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Several women and people of color who won their midterm races

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Why Democrats Won’t Choose a White Guy for 2020

Jamelle Bouie

A look at who voters liked in the midterms points to a few likely presidential front-runners.

Progressive Democrats Did Much Better in the Midterms Than You Think

Josh Voorhees

Britain Could Have No Brexit Deal and a New Prime Minister by the Time This Chaos Ends

Joshua Keating

Maine Just Made History With a Better Way to Hold Elections (and an Adorable Livestream)

Henry Grabar

Adaptations

The New Harry Potter Movie Is So Bad It Makes the Other Books and Movies Worse

Dan Kois

HBO’s My Brilliant Friend Wipes the Girl-Power Sheen off the Ferrante Novels’ Reputation

Willa Paskin

Immigration

The Military’s Border Mission May Have Peaked and Could End Soon

Matthew Zeitlin

Florida

Federal Judge Trolls Rubio, Rules State Must Let Voters Correct Alleged “Signature Mismatches”

Molly Olmstead and Mark Joseph Stern

Health

Doctors Actually Have a Chance of Finally Upending the Gun Debate

Chavi Eve Karkowsky

The Conversation Starts Here

Young Americans are having sex later and less frequently than ever.

Understanding The “Sex Recession”

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How to Deal With a Religious Teacher

Ask a Teacher

Should I be a “war on Christmas” parent?

Why I Waste Time Searching for the Fake Questions in Advice Columns

Brandy Bagar-Fraley

Some are too bad to be true.

Culture

Cam Is Like Black Mirror for Cam Girls

Inkoo Kang

The most provocative striptease in the new Netflix thriller is the slow reveal of the profession’s realities.

Hee Haw Host and Country Music Star Roy Clark is Dead at 85

Hailey Gavin

Disney Released the Trailer for Tim Burton’s Dumbo Adaptation, and Oh My, That Elephant

Matthew Dessem

I hate the optics of it: The men sit around drinking, while the women wash up.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Brought Home 16 Endangered Animals.

Help! My Fiancé Won’t Stop Making “Jokes” About How I’m Cheating on Him.

Dear Prudie: My Parents Think a Heart Attack Killed My Sister. Should I Tell Them She Overdosed?

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Mike Pesca

How NXIVM’s Star Recruiter Escaped the Cult and Then Turned Against It

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In a Cosmic, Cursed Twist, the 2018 Florida Recount Could Hinge on the Meaning of Bush v. Gore

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Jennifer Kang

Trump Administration Will Let States Use Medicaid Funds for More Mental Health Care

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Carl Segerstrom

How to Protect Yourself if You Live in a Fire-Prone Area

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Heather Schwedel

Beto O’Rourke’s Lyrical Blog Post About His Morning Run Gets a Little Steamy

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Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Heartwarming but Pulls Its Punches When It Comes to the Current Moment

This Is the Saturday Night Massacre. It’s Just Happening in Slow Motion.

Walter M. Shaub Jr.

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

Jim Newell

The Inadequacy of Hope

Michelle Obama’s optimism can’t account for the unavoidable truths of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Christina Cauterucci

Should I Be the “War on Christmas” Parent?

Our public school is bringing God into the classroom.

Carrie Bauer, Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Katie Holbrook

Culture

What’s worth your time

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The New Fantastic Beasts Is So Bad It Actually Makes the Other Books and Movies Worse

Dan Kois

What a magic trick!

HBO’s My Brilliant Friend Reminds You How Ambitious Elena Ferrante’s Novels Really Are

Willa Paskin

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The FBI Says Hate Crimes Are Soaring. It Actually Has No Idea.

Daniel Engber

We could have fixed this problem years ago. We didn’t.

Facebook’s PR Firm Used a Conservative News Site to Lavishly Praise the Social Network—and Fiercely Attack Its Rivals

Aaron Mak

Japan’s Cybersecurity Minister Doesn’t Know How to Use a Computer.

Jennifer Kang

Doctors Actually Have a Chance to Upend the Gun Debate

Chavi Eve Karkowsky

Historians Are Using Facial Recognition Software to Identify People in Civil War Photographs

Erica X Eisen

The Latest Destination for China’s High-Tech Social Surveillance? Venezuela.

Mia Armstrong

We Will Soon Be Able to Clone the Basically Extinct Northern White Rhino. But Should We?

Torill Kornfeldt

How to Protect Yourself if You Live in a Fire-Prone Area

Carl Segerstrom

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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My Daughter’s Teacher Is Atrocious—What Should I Do?

Carrie Bauer, Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Cassy Sarnell

I already reported her to the principal.

Beto O’Rourke’s Lyrical Blog Post About His Morning Run Gets a Little Steamy

Heather Schwedel

Michelle Obama’s Openness About Her IVF Was a Revelation For Black Women Like Me Who’ve Faced Infertility

Regina Townsend

Creating a (Frankenstein’s) Monster, on Slate’s Parenting Podcast

Rebecca Lavoie, Gabriel Roth , and Carvell Wallace

Keurig’s New Drinkworks Home Bar Is Perfect for the G&T Lover Who Can’t Be Bothered to Mix Gin With Tonic

Rachelle Hampton

How the Right Co-opted (and Corrupted) the Language of Social Justice

Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas

Why I Waste Time Searching for the Fake Questions in Advice Columns

Brandy Bagar-Fraley

Business

Where the money goes

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New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Jordan Weissmann

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Henry Grabar

Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest Again

Henry Grabar

Democrats Proved They Can Win Again in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Why Not Ohio?

