Steven Davis

Steven Davis is a co-author of Dallas 1963.

History

Nov. 18 2013 12:41 PMThe City That Killed KennedyRacism, McCarthyism, and political fervor in 1960s Dallas.Bill Minutaglio, Steven Davis, and Chris Kirk

News & Politics

Politics

Jan. 29 2015 6:57 PM Party Animal He’s a former poker pro, motivational speaker, and YouTube celebrity. Now he’s leading Florida’s Republican Party. Betsy Woodruff

Scott Walker’s Strategy for Winning the White House: Divide and Conquer

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

Business

Moneybox

Jan. 29 2015 6:17 PM Amazon Managed to Make Money. Everybody Is Shocked (Seriously). Alison Griswold

Watch 48 Years of Classic Super Bowl Ads

“Financial Literacy” Is a Distraction From What We Really Need: Actual Consumer Protection

America’s Obsession With Healthy Food Is Driving Campbell’s Away From the Soup Business

The Best App for Gmail Is Made by ... Microsoft?

New York City’s Affordable Housing Plan Is Ambitious, Progressive, and Totally Inadequate

Older Millennials Keep Moving in With Their Parents

Life

Education

Jan. 29 2015 4:55 PM To the Teacher Who Changed My Life Thank you. John Dickerson

Is a Hashtag a Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter.

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

Double X

The XX Factor

Jan. 29 2015 9:09 PM Money, Not Marital Status, Has the Most Impact on How Parents Raise Kids Amanda Marcotte

UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims

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.

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 6:40 PM An American Version of Black Mirror is Coming Chris Wade

In the Ted 2 Trailer, Seth MacFarlane Fights for the Right to “Bear Marriage”

With Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk Steps Into the Spotlight

The Cast of Don Verdean on Their New Movie From the Creators of Napoleon Dynamite

Watch the Trailer for the Next Three Episodes of Beloved Stoner Web Series High Maintenance

Why the Parenthood Finale Won’t Give Us Any Closure

A Dog Movie Star Demonstrates the Art of Canine Acting

Technology

Jan. 29 2015 7:10 PM Is Snapchat Really Confusing, or Am I Just Old? A 32-year-old’s hopeless quest to understand America’s fastest-growing social app. Will Oremus

If You Want to Call Internet "Broadband," It Better Actually Be Fast

First-Class Flyers Get to Try Virtual Reality, Coach Passengers Stuck in Real Reality

Horrible California Drought Is Now Even More Horrible

A 125-Year-Old Letter Dives Into the True Meaning Of the Word Hack

Replica Mars Mission in Utah Desert Disrupted by Fire

A Federal Court Considers Whether We Have a Right to Tell the Truth

Health & Science

Bad Astronomy

Jan. 29 2015 5:37 PM Crash Course Astronomy Episode 3: Cycles in the Sky Phil Plait

Psst, Buddy! Want to Buy a Red-Eared Slider?

Laser Rocket Aurora!

Our Health Is Shaped by the Struggles of Our Parents and Grandparents