What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of March 9, curated by Slate writers and editors.
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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of March 9.
- News editor Chad Lorenz likes …
“The Clinton Campaign Gets Off to a Grim Start” by Ben Smith, BuzzFeed News
“With his Hillary dispatch, Ben Smith proves why it’s good for reporters to cover pressers in person.”
- Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes …
“The Long, Fraught Racial History of American Fraternities” by Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
“Great piece on the fraught racial history of frats.”
- Assistant editor Miriam Krule likes …
“Why Did This Movie Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Go Straight to Video?” by Adam Sternbergh, Vulture
“I was wondering what happened to the TRULY TERRIBLE LOOKING Serena.”
- Senior technology writer Will Oremus likes …
“Guardian Backpedals on Whisper App Privacy Violations” by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Wall Street Journal
“Remember that big Guardian story on Whisper that Neetzan Zimmerman got fired for being angry about? He was right to be angry.”
- Slate Bitwise columnist David Auerbach likes …
“#JeNeSuisPasLiberal: Entering the Quagmire of Online Leftism” by David Auerbach, American Reader
“My in-depth history and analysis of the social justice movement is out at @ReaderMagazine.”
- Staff writer Aisha Harris likes …
“How Netflix Broke the Unbreakable Spoiler Alert (and How to Fix It)” by Rex Sorgatz, Medium
“I like this proposal.”