Henry Grabar

Hamilton’s Chris Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Cast in Hamilton

Catie Lazarus

What Will This Week’s Progressive Victories Mean for Big Banks, Puerto Rico, and Cannabis?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

How Scott Walker’s War on the Public Sector Came Back to Bite Him

Henry Grabar

Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City Worse

Benjamin Freed

News & Politics

What really matters

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This Is the Saturday Night Massacre

Walter M. Shaub Jr.

It’s just happening in slow motion.

How NXIVM’s Star Recruiter Escaped the Cult and Then Turned Against It

Mike Pesca

In a Cosmic, Cursed Twist, the 2018 Florida Recount Could Hinge on the Meaning of Bush v. Gore

Mark Joseph Stern

Trump Administration Will Let States Use Medicaid Funds for More Mental Health Care

Jennifer Kang

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Heartwarming but Pulls Its Punches When It Comes to the Current Moment

Slate Copy Desk

What Characteristics Do Democrats Want in a Speaker of the House?

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz

Two Navy SEALs, Two Marines Charged With Killing Green Beret Who Reportedly Discovered They Were Bringing Prostitutes to Their Safe House

Molly Olmstead

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Why Democrats Won’t Choose a White Guy for 2020

Progressive Democrats Did Much Better in the Midterms Than You Think

Britain Could Have No Brexit Deal and a New Prime Minister by the Time This Chaos Ends

Maine Just Made History With a Better Way to Hold Elections (and an Adorable Livestream)

Adaptations

The New Harry Potter Movie Is So Bad It Makes the Other Books and Movies Worse

HBO’s My Brilliant Friend Wipes the Girl-Power Sheen off the Ferrante Novels’ Reputation

Immigration

The Military’s Border Mission May Have Peaked and Could End Soon

Florida

Federal Judge Trolls Rubio, Rules State Must Let Voters Correct Alleged “Signature Mismatches”

Health

Doctors Actually Have a Chance of Finally Upending the Gun Debate

Young Americans are having sex later and less frequently than ever.

How to Deal With a Religious Teacher

Why I Waste Time Searching for the Fake Questions in Advice Columns

Culture

Cam Is Like Black Mirror for Cam Girls

Hee Haw Host and Country Music Star Roy Clark is Dead at 85

Disney Released the Trailer for Tim Burton’s Dumbo Adaptation, and Oh My, That Elephant

I hate the optics of it: The men sit around drinking, while the women wash up.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Brought Home 16 Endangered Animals.

Help! My Fiancé Won’t Stop Making “Jokes” About How I’m Cheating on Him.

Dear Prudie: My Parents Think a Heart Attack Killed My Sister. Should I Tell Them She Overdosed?

How NXIVM’s Star Recruiter Escaped the Cult and Then Turned Against It

In a Cosmic, Cursed Twist, the 2018 Florida Recount Could Hinge on the Meaning of Bush v. Gore

Trump Administration Will Let States Use Medicaid Funds for More Mental Health Care

How to Protect Yourself if You Live in a Fire-Prone Area

Beto O’Rourke’s Lyrical Blog Post About His Morning Run Gets a Little Steamy

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Heartwarming but Pulls Its Punches When It Comes to the Current Moment

This Is the Saturday Night Massacre. It’s Just Happening in Slow Motion.

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

The Inadequacy of Hope

Should I Be the “War on Christmas” Parent?

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HBO’s My Brilliant Friend Reminds You How Ambitious Elena Ferrante’s Novels Really Are

The FBI Says Hate Crimes Are Soaring. It Actually Has No Idea.

Facebook’s PR Firm Used a Conservative News Site to Lavishly Praise the Social Network—and Fiercely Attack Its Rivals

Japan’s Cybersecurity Minister Doesn’t Know How to Use a Computer.

Doctors Actually Have a Chance to Upend the Gun Debate

Historians Are Using Facial Recognition Software to Identify People in Civil War Photographs

The Latest Destination for China’s High-Tech Social Surveillance? Venezuela.

We Will Soon Be Able to Clone the Basically Extinct Northern White Rhino. But Should We?

How to Protect Yourself if You Live in a Fire-Prone Area

My Daughter’s Teacher Is Atrocious—What Should I Do?

Beto O’Rourke’s Lyrical Blog Post About His Morning Run Gets a Little Steamy

Michelle Obama’s Openness About Her IVF Was a Revelation For Black Women Like Me Who’ve Faced Infertility

Creating a (Frankenstein’s) Monster, on Slate’s Parenting Podcast

Keurig’s New Drinkworks Home Bar Is Perfect for the G&T Lover Who Can’t Be Bothered to Mix Gin With Tonic

How the Right Co-opted (and Corrupted) the Language of Social Justice

Why I Waste Time Searching for the Fake Questions in Advice Columns

New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest Again

Democrats Proved They Can Win Again in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Why Not Ohio?

Hamilton’s Chris Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Cast in Hamilton

What Will This Week’s Progressive Victories Mean for Big Banks, Puerto Rico, and Cannabis?

How Scott Walker’s War on the Public Sector Came Back to Bite Him

Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City Worse

This Is the Saturday Night Massacre

How NXIVM’s Star Recruiter Escaped the Cult and Then Turned Against It

In a Cosmic, Cursed Twist, the 2018 Florida Recount Could Hinge on the Meaning of Bush v. Gore

Trump Administration Will Let States Use Medicaid Funds for More Mental Health Care

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Heartwarming but Pulls Its Punches When It Comes to the Current Moment

What Characteristics Do Democrats Want in a Speaker of the House?

Two Navy SEALs, Two Marines Charged With Killing Green Beret Who Reportedly Discovered They Were Bringing Prostitutes to Their Safe House

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