor Address Gay Parents?

Proof Our Heroes Are All Exactly the Same

Can You Endure This Cheetah Cub and Puppy's Friendship?

Watch an Emotional Montage of Movie Characters’ Moments of Revelation

A $200,000 Skateboard Trick, in Super Slow Motion

Happy Birthday, Nomi Malone! How Showgirls Went From Tragic to Classic.

The Science Behind Hollywood Explosions

The SLS Super Crown’s Most Painful Skateboard Falls, Deconstructed

In Case You Missed It

Charlotte Was Different An all-too-familiar story—an unarmed black man killed by a white police officer—with an unfamiliar ending.

Technology

Microsoft’s New Laptop Is a Legitimate Rival to the Macbook Pro

Low Concept Every Conversation With Your Kid Is One of These Four Conversations

History Why Do So Many Americans Think They Have Cherokee Blood?

In America, It’s Normal for Your Landlord to Cheat You Out of Your Security Deposit It doesn’t have to be that way.

Podcasts

Podcast for America Live Podcast for America With James Carville, Jon Favreau, and John Heilemann
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Working How Does a Casting Director Work?
Amicus Is the Death Penalty Headed for Extinction?
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“My head felt the breeze for the first time in its life. I could finally wear all those earrings whose mates I’d misplaced.” The Side Shave, R.I.P. (ca. 1989–2015)

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News & Politics

Politics

Oct. 9 2015 4:14 PM Who Will Replace John Boehner, Now? Assessing the GOP’s sad-sack crop of potential candidates. Jim Newell

Is Turkey Planning to Use Dams as Weapons of War?

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

John Boehner Doesn’t Have a Choice but to Stay on as Speaker and Save the GOP From Itself

Ted Cruz Is Scoring Some Big Wins and Emerging as the Bizarro Romney

At the Supreme Court, Justices Are Furious With One Another Over Death Penalty Cases

Trump Will Need to Spend Serious Cash to Keep His Campaign Going. He Might Not Have It.