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America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.

Dahlia Lithwick

Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.

Mark Joseph Stern

A.J. Jacobs

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

Jay Willis

The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America’s Gun Violence Crisis

Jill Filipovic

I’ve Been Contemplating Originalism for Years. Here’s My Proposal for Replacing It.

Madiba K. Dennie

Work

Terri Gerstein

Campus Protests

Emily Tamkin

Trump on Trial

When Stormy Daniels Told Her Story in Court, the Absurd Horror of This Trial Finally Hit Home

Jeremy Stahl

Online Life

Why You Should Delete All of Your Old Tweets—Yes, All of Them

Alex Kirshner

The Left

Kathy Hochul Really Outdid Herself With This Gaffe

Nitish Pahwa

Yes, There’s Another “Wife Guy” Bribery Scandal for Democrats

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Slate Games

Slate Crossword: Califohnia’s Fohmuh Guhvuhnuh (Six Lettuhs)

Chandi Deitmer

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

Ray Hamel

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

Emi Nietfeld

Care and Feeding

Books

The Real Reading Crisis Involves the Kids Who Don’t Have Phones

Dan Kois

Kristi Noem’s Book Has a New, Non-Dog-Killing Scandal

Jim Newell

There’s One Part of Brittney Griner’s Account of Life in Russian Prison That Really Stands Out

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Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act

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Jay Willis

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

Emi Nietfeld

When Stormy Daniels Told Her Story in Court, the Absurd Horror of This Trial Finally Hit Home

Jeremy Stahl

Donald Trump Is a Micromanaging Cheapskate

He probably wouldn’t even be on trial if he hadn’t been such an annoying, frugal boss.

Jeremy Stahl

How Originalism Ate the Law

America is captive to a legal theory that dictates our laws on guns, abortion, and so much more. We need to act.

Dahlia Lithwick

Culture

What it all means

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Life Imitating Art Imitating Life

Imogen West-Knights

Netflix sold Baby Reindeer, its hit about a stalker, as a “true story.” What happened next was inevitable.

The Most Acclaimed Horror Movie of the Year Is Also a Cautionary Tale About Fandom

Sam Adams

Was Netflix’s Tom Brady Roast Funny or Cringeworthy?

Hang Up and Listen

Knicks-Sixers Was the Best First-Round Series in Years

Hang Up and Listen

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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I Love Seeing Terrible People Realize They Are Wrong

Farhad Manjoo

Introducing r/Farhad, an occasional column about the delights of Reddit communities.

Why I Deleted 33,000 of My Old Tweets—and You Should Too

Alex Kirshner

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

Emi Nietfeld

Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Personal Truths

Working

Abandon What You Think You Know About Polyamory. There’s Data.

Tim Requarth

Can California Save Journalism?

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I Shouldn’t Even Have to Say This But Rubber Bullets Have No Place on a College Campus

Tony Ho Tran

The Shady Scheme Hiding in Your Favorite Burrito Place Could Finally Be Illegal

Terri Gerstein

Life

An honest guide to modern life

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The Family Who Vanished Into the Bush

Dan Kois

An abandoned truck appeared on a New Zealand beach. A father and three kids were missing. Then the story got darker—and stranger.

Queering the Map With Lucas LaRochelle

Outward

Overcoming a Complicated Pregnancy With Data

Well, Now

Two Health Care Workers Have Saved Countless Lives in Appalachia. Their New Business Goes the Extra Mile.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Crossword: “Renaissance” Woman, to Fans (Three Letters)

Quiara Vasquez

The Met Gala Is for Fashion. I Went to the Other One. It’s Better.

Cleo Levin

The Serial Yelpers Who Leave Deranged One-Star Reviews

Kevin M. Kearney

News & Politics

What really matters

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The Anti-Defamation League Has Abandoned Some of the People It Exists to Protect

Emily Tamkin

For those with the wrong opinions, the group is now a threat to Jewish safety.

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

Ray Hamel

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

Jay Willis

America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.

Madiba K. Dennie

Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.

Mark Joseph Stern

The Constitution Is America’s Bible

Dahlia Lithwick

The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America’s Gun Violence Crisis

Jill Filipovic

Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act

Emily Tamkin

America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.

Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America’s Gun Violence Crisis

I’ve Been Contemplating Originalism for Years. Here’s My Proposal for Replacing It.

Work

Campus Protests

Trump on Trial

When Stormy Daniels Told Her Story in Court, the Absurd Horror of This Trial Finally Hit Home

Online Life

Why You Should Delete All of Your Old Tweets—Yes, All of Them

The Left

Kathy Hochul Really Outdid Herself With This Gaffe

Yes, There’s Another “Wife Guy” Bribery Scandal for Democrats

Slate Games

Slate Crossword: Califohnia’s Fohmuh Guhvuhnuh (Six Lettuhs)

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

Podcast

Hi-Phi Nation

A philosophy podcast that turns stories into ideas.

The Digital Future of Grief

If you create an A.I. version of a dying loved one, do you ever really grieve?

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

Books

The Real Reading Crisis Involves the Kids Who Don’t Have Phones

Kristi Noem’s Book Has a New, Non-Dog-Killing Scandal

There’s One Part of Brittney Griner’s Account of Life in Russian Prison That Really Stands Out

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Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act

The Shady Scheme Hiding in Your Favorite Burrito Place Could Finally Be Illegal

I Need to Be Released From the Hell That Is Feeding My Picky Daughter

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

Slate Crossword: Califohnia’s Fohmuh Guhvuhnuh (Six Lettuhs)

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

When Stormy Daniels Told Her Story in Court, the Absurd Horror of This Trial Finally Hit Home

Donald Trump Is a Micromanaging Cheapskate

How Originalism Ate the Law

Life Imitating Art Imitating Life

The Fall Guy Is a Love Letter to Stunts

How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redefined Monoculture

How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

The Most Acclaimed Horror Movie of the Year Is Also a Cautionary Tale About Fandom

Was Netflix’s Tom Brady Roast Funny or Cringeworthy?

Knicks-Sixers Was the Best First-Round Series in Years

I Love Seeing Terrible People Realize They Are Wrong

Why I Deleted 33,000 of My Old Tweets—and You Should Too

It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.

Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Personal Truths

Abandon What You Think You Know About Polyamory. There’s Data.

Can California Save Journalism?

I Shouldn’t Even Have to Say This But Rubber Bullets Have No Place on a College Campus

The Shady Scheme Hiding in Your Favorite Burrito Place Could Finally Be Illegal

The Family Who Vanished Into the Bush

Queering the Map With Lucas LaRochelle

Overcoming a Complicated Pregnancy With Data

Two Health Care Workers Have Saved Countless Lives in Appalachia. Their New Business Goes the Extra Mile.

Slate Crossword: “Renaissance” Woman, to Fans (Three Letters)

The Met Gala Is for Fashion. I Went to the Other One. It’s Better.

The Serial Yelpers Who Leave Deranged One-Star Reviews

The Anti-Defamation League Has Abandoned Some of the People It Exists to Protect

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

American Law Feels Utterly Broken. We Can Actually Do Something About It, Though.

America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.

Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.

The Constitution Is America’s Bible

The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America’s Gun Violence Crisis

Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act