Politics

Classic Clinton

As usual, Hillary's response to a controversy was late, grudging, and incomplete.

By John Dickerson

Don’t Expel Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon for Racism. Educate Them.

By Jamelle Bouie

Who Still Wants a BlackBerry?

I tried the new “Classic” model to find out.

By Seth Stevenson

Target Kicks Off Turnaround Plan by Laying Off 1,700 Employees

War Stories

Possibly Illegal, Definitely Stupid

The letter 47 Republicans sent to Iran is one of the most foolish things a group of senators has ever done.

By Fred Kaplan

THE SLATEST SEE ALL

Science

The Rustiest Place in America

These hours of trespassing were the most adventurous of my research into rust.

By Jonathan Waldman

Sen. Tom Cotton’s Letter to Iran’s Leaders Is Brazen, Gratuitous, and Plainly Stupid

The Most Destructive Natural Disaster in the History of the Modern World

Jury Rules That Pharrell and Robin Thicke Copied “Blurred Lines” and Owe Marvin Gaye’s Estate $7.3 Million

By Aisha Harris

Imagine Dragons Is Cursed

By Chris Molanphy

Why You Need to Use Airplane Mode, and Other Nagging Safety Questions About Flying, Answered

Amy Schumer Made Brilliant Stand-Up Out of Hollywood’s Insane Beauty Standards

Why Is There an Arrow on My Hotel Room Ceiling?

Mar 10, 11:01 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read Utah Lawmakers Vote for Firing Squad Executions as Backup If Lethal Injection Unavailable

Mar 10, 11:00 PM - S. STEVENSON & J. THOMAS - 1M to read To No One’s Surprise, Jonathan Banks Steals the Show in Better Call Saul

Mar 10, 9:21 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read The Man Who Oversaw Ferguson’s Racist Day-to-Day Operations Is Out

Mar 10, 8:26 PM - SHARAN SHETTY Watch the Real, Actual Michael Bolton Do Office Space

Mar 10, 8:06 PM - JOHN DICKERSON - 3M to read Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Appear to Have Learned Anything Since the Last Time

Mar 10, 7:55 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read Lots and Lots of Drugs Are Now (Temporarily) Legal in Ireland Because of Technicality

Mar 10, 7:29 PM - DAVID AUERBACH - 7M to read Outrage Clickbait Once Fueled the Internet. Now the Internet Is Moving On.

Mar 10, 7:27 PM - WILL OREMUS - 3M to read GigaOm Was Universally Respected. Is That Why It Ran Out of Money?

Mar 10, 6:49 PM - JOSH VOORHEES - 2M to read Hillary Didn’t Want to Deal with Two Phones, But Had an iPad and an iPad Mini

Mar 10, 6:26 PM - MIKE PESCA The Real Creator of Monopoly Was a Left-Wing Feminist. She Called It The Landlord’s Game.

Mar 10, 6:05 PM - MULTIPLE AUTHORS - SLATE PLUS Lea DeLaria on OITNB, Butches, and Bowie

Mar 10, 6:05 PM - ALISON GRISWOLD - 1M to read Target Kicks Off Turnaround Plan by Laying Off 1,700 Employees

Mar 10, 6:03 PM - AISHA HARRIS Jury Rules That Pharrell and Robin Thicke Copied “Blurred Lines,” Owe $7.3 Million

Mar 10, 5:53 PM - JAMELLE BOUIE - 3M to read Don’t Expel Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon for Racism

Mar 10, 5:40 PM - L.V. ANDERSON Watch Amy Schumer Make Brilliant Stand-Up Out of Hollywood’s Insane Beauty Standards

See All Video What Happens To Your Brain When You Use Your Smart Phone Before Bed

What Happens To Your Brain When You Use Your Smart Phone Before Bed

Bad Astronomy: Surviving a Close Call With a Black Hole

Taylor Swift Should Have Scored Pulp Fiction’s Famous Dance Scene

Elective Amputation and Bionic Arms: The Future of Mind-Controlled Limbs

Liberate Your Cup Holder

Iron Woman: A Profile of a New York City Iron Worker

To Whom It May Concern: This Is How to Write a Cover Letter

Why Some People Smell Their Hands After Handshakes

We Spent A Day Hanging Out With the World's Fanciest Cats

In Case You Missed It

Technology

Email Is Terrible So I went on a mad quest to fix it. Chris Kirk

Jurisprudence

Sotomayor May Have Saved Obamacare How she backed Kennedy and Roberts into a corner.

Foreigners The Gross Hypocrisy of Benjamin Netanyahu

Politics America’s Transportation System Is Racist

Moneybox

Dream On, Baby Boomers Semi-retirement is a myth. Your retirement is inevitable—and it will be bleak.

