Jacob Gershman

Jacob Gershman

Jacob Gershman is a political reporter in New York.

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War Stories

The Time the United States Blew Up a Passenger Plane—and Tried to Cover It Up

Help! The Dad of My Daughter’s Friend Is on the Sex Offender Registry.

Was This the Most Sexist Video Game of All Time?

Paul Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan Is Paternalistic. It’s Also Compassionate and Smart.

Arizona Botched an Execution and Accuses Witnesses of Lying About It

Bad Astronomy

Space Rocks for Two Science Promoters

Companies Should Reveal How Much Employees Make

What Was It Like to Work at Walt Disney Studios in Its Earliest Days?

Six Reasons LinkedIn Is the Place to Find Love

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The Slate Quiz

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s News Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Paul Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan Is Paternalistic. It’s Also Compassionate and Smart.

The Man the Chamber of Commerce Can’t Beat

How the Great Recession Obliterated Black American Wealth

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Brow Beat

Welcome to Sweden vs. Real-Life Sweden: Tacky Furniture Edition

New Photo of Ben Affleck’s Batman Reveals He Needs to Shave

If You Liked Matangi, You’ll Love M.I.A’s New Song With The Partysquad

The Acclaimed Drumming Drama Whiplash Looks Intense

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Future Tense

Canvas Fingerprinting Is More Invasive Than Cookies. But Should You Worry About It?

Massive Mayfly Hatching in Wisconsin Shows Up on Weather Radar

Cowabunga, Dude! Pizza Hut is Making a Real-Life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Thrower

Internet Father Vint Cerf Explains How We Keep Web Addresses Straight

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Business Insider

Companies Should Reveal How Much Employees Make

Six Reasons LinkedIn Is the Place to Find Love

Why Is Chocolate Getting So Expensive?

Putin Doesn’t Need to Fear Economic Sanctions. Why? Because Russia Is Europe’s Gas Station.

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Quora

What Was It Like to Work at Walt Disney Studios in Its Earliest Days?

Help! The Dad of My Daughter’s Friend Is on the Sex Offender Registry.

No One Can Agree on What “Homemade” Means. France Is Learning That the Hard Way.

Is Gay Love Really Just “Graphically Misshapen” Friendship?

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Bad Astronomy

Space Rocks for Two Science Promoters

WANT Part XX: Hubble Lego Edition

What Is This Mystery Object in an Astronaut’s Photo?

These Verbal Tics Show the World You’re Insecure

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The XX Factor

Republican Strategy on Women: "Rape Is a Four-Letter Word. Purge It From Your Lexicon."

The Scientific Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work

Blake Lively Launches a Lifestyle Website and You Will Hate Yourself

Why Can’t We Stop Talking About "Bikini Bodies"?

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Sports Nut

A Whole Lot More Examples of Wimbledon Plagiarism by the Times of London’s Neil Harman

Wimbledon Discovered Its Annual Yearbook Was Full of Plagiarism, Kept Selling It Anyway

How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over

Lance Stephenson Is the Most Fascinatingly Flawed Player in the NBA

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Video

How to Tell an Animal Is Domesticated Just by Looking at It (Video)

Orange Is the New Black Is Making One Real-Life Sheriff Very Unhappy (Video)

Help! My Mother Is Obsessed With My 1-Year-Old’s “Waistline.”

At What Age Are Americans Happiest With Their Appearance? (Video.)

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Photography

Gripping Images of Gaza Under Seige

Are These Photos Staged? Does It Matter?

The Way We Eat Dinner Now

Mesmerizing Portraits That Capture Multiple Moments in a Single Second

The Gist

Would You Trade a Roman Emperor’s Life for Air Conditioning and Soap?

So Why Is Everyone Playing Kim Kardashian: Hollywood?

Naked Cruise: Should Clothing Ever Be Optional?

Why Nerds Love “Weird Al” Yankovic

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Frame Game

Arutz Sheva Is the Fox News of Israel. You Should Watch It.

Watch a Live Stream of the July 24 Political Gabfest Taping

New Editor Julia Turner Chats With Slate Plus Members About the Magazine’s Future

David Plotz Reads His All-Time Favorite Slate Essay: “Watching the Couples Go By” (AUDIO)

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