Will the NFL Ever
Stand Up to Trump?

“As mindboggling as it is to hear a modern politician adopt the overheated tones of a Tolkien character on his deathbed, it’s especially mindboggling when that register coexists with reality-TV pettiness.” Trump’s Oracular Sermonizing at the U.N. Is a Real Head Trip

“There’s something faintly medieval in this need to make an epic civilizational disaster wholly the fault of one person.” Why Isn’t Hillary Clinton Even Angrier?

“It takes more than a chummy press conference for these Democrats to show they’re serious about single-payer.” Advice for Democrats on Single-Payer

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News & Politics

The Angle

Sept. 22 2017 5:24 PM The Angle: Death Knell Edition Slate’s daily newsletter on the Iran deal, MoviePass, and Graham-Cassidy’s chances. Rebecca Onion

Trump’s Reasons for Scrapping the Iran Deal Are the Definition of Self-Destructive

The “Alaska Purchase” Is Probably Unconstitutional

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Intern? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Republicans Have Basically Admitted That Obamacare Repeal Is Built on Lies

Trump’s North Korea Threats, Battle of the Sexes, and How Muslim Americans Radicalize

Donald Trump Is Ignoring His Duty Under the War Powers Act to Consult Congress About North Korea

Graham-Cassidy, Netflix and Stand-up, and the Threat to Gay Marriage

Business

Moneybox

Sept. 22 2017 5:38 PM Obamacare Repeal Might Be Dead. Trump’s Effort to Sabotage the Law Is Very Much Alive. Jordan Weissmann

London to Uber: Get Out

The Delicate Art of the Amusement Park Caricature

Graham-Cassidy Was Supposed to Do One Nice Thing for Poor People. But Someone Took It Out of the Bill.

How Do You Create Attentive, Responsible Teens? Give ’Em Jobs!

Republicans Think Its Unfair How States That Expanded Medicaid Get More Medicaid Funding

Why Best Buy Is Weathering the Retail Apocalypse and Toys R Us Isn’t

Overcoming My Fear of Returns, With the Help of E-Commerce

Life

Better Life Lab

Sept. 21 2017 5:26 PM Join Us in NYC for Beyond Life Hacks: Big Ideas for the Future of Work and Life Slate Staff

The Michigan Attorney General’s Sneak Attack on Civil Rights

Help! My Wife Won’t Let Me Indulge My Fantasies. Can I Look Elsewhere?

How New Age Guru Louise Hay Harmed a Generation of Gay Men

Arizona Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms the Equal Rights of Same-Sex Parents

Help! My Fiancé Thinks Our Son Will Have a “Small Package” Because of My “Asian Genes.”

Should a Straight Woman Make Gay Male Films? The Director of Beach Rats Says Yes.

Help! I Just Want to Throw It All Away and Become a Beach Bum.

Double X

The XX Factor

Sept. 22 2017 6:32 PM Some of the U.S’s Creepiest Anti-Abortion Men Are Running for Office in Alabama Christina Cauterucci

The GOP’s Latest Obamacare Repeal Proposal Finds New Ways to Be Disastrous for Women’s Health

Amazon Just Sent a Ton of People a Weird Email About Their (Nonexistent) Baby Registries

Hillary Clinton’s Book Tour Is a Dose of Much-Needed Therapy for Her Fans

Austin City Official Refused to Meet With a Co-Worker He Thought Had a Crush on Him

The Most Eye-Popping Outfits at the 2017 Emmys

Statement Jeans Are Fun to Look At, But an Insult to Pantkind

What I Learned By Looking at 734 Playboy Centerfolds in One Sitting

Slate Plus

Sept. 22 2017 6:29 PM Cracking Open Customer service, female friendship, and Trump’s dangerous U.N. speech, in the Slate Plus Digest. Gabriel Roth

Help! My Fiancé Wants to Wear a Kilt to Our Wedding.

Help! My Fiancé Keeps Postponing Our Wedding.

How Cities Need to Rethink Their Infrastructure

What It’s Like to Be a Batman Comic Book Penciler: A Working Podcast Transcript

Arts

Brow Beat

Sept. 22 2017 3:40 PM Did Wonder Woman Underperform Overseas, or Did It Just Do Really Well in the U.S.? Rachel Withers

In 2017, the Triumph of Battle of the Sexes Feels Like a Hollow Victory

A Mexican TV Network Used a Simpsons Episode to Criticize a Competitor’s Sensational Earthquake Coverage

As Spy Sequels Go, Kingsman: The Golden Circle Is Less Goldfinger, More Goldmember

Jimmy Kimmel’s No Health Care Expert, But Health Care Experts Agree With Him

Can Shonda Rhimes Master the Art of the Lifestyle Blog?

Why Is Autumn the Only Season With Two Names? Did Other Seasons Ever Have Two Names?

MoviePass Is Luring Millennials Back to the Multiplex. Why Is Hollywood So “Meh”?

Technology

Future Tense

Sept. 22 2017 9:00 AM How to Write a Novel Set More Than 125 Years in the Future Autonomous author Annalee Newitz explains how she went about building her 2144. Annalee Newitz

Equinox Has Had a Rough Couple Weeks on Twitter, Thanks to Autocorrect

Weather Forecasting Is Incredibly Accurate—but the Public Doesn’t Seem to Realize It

Want to Help Residents Rebuild After Harvey and Irma? Give Them Access to Reliable Data.

Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Is Overhauling Its Ad System That Allowed Anti-Semitic Targeting

Germany’s New Social Media Law Puts a Price on Hate Speech

Equifax Repeatedly Tweeted the Wrong URL for Its Website About the Data Breach

Health & Science

Science

Sept. 21 2017 7:08 PM We Need a Better Way to Measure Hurricanes The current category system doesn’t give a clear indication of how much damage a storm can inflict. David Appell

Maria Was Forecasted to Be the “Most Destructive Hurricane in Puerto Rico History.” It Felt Like it.

What Haunting Sound Does an Iceberg Make When It Breaks Off the Ice Shelf? Chicago Commuters Will Soon Find Out.

There Was Another Earthquake in Mexico. Is the World Ending?

Global Hunger and Global Obesity Are Both Rising, and Can Stem From the Same Issues

The Poop Problem Hurricane Irma Left Behind

As Promised, the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining the ACA’s Plan to Innovate Health Care

Sports

Sports Nut

Sept. 17 2017 12:17 PM The Smearing of Michael Bennett The NFL star accused the Las Vegas police of violating his civil rights. Now the police are tarnishing his good name. Jeremy Stahl

ESPN Is Letting the Conservative Trolls Win

Tampering With NBA Players Should Be Totally Legal

Let’s Marvel at the Deep Stupidity of the Red Sox’s Sign-Stealing Scheme

How the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team Can Fix Its Putrid Play and Qualify for the World Cup

Baseball Is Broken, and the Sport’s Pooh-bahs Have No Power to Fix It

Anonymous NFL Execs: We’re Not Blackballing Kaepernick, We’re Just Racist