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Briefing

today's business press
The great dollar debate.
Caitlin McDevitt
Jul 5, 2009, 10:34 AM
today's papers
Iranian clerics voice support for reform movement; opposition details alleged electoral fraud.
Ben Whitford
Jul 5, 2009, 6:02 AM
today's papers
Gov. Sarah Palin resigns, fueling speculation about her political future.
Kara Hadge
Jul 4, 2009, 6:02 AM
explainer
What are Fourth of July celebrations like abroad?
Meredith Simons
Jul 3, 2009, 8:21 AM
today's papers
Surprisingly high unemployment numbers mean recovery could be a long way away.
Daniel Politi
Jul 3, 2009, 6:51 AM
explainer
What to do if you survive a plane crash over water.
Brian Palmer
Jul 2, 2009, 6:01 PM
today's papers
Iranian opposition leaders make it clear they're not giving up.
Daniel Politi
Jul 2, 2009, 6:52 AM
explainer
Is it legal to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch?
Christopher Beam
Jul 1, 2009, 6:47 PM
today's papers
Minnesota Supreme Court rules in favor of Al Franken, giving Democrats 60th vote in Senate.
Daniel Politi
Jul 1, 2009, 6:35 AM
other magazines
What's new in The New Yorker, the New Republic, and the Oxford American.
Kara Hadge
Jun 30, 2009, 5:46 PM
explainer
How do prisons deal with overcrowding?
Christopher Beam
Jun 30, 2009, 5:36 PM
explainer
Did Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina break any laws?
Meredith Simons
Jun 30, 2009, 2:51 PM
today's papers
Judge sentences Madoff to 150 years; Supreme Court rules in favor of white firefighters.
Daniel Politi
Jun 30, 2009, 6:46 AM
recycled
Why Madoff got a longer sentence than he can possibly serve.
Daniel Engber
Jun 29, 2009, 5:42 PM
explainer
The cost of poppy production.
Brian Palmer
Jun 29, 2009, 5:30 PM
today's papers
Military ousts Honduran president; Iran continues crackdown of demonstrators.
Daniel Politi
Jun 29, 2009, 6:53 AM

News & Politics

foreigners
Reinstating deposed President Manuel Zelaya would be a disaster for Honduras.
Dan Rosenheck
Jul 5, 2009, 10:40 AM
the has-been
In Sarah Palin's GOP, the leaders keep quitting and the troubles don't.
Bruce Reed
Jul 4, 2009, 1:12 AM
politics
Sarah Palin picked the wrong day to resign as governor of Alaska.
John Dickerson
Jul 3, 2009, 7:20 PM
politics
Who decides how much White House staffers get paid?
Christopher Beam
Jul 2, 2009, 7:33 PM
press box
The Washington Post's boneheaded—and aborted—plan to lobby for lobbyists.
Jack Shafer
Jul 2, 2009, 7:22 PM
jurisprudence
The damage done by the Supreme Court in the New Haven firefighters case.
Richard Thompson Ford
Jul 2, 2009, 1:19 PM
press box
Why reporters won't shut up about their encounters with Michael Jackson.
Jack Shafer
Jul 1, 2009, 7:03 PM
press box
Thanks to technology, we may be entering a golden age of journalism.
Jack Shafer
Jun 30, 2009, 6:17 PM
foreigners
Why ignoring the media is a serious threat to press freedom.
Joel Simon
Jun 30, 2009, 9:25 AM
foreigners
Morocco makes peace with its past.
Anne Applebaum
Jun 29, 2009, 8:00 PM
the breakfast table
Ricci shouldn't have happened this way.
Emily Bazelon, Walter Dellinger, Linda Greenhouse, and Dahlia Lithwick
Jun 29, 2009, 7:22 PM
prescriptions
Why is polling about health care reform so unreliable?
Christopher Beam
Jun 29, 2009, 6:42 PM
prescriptions
What the placebo effect can teach us about health care reform. An interview with Peter Orszag.
John Dickerson
Jun 29, 2009, 4:57 PM
dispatches
The strange, underground world of Chinese counterfeit cigarettes.
Te-Ping Chen
Jun 29, 2009, 3:02 PM
jurisprudence
Citizens United v. FEC, the anti-Hillary ad case.
Richard L. Hasen
Jun 29, 2009, 3:02 PM
fighting words
What the Nixon tapes tell us about the Republican Party.
Christopher Hitchens
Jun 29, 2009, 12:31 PM
jurisprudence
The history behind Ricci v. DeStefano, the Supreme Court case that will decide who gets the good jobs in cities across America.
Nicole Allan and Emily Bazelon
Jun 25, 2009, 7:17 AM

