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The Year in Television

Willa Paskin

Why most of the shows in 2018 were nothing great, just fine.

The Affordable Care Act Is Not Dead Yet

Jordan Weissmann

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

Henry Grabar

What Happens When Evangelicals Try to Reckon With the #MeToo Movement Within Their Own Faith

Ruth Graham

Media

How Penthouse Became a Mouthpiece for the Right

Rebecca Onion

The Weekly Standard’s End Is Terrible News for Conservatism and Journalism

Mark Joseph Stern

White House

Trump Names Mick Mulvaney as Chief of Staff—Er, “Acting” Chief of Staff

Molly Olmstead

Congress

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Online Shopping

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

The Conversation Starts Here

Think you know music? Test yourself here.

Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

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How to Watch Roma

Sam Adams

Critics say you must experience Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece in a theater. Are they right—or just snobs?

No Longer Mad as Hell

Isaac Butler

The Broadway staging of Network lacks the rage of the original.

Shopping

The 20 Best Coffee-Table Books, According to Art People

Strategist Editors

Perfect gift for displaying and for reading.

Totally Unique Gifts From Little Museum Shops

Angela Serratore

Doing Secret Santa? Charming Gifts Under $25 for Co-Workers.

Strategist Editors

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She stripped her children of the gifts and tried to return them to the store for cash.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Childless Friend

Help! My Neighbor Is Ned Flanders Without the Good Faith.

Dear Prudence Podcast: I Don’t Know How to Help My Addict Friend Anymore

Help! My Co-Workers’ Perfume Makes Me Physically Ill.

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Culture

What’s worth your time

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In Roma, Each Object Tells a Story

Inkoo Kang

The stories behind the dog heads, the planes, and more.

The Year’s Best TV Shows Acted Like TV Shows

Todd VanDerWerff

The Year in Fine TV

Willa Paskin

Roma Is Finally on Netflix. Is It Still Better to See It in a Theater?

Sam Adams

Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

Chris Molanphy

Cybill Shepherd and Eliza Dushku Reports Illustrate Extent of Problems at CBS

Marissa Martinelli

Imagine the Drake/Kanye Twitter War Is Over With Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande’s Newest Singles

Aja Hoggatt

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Social Media Isn’t Set Up for Grief. It’s Set Up for Profit.

Shannon Palus

Users are getting more comfortable sharing their whole lives, but the platforms are still designed to market around joy.

Court Says It’s Illegal to Resell Songs You Bought on iTunes

Cullen Seltzer

The Government Isn’t Regulating a Deadly Paint Stripper, so Retailers Are Instead

Jamie Smith Hopkins

Congress Is About to Blow Its Chance to Save Net Neutrality

April Glaser

Facebook Plied Me With Hot Chocolate and Platitudes at Its One-Day “Holiday Privacy Store”

Heather Schwedel

How to Watch the Year’s Best Meteor Shower

Aaron Mak

We Need More Academic Conferences About Robots, Love, and Sex

Marina Adshade

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Our Kid’s Letter to Santa This Year Asks for a Sign of His Existence

Carvell Wallace

Is it an adorable attempt at belief or a trap to catch us in a lie?

The Best Gifts for Skincare Obsessives, According to Redditors

Strategist Editors

At the Evangelical #MeToo Summit, Christians Grappled With Just How Deep the Church’s Sexual Misconduct Problems Go

Ruth Graham

Many Parents Like Me Try to Mold Our Disabled Children to Fit Into a Nondisabled World. It Should Be the Other Way Around.

Elizabeth Picciuto

What’s Behind Penthouse’s Confusing Turn Toward the Right?

Rebecca Onion

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

Birthright Trips Are Down “Sharply” This Winter. It Has Me Thinking About Why I Never Went.

Heather Schwedel

Business

Where the money goes

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The Federal Reserve Says Millennials Are Broke. Pew Says Millennials Are Loaded. Which Is It?

Henry Grabar

Why Is Harvard Investing in California Farmland?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

It’s Way Too Early to Call the Affordable Care Act Dead

Jordan Weissmann

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

Henry Grabar

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Jeffrey Wright Guarded “Hippy” Brett Kavanaugh in High School, and “Hippy” Brian Lehrer Claims You Can Be a Mets and Yankees Fan

Catie Lazarus

News & Politics

What really matters

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Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker. That Doesn’t Mean Her Antagonists Lost.

Jim Newell

The real trade-offs of the deal that will make Pelosi speaker again.

Trump, the NRA, and More Illegal Activity

León Krauze

Forget Algebra. We Should Teach Our High-Schoolers Complex Decision-Making.

Mike Pesca

Wisconsin Gov. Walker Signs Bills Limiting the Power of His Democratic Successor

Molly Olmstead

Trump Names Mick Mulvaney as Chief of Staff—Er, “Acting” Chief of Staff

Molly Olmstead

The Angle: The Unceremonious End of the Weekly Standard

Slate Copy Desk

The Trump Organization Tried to Massively Overcharge Trump’s Own Inaugural Committee for Hotel Space, LOL

Ben Mathis-Lilley