What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of May 25, curated by Slate writers and editors.
Curious about what we’re digging? What We Like Right Now is a curated recommendations list from Slate editors and writers, just for Slate Plus members.
Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of May 25.
- Staff writer Josh Keating likes ...
“Holdouts Who Refuse to Sell Their ‘Nail Houses’ to Developers” by Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing
“Great photos of Chinese nail houses.”
- Senior editor Jessica Winter likes ...
“A Year of Flaunting” by Bobby Finger, Jezebel
“Let’s flaunt our bods.”
- Science and health editor Laura Helmuth likes ...
“Who Are Twitter’s Verified Users?” by @Haje, Medium
“Fascinating analysis of Twitter’s verified users.”
- Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes ...
“Bernie Sanders Has Big Ideas, and They Deserve Our Attention” by Ezra Klein, Vox
“Ezra Klein is absolutely right on why Bernie Sanders deserves serious coverage.”
- Columnist Reihan Salam likes ...
“Re-reading Is Inefficient. Here Are 8 Tips for Studying Smarter.” by Joseph Stromberg, Vox
“Service that I’d love to see: customized quizzes to test you on what you’re reading, (in light of this.)”
- Slate Money’s Felix Salmon likes …
“Black Women in San Francisco Arrested Way More Than White Women, Report Shows” by Collier Meyerson, Fusion
“Black women in SF are 6% of the population, but 46% of female arrests – and 51% of arrests for traffic violations.”