Nicole Soojung Callahan

Nicole Soojung Callahan is a graduate student in the Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University. She lives outside of Washington, D.C. 

Doublex
April 23 2013 9:00 AMWhat to Expect When You’re … AdoptedMy search for my birth parents began when I got pregnant.Nicole Soojung Callahan
  News & Politics
Politics
Jan. 27 2015 7:41 PM Ready for Pataki? The former New York governor may be running the saddest campaign for president. Betsy Woodruff
How the Koch Brothers Could Make, Break, or Reshape Republican Politics in 2016
Why Obama Took So Many High-Powered Officials to Cozy Up to the Saudi Royal Family
Bobby Jindal Pins His Presidential Hopes on a Prayer Revival. It Was a Bust.
Why Do Judges and Politicians Flip-Flop? A Survey.
Why de Blasio Was Right to Take On Criminal Justice Reform
How Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Won Over Iowa
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 27 2015 7:31 PM West Virginia Is for Egalitarians Jordan Weissmann
The iPhone 6 Just Shattered Apple’s Own Sales Records
Yahoo Just Found a Way Around Its Potentially Multibillion Dollar Tax Bill
Looking for a Reliable, High-Yield Investment? Install LED Light Bulbs. Really.
Obama Wants to Tax College Savings Accounts. He Should Make Them Work for the Middle Class Instead.
The Myth That Middle-Class Students Don’t Get Financial Aid
Chipotle’s Sofritas Promotion Was So Popular That a Bunch of Locations Sold Out
  Life
Atlas Obscura
Jan. 27 2015 2:10 PM The Rusty, Creaking Cable Cars of Chiatura Ella Morton
As the Catholic Church’s Influence Wanes, Ireland Is Having a Gay Moment
This Prefab Cube Shrinks an Entire House Into One Tiny Structure
Help! Our Baby Won’t Sleep Through the Night, Making It Hard to Have Sex.
Meet Kevin Daniels, the Actor Behind One of TV’s Most Interesting Gay Characters
A Victorian Argument That Snow Is Holy, Illustrated by a Beautiful Catalog of Flakes 
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Mustn’t Forget Nazism’s Gay Victims
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 27 2015 5:48 PM Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial Amanda Hess
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
Study on Women’s Painkiller Use Causes Concern Over Hypothetical Embryos, Not Actual Women
Republican Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights.
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party. 
Boehner Applauded Equal Pay at Last Year’s State of the Union. Why Not This Year?
  Slate Plus
Jurisprudence
Jan. 27 2015 11:18 AM Slate Voice: “American Liar” Listen to Mark Joseph Stern read his piece about Jesse Ventura’s defamation suit against Chris Kyle. Mark Joseph Stern
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4
Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13
What Should Slate Do in 2015? Tell Slate’s Editor in Chief.
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 27 2015 7:21 PM Watch Stevie Nicks’ Wrenching, Candid Piano Performance of “Blue Water” Sharan Shetty
Who Ya Gonna Call? These Four Actresses, for the Ghostbusters Reboot. 
Why Scientology Appeals to Aspiring Actors
In Season 3 of The Americans, the Clash Between Principles and Parenting Is More Violent Than Ever
The Real Reason People Keep Plagiarizing Tom Petty
Louis C.K.’s New Stand-Up Special Is Streaming Now. Here’s How to Watch It.
It Is 2015 and Some Crazy Blink-182 Drama Is Happening
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 27 2015 3:41 PM Don’t Drink and Drone Lily Hay Newman
The iPad Is 5 Years Old Today. You Still Don’t Need One.
Watch GIF-iti Artist INSA Create the World’s Largest GIF
How Technology Is Changing the Family Tree: A Future Tense Event Recap
Police Oppose Police-Tracking Function in GPS App Waze
Why the Top-Rated Restaurants on Yelp Are Places You've Never Heard Of
The Simpsons Imagines How Elon Musk Could Save and Destroy the Future
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
Jan. 27 2015 11:41 AM Astronomers Find Ancient Earth-Sized Planets in Our Galactic Backyard Phil Plait
Western Australia Is Perverting Science to Kill Sharks, and Scientists are Furious
Online Comments Can Influence What People Think About Vaccines
Catching a Comet’s Dusty Breath
Stunning Comet Close-Up Photos Reveal a Tiny Alien World
The “Good Guy With a Gun” Is a Myth
It Is Statistically Impossible for Mass Surveillance to Be an Effective Anti-Terrorism Tool
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 27 2015 1:16 PM Dear Patriots Haters A message from a Pats fan to all the chafing, crybaby chumps out there. Seth Stevenson
The Patriots Became Nearly Fumble-Proof After a 2006 Rule Change Pushed by Tom Brady
The New England Patriots’ Prevention of Fumbles Is Nearly Impossible
The Five Stages of Patriots Fans’ Ballghazi Grief
Why NFL Quarterbacks Should Be Allowed to Do What They Want With Their Balls
Why Bill Belichick and His Antics Make the NFL a Better Place
NFL Investigates Patriots for Possibly Tampering With AFC Championship Game Balls