One and the same: On Thursday, the Emanuel AME Church shooter, Dylann Roof, was found guilty on 33 charges. Lining up Roof’s beliefs alongside Donald Trump’s, Jamelle Bouie makes the case: The two white men shared common cause.
Tips from the top: Dahlia Lithwick has learned a lot from watching Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor work. Here are some of those lessons: Deploy your anger judiciously. Listen. Be the change.
Lack of faith: Hillary Clinton didn’t get much support from white evangelical voters, which seems odd when you consider who her opponent was. But Ruth Graham finds plenty of evidence that Clinton—herself a fairly religious woman—completely neglected to reach out to that constituency. And evangelicals noticed.
Toxic neighbor: Helaine Olen looked around at the businesses that surround Trump Tower in Manhattan, and finds that many of them are hurting, with no idea how they will survive the new restrictions on traffic in the area.
Musical pariah: The movie La La Land relies on an interesting cliché: Jazz is very hateable. Ben Ratliff explains.
For fun: One holiday trick that lets you avoid some of your obligations in style.
Very classy,
Rebecca
P.S. Another classy move? Getting somebody the gift of Slate Plus. Here’s the link.
