The Cloak of “Fear”
Police officers like the killer of Philando Castile have an unbeatable defense when their victims are black: They were scared.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 8: This court has moved so far right that a hardline conservative looks like a centrist.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 6: What to do about the problem of overzealous prosecutors.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 5: When the solicitor general has to defend the indefensible.
Politics
How to Build a New Republican CoalitionA genius plan that will appeal to tax-averse rich people as well as working- and lower-middle-class voters.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 3: Are Roberts and Kennedy drifting from the right toward the center?
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 2: This term, the justices chose cases that “sear the conscience.”
Politics
A GOP Without FearWhy Republicans are so intent to pass a bill that in a normal world should spell their doom.
War Stories
Foreign Policy by TweetTrump is in no position to solve North Korea. We should be scared he will try.
Politics
No Time to TalkAwaiting the Senate’s health care “discussion draft” with only a few days left to discuss.
The Angle
The Angle: Aimless in Syria EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on the immigration crackdown, the race in Georgia’s 6th District, and Trump in Syria.
History
Tools of DisplacementHow Charlottesville, Virginia’s Confederate statues helped decimate the city’s historically successful black communities.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 7: Will SCOTUS make the travel ban fight moot?
Interrogation
He Moved Fast and Broke UberBut is the mess at the company all Travis Kalanick’s fault?
The Angle
The Angle: Another Day, Another Health Care BillSlate’s daily newsletter on the Senate’s take on Trumpcare, fake news on Twitter, and GLOW.
Politics
We Know How This EndsDissent is all part of the script. Trumpcare is right where Republicans want it.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 4: How Anthony Kennedy became a progressive on race.
Jurisprudence
Make This Obstruction Thing Go AwayTrump has always treated lawyers like hired help. As president, he’s finally found attorneys who refuse to do his bidding.
The Angle
The Angle: Pay Attention EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on the Georgia runoff, more foreign policy fumblings, and McConnell’s gambit.
The Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast TableEntry 1: This year’s docket appears to lack a major case. But looks can be deceiving.
Jurisprudence
Clarence Thomas to the Rescue?In an otherwise awful civil rights decision, the arch-conservative signals his interest in opening the courthouse doors to more victims of state violence.
Jurisprudence
Who Is Jay Sekulow, and Why Is He Defending Donald Trump?How the religious right’s go-to lawyer became the president’s newest surrogate.
The World
Trump Could Get Us Into a War by AccidentThe president’s lack of a coherent Syria strategy is incredibly dangerous.