Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

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

Christina Cauterucci

Boris Johnson’s Partygate Scandal Just Keeps Getting More Ludicrous

Henry Grabar

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

Sam Adams

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Supreme Court

Voting

Many Trump Electors Facing Criminal Referrals Were Just Following Precedent

Lawrence Lessig

Big Tech

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

Aaron Mak

The Road

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

David Zipper

Health

A Completely Nonscientific Guide to the Best COVID Rapid Tests

Sarah Braner

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

Lucas Mann

College Gymnastics Has Hit the Big Time

Rebecca Schuman

Advice

I’ve Seen What My Husband Secretly Looks at Online. He Denies It—Except During Sex.

How to Do It

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

Pay Dirt

My Partner and I Keep Having the Same Argument Over and Over. They’re Wrong.

Care and Feeding

The minute he puts his arm around me or holds my hand, the same look of shock appears on people's faces.

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.

Help! My Husband Returned to His Sexual Wrestling Account After I Lost My Libido.

Care and Feeding

My Child’s Hobby Has Become an Obsession

6h ago

Political Gabfest

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do

8h ago

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

8h ago

Elizabeth Spiers

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

9h ago

Sam Adams

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

10h ago

Michael Calabrese

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

10h ago

Aaron Mak

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

Justice Breyer’s Spectacularly Calculated Exit From the Supreme Court Has a Clear Lesson

Dahlia Lithwick

Biden’s Very Short SCOTUS List Has a Very Obvious Front-Runner

Jeremy Stahl

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

I can’t help but think their plan will end in trouble.

Elizabeth Spiers

Stephen Breyer Couldn’t Meet the Moment

The justice’s futile quest for compromise rendered him an ineffectual leader of the liberal bloc.

Mark Joseph Stern

Culture

What it all means

View all Culture

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Aliya Chaudhry

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

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

Sam Adams

Euphoria Is a Dozen Different Shows. Which Ones Should Get Canceled?

Madeline Ducharme and Nadira Goffe

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

Rebecca Schuman

The Gilded Age Has Lost Its Sheen

Culture Gabfest

We TikTok About Bruno

ICYMI

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

Eric Betts

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

View all Tech & Business

Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved?

Stephen Harrison

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

Michael Calabrese

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

Aaron Mak

New GMO Food Labels Are Here. But There’s a Major Problem They Can’t Fix.

Kavin Senapathy

A Completely Nonscientific Guide to the Best Rapid COVID Tests

Sarah Braner

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

David Zipper

COVID Testing of Asymptomatic Students Doesn’t Make Kids Safer

Vladimir Kogan and Vinay Prasad

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

Elizabeth Spiers

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

View all Human Interest

Who Reads the Syllabus?

Scott Weaver

A dated assumption about students absolves too many professors of a common lecture hall failure.

Is There Proper Etiquette When Asking if a Kid Is Vaccinated?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ugly Duckling”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Madeline Ducharme

Help! I’m Way Less Hot Than the Guy I’m Dating, and People Can’t Handle It.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Dear Ask a Teacher: Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?

Katie Holbrook, Cassy Sarnell, and John Eric Vona

Is the Fitness Industry Still Sexist?

The Waves

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

Jessica Stoya

News & Politics

What really matters

View all News & Politics

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Fred Kaplan

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

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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

Christina Cauterucci

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

Jordan Weissmann

A Guide to Partygate, the Incredibly Stupid Scandal That May Cost Boris Johnson His Job

Henry Grabar

Our Broken Refugee Process Is Sending Haitian Asylum Seekers Back to Danger

Catherine Flanders

One U.S. Circuit Court Is Breaking Every Rule in the Book to Push Its Radical Agenda

Brianne Gorod

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do

Political Gabfest

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

Boris Johnson’s Partygate Scandal Just Keeps Getting More Ludicrous

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

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Supreme Court

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia Because He Was Italian?

Breyer’s Spectacularly Calculated Exit Has a Clear Lesson

Biden’s Very Short List Has a Very Obvious Front-Runner

Voting

Many Trump Electors Facing Criminal Referrals Were Just Following Precedent

Big Tech

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

The Road

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

Health

A Completely Nonscientific Guide to the Best COVID Rapid Tests

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

College Gymnastics Has Hit the Big Time

Advice

I’ve Seen What My Husband Secretly Looks at Online. He Denies It—Except During Sex.

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

My Partner and I Keep Having the Same Argument Over and Over. They’re Wrong.

The minute he puts his arm around me or holds my hand, the same look of shock appears on people's faces.

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.

Help! My Husband Returned to His Sexual Wrestling Account After I Lost My Libido.

My Child’s Hobby Has Become an Obsession

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

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

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

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

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

Justice Breyer’s Spectacularly Calculated Exit From the Supreme Court Has a Clear Lesson

Biden’s Very Short SCOTUS List Has a Very Obvious Front-Runner

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

Stephen Breyer Couldn’t Meet the Moment

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

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

Euphoria Is a Dozen Different Shows. Which Ones Should Get Canceled?

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

The Gilded Age Has Lost Its Sheen

We TikTok About Bruno

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved?

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

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

New GMO Food Labels Are Here. But There’s a Major Problem They Can’t Fix.

A Completely Nonscientific Guide to the Best Rapid COVID Tests

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

COVID Testing of Asymptomatic Students Doesn’t Make Kids Safer

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

Who Reads the Syllabus?

Is There Proper Etiquette When Asking if a Kid Is Vaccinated?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ugly Duckling”

Help! I’m Way Less Hot Than the Guy I’m Dating, and People Can’t Handle It.

Dear Ask a Teacher: Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?

Is the Fitness Industry Still Sexist?

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

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

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

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

A Guide to Partygate, the Incredibly Stupid Scandal That May Cost Boris Johnson His Job

Our Broken Refugee Process Is Sending Haitian Asylum Seekers Back to Danger

One U.S. Circuit Court Is Breaking Every Rule in the Book to Push Its Radical Agenda

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do