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As Obama Turns

How the president’s political fortunes predict his economic message.

Jurisprudence
Dec. 6 2013 4:23 PMCensorship 101What schools are really teaching students when we let them censor their speech.
Crime
Dec. 6 2013 3:26 PMCooking Meth in an RV Does Not Make You Walter White
Roads & Kingdoms
Dec. 6 2013 1:03 PMThe Strongman of AsiaCan a muscle-bound bodybuilder finally win Burma the respect that it craves?
Crime
Dec. 6 2013 12:07 PMDallas, Texas, Is a Great Place to Run a Red Light
Jurisprudence
Dec. 6 2013 11:46 AMWhy Military Commanders Shouldn’t Be Prosecuting Sexual Assault
Weigel
Dec. 6 2013 10:41 AMIdris Elba, Call Your Office!
The Slate Quiz
Dec. 5 2013 11:33 PMPlay the Slate News QuizWith Jeopardy! superchampion Ken Jennings.
Weigel
Dec. 5 2013 5:26 PMLots of People Are Tweeting a Fake Nelson Mandela Quote
Gallery
Dec. 5 2013 4:51 PMNelson Mandela, 1918-2013A life in photographs.
Crime
Dec. 5 2013 3:34 PMWhy William Bratton Is the Wrong Man to Lead the New York Police Department
The World
Dec. 5 2013 2:21 PMWhat We Can Learn From How 1 Million People Died in India
Crime
Dec. 5 2013 1:10 PMWatch the Video That Precipitated Aaron Swartz’s Downfall
Weigel
Dec. 5 2013 11:29 AMRand Paul Thinks He Knows How to Save Detroit
Weigel
Dec. 4 2013 5:35 PMWhy Do Younger Millennials Dislike Obama So Much?
Politics
Dec. 4 2013 4:36 PMHave You Tried Signing Up for Obamacare—Just for Kicks?Will Slate’s health care guinea pig finally get insured?
Foreigners
Dec. 6 2013 8:00 PMIf South Africans Want to Honor Mandela, They Should Vote for Someone Outside His Party
The World
Dec. 6 2013 3:56 PMYour Guide to the Potential Geopolitical Grudge Matches of the 2014 World Cup
The World
Dec. 6 2013 1:46 PMWhy Did International Sanctions Work on South Africa but Not Other Dictatorships?
Weigel
Dec. 6 2013 12:17 PMWatch Rick Santorum Compare Obamacare to Apartheid
Weigel
Dec. 6 2013 11:59 AMThis Holiday Poem About Congressional Gift Rules Will Restore Your Faith in Christmas
Weigel
Dec. 6 2013 11:10 AMWhy Conservatives Should Respect Nelson Mandela
Doonesbury
Dec. 6 2013 4:00 AMToday's DoonesburyThe wee ones.
Weigel
Dec. 5 2013 7:18 PMGo Ahead, Politicize Mandela
The World
Dec. 5 2013 5:19 PMWatch Nelson Mandela's Speech After His Release From Prison in 1990
Obit
Dec. 5 2013 4:49 PMFarewell, MadibaNelson Mandela’s human flaws, desires, and compromises—as much as his idealism and ability to forgive—helped to make him great.
The World
Dec. 5 2013 3:32 PMDo Older Countries Care More About the Environment?
Weigel
Dec. 5 2013 1:45 PMAn Ominous New Ad Commemorates the Anniversary of Newtown
The World
Dec. 5 2013 12:44 PMTwitter Cracks Down on Terrorists
The World
Dec. 4 2013 5:43 PMFrance’s Continuing Ability to Irritate Republicans
Jurisprudence
Dec. 4 2013 5:24 PMPaying AmyDoyle Paroline owned two pornographic pictures of an 8-year-old girl. How much should he have to pay?

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