Nancy Gertner

Convictions

April 28 2008 12:24 AMCrime Rates and IncarcerationNancy Gertner

Convictions

March 21 2008 6:18 PMSnyder, Peremptory Challenges, and RaceNancy Gertner

Convictions

April 18 2008 2:07 PMProsecutorial Discretion: Transparency and FederalismNancy Gertner

Convictions

March 17 2008 4:14 PMIntroductionNancy Gertner

News & Politics

War Stories

March 3 2015 4:20 PM Netanyahu’s Deadly Gambit The Israeli prime minister is insincere. The only outcomes that would please him are Iranian regime change or outright war. Fred Kaplan

Netanyahu Just Did Obama a Big Favor

Benjamin Netanyahu Is a Bully and a Hypocrite

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Make Congressional Races Even Less Democratic

The Tamir Rice Case Is Another Example of Good Police Standing Behind Reckless, Dangerous Colleagues

Jeb Bush Denounces the Obscure Federal Institution That Helped His Business 20 Years Ago

The Supreme Court’s Motivated Reasoning Could Destroy Obamacare

The Real Reason Netanyahu Is Willing to Risk Israel’s Relationship with the U.S.

Business

Moneybox

March 3 2015 6:22 PM There Are No Rich People in America Jordan Weissmann

Virginia’s Sweet Briar College Has a $94 Million Endowment. Why Is It Closing?

JPMorgan Adds Another $50 Million to Its Gigantic Settlements Tally

Some Law Schools Will Now Accept Students Who Didn’t Take the LSAT. That’s an Awful Idea.

Ignore the Gurus, Baby Boomers. Your Retirement Is Inevitable.

Are You 30? Tinder Has Officially Decided You’re Old.

Overfunded Uber Will Sink Excess Money Into Print Magazine

If the Supreme Court Guts Obamacare, Republicans Might Just Keep It Alive

Life

Outward

March 3 2015 2:17 PM Nebraska to Lesbian: We Don’t Care if You Die Before You Can Get Married Mark Joseph Stern

How Does a Professional Race Car Driver Navigate Normal Traffic?

A Tragic Catalog of 100 Mostly-Miserable 19th-Century Marriages

Ueno Zoo’s Emergency Drills Involve Staff Dressed as Zebras

These Online Cooking Videos Bring Meat From Farm to Table. Step 1: Kill a Pig.

Help! My Husband Pressures Me to Sext With Him.

Looking’s Russell Tovey Is Glad He’s Not An “Effeminate,” “Tapdancing Freak.”

An Anti-Gay Alabama Justice Wants to End Civil Marriage. Bring It!

Double X

The XX Factor

March 3 2015 5:32 PM There Are More Men Named John Than Women Running Large Companies Amanda Marcotte

CPS Finds “Free Range” Parents Responsible for Unsubstantiated Child Neglect. Now What?

How Barbara Mikulski Transformed the Senate

Why Do Poor Women Have More Abortions?

What’s Wrong With the New Documentary About Rape on College Campuses

Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.

This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.

Why Do Women Vote Republican?

Slate Plus

Political Gabfest

March 3 2015 1:39 PM The “Most Pleasurable Portrayal of Libertarianism“ Bonus Segment David, Emily, and John discuss what Parks and Recreation got right about government. Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson

I Was a Slate Commenter; Now I’m a Slate Writer. Ask Me Anything.

Walking Dead Podcast Early Release: Episode 12, "Remember"

A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 9

Josh Keating on His Favorite Reads From Slate This Week

Arts

Brow Beat

March 3 2015 5:11 PM A Close Read of Bill O’Reilly’s “Nonfiction” Children’s Book Katy Waldman

Nutella’s Attempts to Keep People From Calling It “Poop” Are Valiant but Futile

The Community Season 6 Trailer Suggests We May Be in for the Darkest Timeline Yet

A Kafka-Inspired Comic by a Crazily Talented Illustrator

Sarah Manguso’s Ongoingness Reveals the Many Perils of Writing About Yourself

Will Forte on Last Man on Earth, MacGruber 2, and His SNL 40 Experience