Arts

recycled
Smokey Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog, and more of history's greatest pedagogical animals.
Josh Levin
Jul 4, 2009, 6:53 AM
movies
Slate 's create-your-own-toy-movie contest.
Dana Stevens
Jul 2, 2009, 5:20 PM
television
Troy Patterson plays Remote Roulette.
Troy Patterson
Jul 2, 2009, 5:09 PM
well-traveled
Back to the Futurists: Italy's first avant-garde turns 100.
Kate Bolick
Jul 3, 2009, 7:12 AM
life and art
Is Michael Mann's Public Enemies historically accurate?
Elliott J. Gorn
Jul 1, 2009, 7:38 PM
culture gabfest
Slate 's Culture Gabfest on the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Billy Mays, and the future of obituaries.
Dana Stevens, Seth Stevenson, and Julia Turner
Jul 1, 2009, 11:38 AM
art
A generation of plastic art objects are degrading like overused Tupperware. Can they be saved?
Sam Kean
Jul 1, 2009, 11:32 AM
architecture
Visiting Philip Johnson's Glass House.
Witold Rybczynski
Jul 1, 2009, 10:04 AM
movies
Public Enemies reviewed.
Dana Stevens
Jun 30, 2009, 10:40 PM
slate fare
Books, CDs, and movies Slate writers recommend.
Jun 30, 2009, 3:33 PM
poem
Marianne Moore's five-decade struggle with "Poetry."
Robert Pinsky
Jun 30, 2009, 6:53 AM
books
Richard Bernstein's The East, the West, and Sex.
Johann Hari
Jun 29, 2009, 9:31 AM

Life

well-traveled
Back to the Futurists: Italy's first avant-garde turns 100.
Kate Bolick
Jul 3, 2009, 7:12 AM
recycled
The past and future of competitive eating injuries.
Jason Fagone
Jul 3, 2009, 7:08 AM
recycled
On not owning a vacation home.
Timothy Noah
Jul 2, 2009, 9:40 AM
dear prudence
My fiance is irrationally jealous of an old boyfriend.
Jul 2, 2009, 6:58 AM
television
Fireworks really suck.
Troy Patterson
Jul 1, 2009, 8:01 PM
my goodness
I avoid street canvassers for do-gooding organizations. Does that make me a jerk?
Sandy Stonesifer
Jul 1, 2009, 7:00 AM
recycled
What your enjoyment of sleep-away camp, or lack of same, says about your character.
Timothy Noah
Jun 30, 2009, 2:16 PM
shopping
The best Web-based task managers.
Chip Brantley
Jun 30, 2009, 9:59 AM
food
What you should know about free-range pigs.
James E. McWilliams
Jun 29, 2009, 3:42 PM
the chat room
Dear Prudence answers readers' questions live at Washingtonpost.com.
Jun 29, 2009, 3:29 PM

Business & Tech

technology
This Is Why You're Fat and other great single-topic blogs.
Farhad Manjoo
Jul 2, 2009, 5:27 PM
webhead
Will my video get 1 million views on YouTube?
Chris Wilson
Jul 2, 2009, 10:15 AM
moneybox
What if Paul Krugman was a Japanese woman?
Daniel Gross
Jul 1, 2009, 2:28 PM
the best policy
The Fed botched banking regulation once already. So why does Obama want to give it more power?
Eliot Spitzer
Jun 30, 2009, 4:22 PM
the dismal science
Do peer-to-peer lending sites like Prosper and Lending Club work?
Ray Fisman
Jun 30, 2009, 12:18 PM
technology
Firefox 3.5 reviewed.
Farhad Manjoo
Jun 29, 2009, 4:58 PM
moneybox
Why does Japan, the world's most efficient economy, have so many elevator operators and gas station attendants?
Daniel Gross
Jun 29, 2009, 12:29 PM

Science

recycled
Is it better for the planet to grill with charcoal or gas?
Brendan I. Koerner
Jul 3, 2009, 7:09 AM
human nature
E-mail, adultery, and Mark Sanford.
William Saletan
Jul 2, 2009, 7:26 AM
human nature
Breaking your legs to make yourself taller.
William Saletan
Jun 30, 2009, 7:38 AM

Podcasts & Video

gabfest
The Political Gabfest for July 3, 2009.
Emily Bazelon
Jul 3, 2009, 8:24 AM
slate v
Reviews of: Public Enemies, Ice Age, and I Hate Valentine's Day
Jul 2, 2009, 1:33 PM
slate v
Medical Pot Expo
Jul 1, 2009, 11:18 AM
slate v
Hunting Cigarette Pirates
Jun 30, 2009, 11:40 AM
recycled
The Audio Book Club on David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
Troy Patterson, Katie Roiphe, and James Surowiecki
Jun 29, 2009, 6:22 PM
slate v
Dear Prudence: Riding Shotgun With Tipsy Pal
Jun 29, 2009, 10:40 AM