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

Who Gets Off Easy in America, and Why

Patrick Shanahan’s story is a tragic example of when bright futures matter more than dark pasts.

Police Violence

Climate Change

Our President

Big Tech

The Conversation Starts Here

The justices defied partisan expectations this week.

Strange Alliances on the Supreme Court

What Women Can Learn From Animals That Go Through Menopause

I am one with older female gorillas.

It’s not like there’s some ideal plan that researchers just haven’t found yet.

Pride Month

Doing so may have made the LGBTQ movement too conservative.

Tiffany C. Li

Dahlia Lithwick

Leigh Ann Carey

Slate Copy Desk

Elliot Hannon

Mark Joseph Stern

When will the Mississippi River come for New Orleans?

Henry Grabar

Mark Joseph Stern

Culture

What’s worth your time

View all Culture

All 30 cameos in Taylor Swift’s new video, identified.

Technology

How it’s changing us

View all Technology

A short guide to where Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube disagree on content moderation.

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

Combat boredom with summer reading picks from Lois Lowry, Kwame Alexander, and other top kid lit authors.

Business

Where the money goes

View all Business

News & Politics

What really matters

Thanks to Trump’s incompetence, there’s no one in charge at the Pentagon in the midst of multiple national security crises.

Notable topics

Who Gets Off Easy in America, and Why

We’re Hurtling Toward War With Iran, and There’s No Secretary of Defense

Defense Secretary Pick Withdraws as Report Shows He Called Son’s Baseball-Bat Attack on Mother “Self-Defense”

Bill Barr’s DOJ Is Running Legal Interference for Paul Manafort

This Is Probably the Worst Argument Against Socialism in History

Police Violence

Felony Charges Dismissed Against Miami Cop Who Shot Black Caregiver With Arms Raised

Climate Change

When Will the Mississippi River Come for New Orleans?

Our President

Trump Is Demanding Iran Abide by a Deal He Already Reneged On

Orlando Paper Offers Unconventional 2020 Endorsement 17 Months Early

Big Tech

How a Dystopian Will Smith Movie Was Turned Into a Real-Life Nightmare

The justices defied partisan expectations this week.

What Women Can Learn From Animals That Go Through Menopause

Science Will Never Figure Out the Perfect Diet for Everyone

Pride Month

The Problem With Focusing on “Equality”

Researchers May Soon Be Able to Isolate the Genetic Roots of Homosexuality. Should They?

Country Music’s Gay Pioneer Is Ready for the Revolution

Just because you can forgive him doesn’t mean she can. Or that she should.

Help! My Mom Abused Me. I’m Terrified I’ll Do the Same to My Kids.

Help! I Abused Past Partners. Do I Have to Tell My Current Boyfriend?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Closeted Aunts

Help! My Teen Niece Wants to Out Me and My Partner.

I’m Dreading Telling Guys I’m a Virgin, but I’m an Adult Who’s Ready to Have Sex

This Back-Door Approach to Combating Deepfakes Won’t Work

Podcast Episode Where Short Story and Television Writing Meet

Who Gets Off Easy in America, and Why

Patrick Haggerty, Country Music’s Gay Pioneer, Is Back With New Music After 47 Years

Democrats Are Worried That Voters Don’t Care About Their Legislative Agenda, but Why Would They?

The Angle: We Have No Defense Secretary, and We’re Feuding With Iran

Trump Has Brilliantly Cornered Himself Where He’s Now Demanding Iran Abide by a Deal He Already Reneged On

SCOTUS Just Killed Off the Virginia GOP’s Racial Gerrymander. Its Decision Will Affect Elections for Years to Come.

Hell Is High Water

RBG and Neil Gorsuch Teaming Up Couldn’t Stop a Bad Ruling in a Big Double Jeopardy Case

Support Slate’s Journalism

Who’s Who in “You Need to Calm Down”

Podcast Episode Nick Waterhouse’s Analog Affinity

Jon Stewart Stopped by Stephen Colbert’s Show to Tear Mitch McConnell a New 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

What Is Going to Happen in the World Cup’s Most Chaotic Group?

Podcast Episode How Rich Paul Orchestrated Anthony Davis’ Move to the Lakers

RuPaul’s New Daytime Talk Show Is a Drag (and Not the Fun Kind)

Suzanne Collins Is Writing a Hunger Games Prequel, and There’s Already Talk of a Movie

Why Facebook Left Up the “Drunk Pelosi” Video but YouTube Took It Down

Let’s All Stop Holding Out for Science to Find the Perfect Diet

Facebook Has a New Cryptocurrency, and It’s Very Different From Bitcoin

Google Calendar Was Broken for Three Hours

How a Dystopian Will Smith Movie Was Turned Into a Real-Life Nightmare

How a Dispute Over Rap Lyrics Illustrates That Google Has Too Much Power

One Place Climate Scientists Are Beating Deniers? Courts.

This Back-Door Approach to Combating Deepfakes Won’t Work

“There’s Nothing to Doooo”

Patrick Haggerty, Country Music’s Gay Pioneer, Is Back With New Music After 47 Years

Has Focusing on “Equality” Made the LGBTQ Movement Too Conservative?

This Endlessly Reusable Notebook Turns My Doodles Into Emails

Help! My Dad Kidnapped Me When I Was 3. My Mom Hates That I Invited Him to My Wedding.

I Just Jumped on Dating Apps and I’m VERY Excited for Sex. Should I Reveal I’m a Virgin?

Researchers May Soon Be Able to Isolate the Genetic Roots of Homosexuality—but Should They?

If Trump Had Any Sense Whatsoever, He Would Not Be Raising Tariffs After This Jobs Report

When Will the Mississippi Come for New Orleans?

Joe Biden Just Offered a Peek at His Health Care Plan. We Have a Bunch of Questions.

Podcast Episode What’s It Like to Design and Build Recording Studios?

Podcast Episode The Tweak Harder Edition

Congress Needs to Give Itself a Raise

The Study Claiming Google Made $4.7 Billion From News Is Incredibly Flimsy

This Is Almost Certainly the Worst Argument Against Socialism in History

The Best People

Podcast Episode Where Short Story and Television Writing Meet

Who Gets Off Easy in America, and Why

Democrats Are Worried That Voters Don’t Care About Their Legislative Agenda, but Why Would They?

The Angle: We Have No Defense Secretary, and We’re Feuding With Iran

William Barr’s Justice Department Is Now Openly Running Legal Interference for Paul Manafort

Defense Secretary Pick Withdraws as Report Shows He Called Son’s Baseball-Bat Attack on Mother “Self-Defense”

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Where Short Story and Television Writing Meet

Nick Waterhouse’s Analog Affinity

How Rich Paul Orchestrated Anthony Davis’ Move to the Lakers

What’s It Like to Design and Build Recording Studios?

The Tweak Harder Edition

Where Short Story and Television Writing Meet