What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of May 11, 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 May 11.
- Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes …
“For People of Color, A Housing Market Partially Hidden From View” by Gene Demby, NPR
“Worth noting that the kind of housing discrimination described in New York persists nationwide.”
- Science and health editor Laura Helmuth likes …
“Did Animators Know That Two of Three ‘Finding Nemo’ Sharks Cannibalized Their Own Siblings?” by Patrick Cooney, Fisheries Blog
“Ha! Shark species in ‘Finding Nemo’ cannibalize their own siblings. Reality>Fiction yet AGAIN.”
- Assistant editor Miriam Krule likes …
“Shake What Your Mama Didn't Give You: Shapewear Through the Ages” by Jacki Lyden, NPR
“I would totally listen to a weekly podcast about undergarments through the ages.”
- Slate’s Bitwise columnist David Auerbach likes …
“Eve Online: How A Virtual World Went To The Edge of Apocalypse and Back” by Simon Parkin, Guardian
“Guardian praises and romanticizes gamers.”
- Slate’s chief political correspondent John Dickerson likes …
“Surveillance Video Shows What Happens When Thugs Mess With the Wrong Concealed Carry Permit Holder” by Dave Urbanski, the Blaze
“This is an amazing story about a concealed carry permit holder.”