Cover Story

Joe Biden, MAGA Democrat

Why the former vice president needs voters to believe America was great before Trump ruined it.

SCOTUS Is Considering Jim Crow’s Legal Justification to Uphold a Rigged Census

Eric L. Muller

Think Tank: Warren’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Mostly Helps the Middle Class

Jordan Weissmann

Justice Department Indicts the Judge Who Helped an Immigrant Evade ICE in Her Courthouse

Mark Joseph Stern

Trump and Russia

Basta

Otto Warmbier

Pop Culture

Ask a Teacher

The Conversation Starts Here
Logo for Slate's new podcast Charged.

Journey into the criminal justice system.

How One Man Landed in One of America’s Most Infamous Jails

Listen Now
Cover Story

Many Toddlers Know How to Poop in the Toilet, but Refuse

It’s more common than you think. What gives?

I Recommend Sonically Cleansing Your Face

Shannon Palus

Who cares if these fancy brushes work? They feel great!

Entertainment

Olivia Munn’s Bizarre Vendetta

Heather Schwedel

What does she have against one of the internet’s least-mean fashion sites?

Why Britney Spears Had to Confirm She’s Not Being Held Hostage

Marissa Martinelli

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in May

Marissa Martinelli

Dear Pruduence

Ask a question
View all

He confessed he still had feelings for one of them a month before he proposed.

Content Locked for Slate Plus members

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Cruel Co-Worker and Kids
Content Locked for Slate Plus members

Help! My Boyfriend Expects Me to Move Back Home, but I Don’t Want To!

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Sister Thinks She’s a Genius Because of an Online Quiz.

Help! My Dad Lied About a Secret Loan He Took Out and Now Expects Me to Pay It Off.
And other advice...
Care and Feeding

My 6-Year-Old Lies All the Time. Should I Worry?

Most Recent

View all Most Recent stories

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of April 22

Nick Greene

Daniel Jones Is the Answer for the Giants. (The Question: “What Pick Will Make Everyone Laugh at Us”?)

Elliot Hannon

Jack Dorsey Called Rep. Omar to Explain Why Twitter Won’t Take Down the 9/11 Video Trump Tweeted Out of Her

Elliot Hannon

Watch Fox News’ Legal Analyst Call Trump’s Obstruction “Immoral, Criminal, Defenseless, and Condemnable”

Dan Kois

A Casual Moviegoer’s Guide to Avengers: Endgame

Sam Adams

Endgame Is a Love Letter to Robert Downey Jr. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Most Read

Ask a Teacher: My Child Was Assigned the Worst School Project Ever. What Should I Do?

Carrie Bauer, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

One Reason So Many Democrats Are Running for President: They Don’t Think Joe Biden Can Win

Jim Newell

Olivia Munn’s Bizarre Vendetta Against One of the Least-Mean Fashion Sites on the Internet

Heather Schwedel

Why Did Britney Spears Have to Confirm She’s Not Being Held Hostage?

#FreeBritney, explained.

Marissa Martinelli

Illustration depicting a colorful group of people using an array of mobile devices

Support Slate’s Journalism

If you value our work, help us keep producing it.

Join Slate Plus
Includes
  • Extended ad-free podcasts
  • Slate Academies
  • Slow Burn bonus episodes
  • Bonus Dear Prudence

Culture

What’s worth your time

View all Culture

The Spiritual Sequel to Hedwig and the Angry Inch Is a Game-Changing Podcast Musical

Alan Scherstuhl

John Cameron Mitchell’s Anthem: Homunculus recruits Broadway legends for a show that defies the conventions of both mediums.

Daniel Jones Is the Answer for the Giants. (The Question: “What Pick Will Make Everyone Laugh at Us”?)

Nick Greene

A Casual Moviegoer’s Guide to Avengers: Endgame

Dan Kois

Endgame Is a Love Letter to Robert Downey Jr. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Sam Adams

A Punk, a Writer, and a Cop Poet

Studio 360

Beyoncé’s Dad Is Developing a Destiny’s Child Stage Musical From His Perspective

Natalia Winkelman

How a Myth About the Endgame in Chess Seduced Pop Culture

Heather Schwedel

Technology

How it’s changing us

View all Technology

Even Space Isn’t Safe From Ads

Jane C. Hu

Companies want to turn satellites into billboards.

Washington Set to Be the First State to Allow the Composting of Human Bodies

Jane C. Hu

Do You Want to Buy a Murder Bird?

Shannon Palus

Facebook Just Hired the Co-Author of the Patriot Act and An Advocate Who Helped Fight It

April Glaser

This Nonprofit Wants to Offer Political Campaigns Free Protection From Hackers. Here’s the Catch.

Aaron Mak

Future Tense Newsletter: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Ad

Anthony Nguyen

What It’s Like to DM With Russian Hackers

April Glaser and Siva Vaidhyanathan

The Social Media Block Isn’t Helping Sri Lanka

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
View all Live Events
June 8
10:00 AM EDT Slate Day in NYC
June 27
7:00 PM EDT Outward in NYC for World Pride

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

View all Human Interest

Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late

Emily Oster

I Can’t Afford Doggy Day Care Anymore. What Will My Pup Need if I Cut Back?

Nick Greene

Have I Been Totally Duped About Penis Size My Entire Life?

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

What the Black Feminists Who First Fought Misinformation Online Can Teach Us

Nichole Perkins, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas

Olivia Munn’s Bizarre Vendetta Against One of the Least-Mean Fashion Sites on the Internet

Heather Schwedel

My 4-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Her Looks, on Slate’s Parenting Podcast

Ruth Graham, Gabriel Roth, and Carvell Wallace

I Highly Recommend Sonically Cleansing Your Face

Shannon Palus

Business

Where the money goes

View all Business

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Forgive Student Debt Is Smart Politics and Decent Policy. Will Anyone Care?

Jordan Weissmann

Stephen Moore Might Be a Slimebag, but Let’s Not Forget That His Economic Ideas Are Terrible Too

Jordan Weissmann

Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out of the Fed Race Because It Would Be a Pay Cut. LOL.

Jordan Weissmann

How Does the Comedy Cellar’s Owner Do His Job?

Laura Bennett

How Does It Feel to Be the First Black Woman to Lead the Harvard Crimson?

Allison Benedikt

The Inspecting Our Own Meat Edition

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Sometimes It Takes a Horrible Fire to Raise a Billion Dollars

Henry Grabar

Elizabeth Warren’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Mostly Helps the Middle Class, Think Tank Finds

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

View all News & Politics

The 2020 Candidates Smell Blood

Jim Newell

The reason so many Democrats are running is they think Biden won’t survive.

Jack Dorsey Called Rep. Omar to Explain Why Twitter Won’t Take Down the 9/11 Video Trump Tweeted Out of Her

Elliot Hannon

Watch Fox News’ Legal Analyst Call Trump’s Obstruction “Immoral, Criminal, Defenseless, and Condemnable”

Elliot Hannon

Forgetting the Recent History of Climate Change Politics

Mike Pesca

Facebook Faces Yet Another Privacy Investigation, This Time for Harvesting 1.5 Million Users’ Contacts Without Consent

Elliot Hannon

Joe Biden Wants to Make America … Great Again?

Josh Voorhees

Trump Doesn’t Want a “Better” Deal With Iran

Fred Kaplan