Joanna Smith Rakoff

Joanna Smith Rakoff is the author of the novel A Fortunate Age.

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Feb. 3 2010 10:39 AMDear Jerry, You Old BastardMy adventures answering J.D. Salinger's mail.Joanna Smith Rakoff

News & Politics

Politics

Jan. 28 2015 8:26 PM Divide and Conquer Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s divisive message for winning the White House. Jamelle Bouie

Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Fight Hard for Iowa

Do the Crime, Get a Degree. Should Prisons Offer College Courses to Convicted Felons?

When Jeb Bush and Bill Belichick Were High School Classmates

The Bizarre, Incomplete History of the Pocket Constitution

George Pataki May Be Running the Saddest Campaign for President

How the Koch Brothers Could Make, Break, or Reshape Republican Politics in 2016

Business

Moneybox

Jan. 29 2015 11:44 AM The Best Affordable Housing Plan in the U.S. Isn’t Good Enough New York City’s ambitious efforts will still leave residents scraping by. American cities need a national housing fix. Peter Moskowitz

Older Millennials Keep Moving in With Their Parents

An Austrian TV Network Went Full Terminator in This (Amazing) Super Bowl Promo

McDonald’s CEO Steps Down After String of Spectacular Failures

The Census Tells Us How Many Women Outearn Their Husbands (and Other Fun Facts)

GoDaddy Tried to Spoof Budweiser’s Cute-Puppy Ad, and Everyone Got Pissed Off

This Is What Happens When You Press “Insane Mode” in Tesla’s Dual-Motor Model S

Life

Lexicon Valley

Jan. 29 2015 2:19 PM Is A Hashtag A Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter Gretchen McCulloch

Chili Is a Local Specialty With a Specific History. Beans Are Not Part of That History.

Mail Rail: London’s Abandoned Underground Train System

Barcelona Has the World’s Most Beautiful Stoner Museum

An Interview With the Alabama Legislator Who Threatened to Reveal Colleagues’ Affairs

When Feelings Became Feels: How We Distance Ourselves From Emotion on the Internet

Is Scandinavian Exceptionalism Similar to American Exceptionalism?

Double X

The XX Factor

Jan. 29 2015 12:28 PM UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims Amanda Marcotte

The Ghostbusters Casting News Is Totally Exciting. The Reaction to the News Is Even Better.

Another Sign That Men’s Magazines Are Changing: Men’s Health Denounces “Pickup Artists”

When Career Expectations Are Just About Getting Enough Money to Eat

Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial

New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.

How the Great Blizzard of 1888 Killed the Petticoat

Slate Plus

Jan. 29 2015 1:04 PM Listen to Our January Music Roundup Beat the chill with our winter playlist, exclusively for Slate Plus members. Jack Hamilton, Dee Lockett, Leon Neyfakh, and John Swansburg

A Conversation With Patton Oswalt About Movies (Audio)

Every Episode From the First Half of Slate’s Season 5 Walking Dead Podcast

Mark Joseph Stern Reads “American Liar,” His Piece on Chris Kyle’s Big Lie

A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4

Arts

Brow Beat

Jan. 29 2015 2:05 PM Why the Parenthood Finale Won’t Give Us Any Closure Miriam Krule

A Dog Movie Star Demonstrates the Art of Canine Acting

Lily Tomlin and Director Paul Weitz on Grandma’s Frank Approach to Women’s Issues

North West Stars in the Touching Video for Kanye West’s “Only One”

How the Oscars Work, Explained in Under Three Minutes

A Photographer’s Response to the Lack of Women in Our Literary Canon