The Mueller Report

Cover Story

It’s Clear What Congress Should Do Next

Daniel Hemel

The Mueller Report Is an Irrefutable Case That Trump Is Unfit for Office

Frank Bowman

Attempted Obstruction of Justice Is Still a Crime

Jennifer Taub

The Other Thing the Mueller Report Proved: Journalists Were Right

Justin Peters

Why Elizabeth Warren Wants the House to Start Impeachment Proceedings

Josh Voorhees

Mueller Cited Scalia to Prove Trump’s Official Acts Might Have Been Obstruction

Mark Joseph Stern

On the Border

A Right-Wing Militia Has Allegedly Been Holding Migrant Families at Gunpoint

Molly Olmstead

Brexit

People Are Already Scheming to Take Theresa May’s Job

Joshua Keating

Adventure

There Won’t Be Any Expeditions to the North Pole This Year

Jane C. Hu

On Our Podcasts

Mueller’s Biographer on the Report’s Most “Remarkable” Scene

Mike Pesca

Dahlia Lithwick Lets a Former DOJ Spokesman Explain How “Disgraceful” Barr’s Presser Was

Dahlia Lithwick

The Political Gabfest Wonders What This Means for Impeachment

Emily Bazelon , John Dickerson , and David Plotz

The Conversation Starts Here

Introducing Charged, a story about an experiment in punishment and the people caught up in it.

Most Gun Owners Are White. Most Gun Court Defendants Are Black.

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Who Is Patrick???

Nicole Cliffe

I invaded my 13-year-old’s privacy, but she’s planning to “be with” some guy soon. What now?

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Future Tense Editor?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

TV

The Serena Williams of Jeopardy!

Jeremy Samuel Faust

James Holzhauer isn’t just winning the game. He’s changing it.

The One Death Game of Thrones Can’t Face

Sam Adams

The Rich, Haunting History of “In the Pines” Predates Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged

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I don’t want to break our promise, but I can’t see how giving up the good life we have is worth it.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Flirtatious Neighbor

Help! I’m Sober Now, but Regret and Shame Keep Preventing Me From Moving Forward.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Treats Me Like an Unpaid Therapist.

Help! My Husband Uses Our Silverware to Feed Our Dog, and It’s Making Me Sick.

How to Do It

I Want to Buy My Dying Mom One Last Night With a Stud. Should I Tell Her I Paid?

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Culture

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Under the Silver Lake Is a Total Mess and Totally Worth It

Inkoo Kang

David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to It Follows is a puzzle movie that satirizes the dudes who love puzzle movies.

Why Must Hollywood Deny Us the Pleasure of Seeing Lori Loughlin’s Latest Projects?

Marissa Martinelli

When Did Slasher Movies Get So Respectable?

Jeffrey Bloomer

Jeopardy!’s Latest Champion Isn’t Just Winning the Game. He’s Changing It.

Jeremy Samuel Faust

The Haunting Power of “In the Pines”

Studio 360

Getting Good at Being Wrong: Stacey Abrams on Why It’s OK to Make Mistakes

Politics and Prose

Slate Spoiler Specials: After

Rachelle Hampton, Marissa Martinelli, and Daniel Schroeder

Technology

How it’s changing us

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How to Scan Your Airbnb for Hidden Cameras

Aaron Mak

It’s not as technically difficult as it might sound.

How a Futurist Sees AOC’s Video “A Message From the Future”

Aaron Mak

The Mueller Report Shows Just How Much Russia Trolled Americans in Real Life, Too

April Glaser

New Details From the Mueller Report About Don Jr.’s Interactions With WikiLeaks

April Glaser

Why Was the Mueller Report Delivered to Congress on CDs?

Aaron Mak

Police Are Making Tone-Deaf Memes to Build Community Trust

April Glaser

Making Sense of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

April Glaser and Siva Vaidhyanathan

Why There Won’t Be Any Expeditions to the North Pole This Year

Jane C. Hu

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Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Kim K Esq.

Mark Joseph Stern

Can Kim Kardashian actually become a lawyer with no law degree and a busy job playing herself on TV?

A Pulled Ancestry.com Ad on Interracial Love During Slavery Sells a Rosy View of Racial History

Rebecca Onion

Rabbit Holes: If “Listening to Your Body” Is the Highest Virtue on Wellness Instagram, I’m a Saint

Lily Puckett

Work Till You Die

Brigid Schulte

This $13, Olive-Derived Oil Gave Me the Best Skin of My Life

Strategist Editors

Dear Care and Feeding: Who the Heck Is Patrick?

Nicole Cliffe

I Want to Buy My Dying Mom One Last Night With a Stud. Should I Tell Her I Paid Him?

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

Business

Where the money goes

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The Future of Unions Is White-Collar

Bret Schulte

Blue-collar jobs are disappearing. But a powerful new wave of organized labor is taking its place.

Sometimes It Takes a Horrible Fire to Raise a Billion Dollars

Henry Grabar

Herman Cain Says He Is Not Actually Withdrawing His Name From the Fed Race

Jordan Weissmann

Some of the 2020 Dems Should Really Be Giving a Lot More to Charity

Jordan Weissmann

A Piece of Paris Goes Up in Flames

Henry Grabar

What Trump Should Have Passed Instead of The Tax Bill That Everyone Hates

Jordan Weissmann

Women in Charge: Anna Allanbrook

Allison Benedikt

The Inspecting Our Own Meat Edition

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

News & Politics

What really matters

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“100 Days of Success”

Jim Newell

Democratic leaders are absolutely positive that everything’s perfect. Why do you ask?

The International Hilarity of Loyiso Gola

Mike Pesca

The Other Thing the Mueller Report Proved: Journalists Were Right

Justin Peters

Why Elizabeth Warren Wants the House to Start Impeachment Proceedings Against Trump

Josh Voorhees

Don McGahn Not Listening to Donald Trump Doesn’t Absolve the President of a Crime

Jennifer Taub

The Angle: Mueller Gave Us the Report. Now What Are We Going to Do About It?

Slate Copy Desk

The Mueller Report Is an Irrefutable Case That Trump Is Unfit for Office

Frank Bowman