Max Linsky

Max Linsky is a founding editor of Longform.org.

Education

“Your Hair Sucks” and Other Great Moments in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Help! We Stopped the Class Prayer in Our Child’s School, and Now the Community Hates Us.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking About Race

A Housekeeping Rule That Could Change Your Life: Never Go to Bed Messy

The Psychology of Unfriending Someone on Facebook

The Slate Quiz

Think You’re Smarter Than Daily Show Co-Creator Lizz Winstead? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

With Billions in Potential Damages Looming, Apple and Google Settle Tech Worker’s Antitrust Suit

Kidnapped American Journalist Released By Ukrainian Separatists

Rick Perry’s Abuse-of-Power Scandal May Actually Help Him

Blue Ruin: An Excellent Revenge Thriller With a Sick Sense of Humor

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The Slate Quiz

Think You’re Smarter Than Daily Show Co-Creator Lizz Winstead? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Rick Perry’s Abuse-of-Power Scandal May Actually Help Him

Anti-Semitism Trends in Europe Are More Complex Than In the U.S.

Obama Just Can't Get Away From Talking About “Red Lines”

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Movies

Blue Ruin: An Excellent Revenge Thriller With a Sick Sense of Humor

Take a Strange, Delightful Trip Through Homer’s Brain in the Latest Simpsons Couch Gag

Neil Young Performs a Haunting, Quiet Cover of “Needle of Death”

Katy Perry Will Ruin Your Birthday Party

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Future Tense

Is Google Plus Finally Dying?

Anonymous Allegedly Hacked Boston Children's Hospital Over Justina Pelletier

Netizen Report: Pakistan’s Anti-Terror Ordinance May Endanger Online Speech

Facebook Keeps Getting More Addictive. Here’s How.

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Moneybox

Amazon Performs Balancing Act in Latest Quarter

Is It OK to Invest in a Company if Its CEO Beats Women?

Ronald McDonald Gets a Makeover, Remains Terrifying

What $1 Million Buys in Housing Markets Around the Globe

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Inside Higher Ed

Are Gender-Neutral Restrooms a Fundamental Right?

19th-Century Maps Tracking Major Diseases Across the United States

A Haunting Memorial of an Unsolved Plane Crash

The Ins and Outs of Baseball Uniform Design

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Bad Astronomy

Vax Facts: Global Vaccination Week Seeks Immunity

Massive (and GORGEOUS) Stellar Destruction Marks Hubble’s 24th Anniversary in Space

Oysters, Sand Dunes, and Other Revolutionary Plans to Save the Post-Sandy Waterfront in New York

A Hubble Image That Will Drill Into Your Brain

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The XX Factor

Celebrity Quack Moms Are a Terrible Influence on Everyday Parents

Student Alleges Brown University Let Her Rapist Return to Classes While She Was Still There

Even Children Have a Gender Wage Gap. Call It the Allowance Gap.

The Cheerleaders Rise Up

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Technology

Running Calculators Are Inaccurate and Misleading. Help Slate Build a Better One.

Baseball’s Replay System Is Ludicrous. MLB Should Adopt Tennis’s System Instead.

The Rams Should Hand Over $135 Trillion to Anyone Who Guesses Their Schedule Exactly

Kevin Durant Is Having One of the Most Ridiculous Seasons in NBA History

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Video

The Navy Wants an Aircraft Carrier Filled With Drones (Video)

The Hidden Danger in Chernobyl’s Red Forest (Video)

The Unlikely Culprit for a Mysterious Sound in the Antarctic Ocean (Video)

The Rogue Bacteria That Evolved Into a Human Killer (Video)

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Behold

San Francisco’s Forgotten Neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point

Powerful, Moving Portraits of Black Women With Cancer

A Jewish Photographer’s Portrait of Arab Israeli Teenagers

A Gorgeous Look at Car Culture in California

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Why Do Parents Judge Other Parents for Having One Child?

Should Gawker Ban Internet Slang?

David Weigel Interviews Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress

An Amazing New Documentary About the Horrific Hillsborough Stadium Disaster

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Slate Plus

Former Slatester Farhad Manjoo on His Favorite #Slatepitch

Slate Plus Members: Assign Will Oremus a Tech Post in This Week’s Member Takeover

David Plotz on Slate’s New Membership Program, Slate Plus

Slate Plus Sneak Peek: Paskin and Kois Talk Game of Thrones, Episode 3

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