Podcasts

TV Club Podcast To No One’s Surprise, Jonathan Banks Steals the Show in Better Call Saul
The Gist The Real Creator of Monopoly Was a Left-Wing Feminist. She Called It The Landlord’s Game.
TV Club Podcast Slate’s Walking Dead Podcast Recaps Episode 13
The Gist Popular Music in Peril, Thanks to “The Doggie in the Window”
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“A man of a certain age and a certain sensibility—OK, OK, I mean me—would consider the revamp of Maxim to be a smashing success if the magazine merely stopped short of inspiring embarrassment for all involved.” The New Maxim Man

“For a politician like Hillary Clinton, experience can make you reflexively insular and walled-off. The instinct to create your own way, despite the rules, is a possible asset—or it’s a dangerous warning.” Reality Bites

“Suddenly, without much discussion, it seems as if Britain—a nuclear and conventional military power, a staunch U.S. ally, a pillar of NATO—has lost its historic interest in foreign policy.” Lax Britannica

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News & Politics

Politics

March 9 2015 5:58 PM Jersey Boys It’s fun to joke about Soprano State corruption, but Sen. Bob Menendez’s case offers lessons that are bigger than New Jersey. Alec MacGillis

Obama’s Selma Speech Was a Clear Rebuttal to His Republican Critics

Where Is All That Real-World Experience Hillary Clinton Promised?

Why Your Eyes Are Worth More In Pennsylvania Than Alabama

Hillary Has Offered Three Explanations for Her Private Email—but None Add Up to an Actual Defense

Wisconsin’s Unions Just Died With a Whimper

Ferries Are Antiquated, Inefficient, and Mostly Help the Well-Off. Why Do Mayors Love Them?

Why the Civil Rights Legacy of Selma Is Waning Once Again

Business

Business Insider

March 10 2015 4:32 PM A Dollar and a Euro Could Soon Be Worth the Same Thing Mike Bird

Burger King Is Hiding Soda From Its Kids’ Menus

Apple’s Trick for Using “As Little Gold As Possible” in Its New, $17,000 Gold Watch

After Reports of Account Breaches, Venmo Says It’s Adding More Security Features

Subaru Is Now Building Cars That Avoid Crashes, No Hands Necessary

Republicans Are Gutting Arizona’s Public Colleges to Save Some Corporate Tax Cuts

McDonald’s Just Admitted That It Desperately Needs to Become More Like Five Guys

Kudos: To Lincoln Center on Its $100 Million Gift, to David Geffen on His $100 Million Ego

Life

Outward

March 10 2015 5:03 PM RuPaul’s Drag Race Proves the Brilliance of the Drag “Mix Number” J. Bryan Lowder

A 19th-Century Japanese View of London, by an Artist Who’d Never Been There

Help! My Son Won’t Vaccinate His Baby. Should I Do It Behind His Back?

The Towers of Svaneti, Built to Dissuade Invading Hordes

What’s It Like to Be Part of a Studio Audience?

Help! I Stupidly Broke Off My Engagement Six Years Ago. Is It Too Late to Get Him Back?

If Comic Book Alter Egos Had Business Cards, Here’s What They’d Look Like

Do Gay Actors—or Actors Who’ve Played Gay—Have Trouble Getting Cast in Straight Roles?

Double X

The Kids

March 10 2015 3:57 PM “Possibly the Worst Approach” In an effort to protect kids from food allergies, American parents have been doing the opposite. Melinda Wenner Moyer

What Would a Kinda Feminist Maxim Magazine Look Like? Let’s Find Out.

The Clinton Foundation Accepts Money From Countries That Mistreat Women. Is That Bad?

Two Moody Bitches Discuss Moody Bitches

On Wikipedia, Gamergate Refuses to Die

Catholic Bishops Want to Deny Raped Migrant Girls Access to Health Care. How Compassionate.

How Evangelicals Took Sex Trafficking From Feminists and Made It a Christian Cause Célèbre

This Gender Discrimination Trial Reveals the Subtle Way Sexism Happens in Silicon Valley

Slate Plus

Users

March 10 2015 10:00 AM “I Knew I Was This Outsider Swooping Into a Really Intimate Community” Amanda Hess on the challenges of reporting on suicide intervention and social media. Amanda Hess and Jennifer Lai

Walking Dead Podcast Early Release: Episode 13, "Forget"

L.V. Anderson on Her Favorite Reads From Slate This Week

This Week’s Best of the Web, Curated by Slatesters

Why It’s Wrong to Fondle Fido

Arts

Brow Beat

March 10 2015 4:27 PM Asian Fetishes and the “Immigrant Hustle” in Fresh Off the Boat Phil Yu and Jennifer Lai

How Accurate Is Empire’s Treatment of Bipolar Disorder?

What It Was Like to Be a Gay Man in 1970s San Francisco

The New Inside Out Trailer Will Leave You With Lots of Emotions

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is More Like 30 Rock Than You Think

For Unclear Reasons, There Will Be an “All-Male” Ghostbusters Reboot