The Helipad Edition
Slate Money talks Amazon’s new headquarters, mayhem with Brexit, and Steve Cohen getting more billions.
Metropolis
Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City WorseIt’s a weird, semivacant failed experiment of a neighborhood (with a puppet store). No one will miss it.
Metropolis
Why Can’t Democrats Win in Ohio?They’ve lost the Buckeye State—but maybe they never had it at all.
Slate Money
The More Like Canada EditionSlate Money talks about all the ramifications of this week’s midterm elections, Maxine Waters and big banks, Puerto Rico, minimum wage, and cannabis.
Metropolis
Scott Walker’s War on the Public Sector Came Back to Bite HimThe Wisconsin governor crippled unions and starved school budgets. It was the schools that got him.
Working
How Does a Marijuana Lobbyist Do His Job?Meet Peter Marcus, the in-house lobbyist for Terrapin Care Station.
Slate Money
The Don’t Be Evil EditionSlate Money talks about Brazil’s big election, Google employees walking out, Netflix employees getting fired, and leveraged loans.
Metropolis
Do New Yorkers Even Want Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs?Even in prosperous times, the city is getting harder to live in—and it’s not clear how HQ2 will help.
Metropolis
Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest AgainThe billions that Virginia and New York are giving to Amazon will only worsen corporate shakedowns for public subsidies. Here’s how to stop the madness.
Employee of the Month
Chris Jackson’s Daytime Emmy Is Still an Emmy!Catie Lazarus interviews and honors Chris Jackson and Celina Su.
Moneybox
Red-State Voters Expanded Medicaid, Legalized Marijuana, and Increased the Minimum Wage on Tuesday Night
Metropolis
Could the Blue Wave Leave Oregon Dry?Its progressive governor is in a surprisingly tough race—suggesting white suburban Democrats might be more fickle than we thought.
Women in Charge
Women in Charge: Julia TurnerThe interviewer becomes the interviewee as Slate’s editor in chief reflects on four years running the magazine.