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The Big Redistricting Blowout

Jim Newell

Pandemic

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

Sabiha Zainulbhai and Nora Daly

Music

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Nitish Pahwa

Supreme Court

I Clerked for Justice Breyer. There’s One Thing I Hope Remains on the Court Long After He’s Gone.

Risa L. Goluboff

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia Because He Was Italian?

Jordan Weissmann

Football

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

Eric Betts

Zoning

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

Henry Grabar

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

Sam Adams

What I Learned in 25 Years of Writing for Slate

William Saletan

Education

How Picking On Teachers Became an American Tradition

Adam Laats

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic

Christina Cauterucci

COVID Testing of Asymptomatic Students Doesn’t Make Kids Safer

Vladimir Kogan and Vinay Prasad

I think I just lost a friend and maybe I lost the chance at something more.

Help! There’s a Mystery About My Son I’m Not Sure We Want to Solve.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ugly Duckling”

Help! I’m Sleeping With My Ex Again. I Want to Confess to His Girlfriend.

Help! I Love My Job, but People See It as Low-Paid and Unskilled.

How to Do It

My Husband Has a Secret Desire He Doesn’t Know I’ve Seen in His Browsing History

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Damien P. Williams

How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises

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A.T. Greenblatt

Read a New Short Story About a Cutthroat Future Road Race

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Michelle Herman

Dear Care and Feeding: My Sister Is Gaslighting the Whole Family Over COVID

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! I Went Along With a Cruel Office Joke and Maybe Lost My Best Chance for Love.

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Amicus

Stepping Aside, Justice Breyer Can’t Sidestep Politics

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Allegra Frank

Meet the Guy Whose Wordle Streak You Will Never Beat

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

Henry Grabar

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Nitish Pahwa

What We Know About “Stealth Omicron”

Sarah Braner

Slate News Quiz

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

Ray Hamel

Culture

What it all means

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TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Aliya Chaudhry

Why pop-punk kids are side-eyeing their dream festival.

Meet the Guy Whose Wordle Streak You Will Never Beat

Allegra Frank

Why Women in Hollywood Had More Power in 1916 Than They Do Now

Dana Stevens

What’s Behind Britney’s Beef With Her Sister

ICYMI

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Nitish Pahwa

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

Eric Betts

Hall & Oates Experimented with Genre Until They Found Their Groove

Hit Parade

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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The Showdown Over Airlines and 5G Is Part of a Much Bigger Problem

Michael Calabrese

Read a New Short Story About a Cutthroat Future Road Race

A.T. Greenblatt

What We Know About “Stealth Omicron”

Sarah Braner

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

Henry Grabar

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

Sabiha Zainulbhai and Nora Daly

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong

Firmin DeBrabander

I’m Really Concerned About My Daughter’s Strange Financial Arrangement With Her Boyfriend

Elizabeth Spiers

How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises

Damien P. Williams

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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I Think I Know Why Men Don’t Talk About Parental Leave

Lucas Mann

It feels much safer to be a silent ally.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Sister Is Gaslighting the Whole Family Over COVID

Michelle Herman

Help! I Went Along With a Cruel Office Joke and Maybe Lost My Best Chance for Love.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

How Picking On Teachers Became an American Tradition

Adam Laats

I Crush a Lot. I Worry It May Eventually Ruin My Relationship.

Big Mood Little Mood

Help! There’s a Mystery About My Son I’m Not Sure We Want to Solve.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Dear Care and Feeding: I Think My Wife Is Creating Unhealthy Eating Habits for Our Kids

Jamilah Lemieux

News & Politics

What really matters

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What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Fred Kaplan

Breaking down the latest moves and countermoves in an increasingly tense situation.

The Big Redistricting Blowout

Jim Newell

I Clerked for Justice Breyer. There’s One Thing I Hope Remains on the Court Long After He’s Gone.

Risa L. Goluboff

Why Every President Is Terrible at Foreign Policy Now

Fred Kaplan

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint To End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse

M.K. Kaishian

How Blacksploitation Led to “Woke” Horror

A Word … With Jason Johnson

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

Ray Hamel

Stepping Aside, Justice Breyer Can’t Sidestep Politics

Amicus