What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of June 22, 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 June 22.
- Senior editor Jessica Winter likes ...
Dumber Than Your Average Bear” by Wesley Morris, Grantland
“This brilliant piece is everything that film criticism can be (and working from such terrible source material, too).”
- Assistant social media editor Lisa Wong Macabasco likes ...
“Paul Krugman Goes for a Knockout Against Scrappy Austerians” by Jeremy Kahn, Bloomberg
“Best graphics and layout of a story I’ve seen all year! Bravo.”
- Staff writer Leon Neyfakh likes …
Flying Tiger Copenhagen: Where All That Glitters Is … Glitter” by Jennifer S. Altman, New York Times
“ ‘You can buy a fridge magnet shaped like a zebra’s butt, or a pig’s butt, or a tiger’s butt.’ Pure fun.”
- Slate’s meteorologist Eric Holthaus likes …
Hillary Clinton’s Green Path to the White House: Will She Be ‘Careful’ on Climate?” by Lauren Gambino and Tom McCarthy, the Guardian
“ ‘There’s really no reason for people who care about climate to be excited about her.’ ”
- Associate editor J. Bryan Lowder likes …
With All Eyes on Marriage, Gays Just Won Another Enormous Legal Victory by Scott Bixby, Mic
“Big news on the ex-gay ‘therapy’ front.”
- Senior business and economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann likes …
“Will Book Publishers Ever Start Fact-checking? They’re Already Starting.” by Boris Kachka, Vulture
“Never believe anything you read in a book.”