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What RBG Would Want America to Do Now

Dahlia Lithwick

The President

Trump Gloats About the Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

Tom Scocca

There Isn’t Much Reason to Believe a Supreme Court Opening Will Help the Trump Campaign

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Senate

McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg’s Seat

William Saletan

Lindsey Graham Goes Back on His Word

Daniel Politi

Social Media

The TikTok Deal Stinks

Jonathan L. Fischer

Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism

The Uncertain Future of Harley-Davidson

I Know My Husband Will Be a Terrible Parent. Should I Still Try for a Baby?

Care and Feeding

How Do You Persuade Kids Who Are Freaked Out About College to Chill?

Charles Duhigg

Weekend Reads

Why I Changed My Mind About the Caster Semenya Case

David Epstein

Old People Elected Trump. Will They Make Him a One-Term President?

Jim Newell

I’m a Little Worried About Venus

Lucianne Walkowicz

I don’t want to be like this, but I can’t shake the very negative feelings I’ve developed.

Help! My Longtime Hairstylist Has Turned Into a Conspiracy Theorist.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Forgotten Birthdays

Help! Why Won’t My Boyfriend Just Move in With Me Already?

Help! I Constantly Think About Abandoning My Disabled Spouse.

Care and Feeding

Can I Date Someone Who Wants Nothing to Do With My Kids?

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Marissa Martinelli

Here Are Your 2020 Emmy Winners

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Daniel Politi

Biden Calls on Republican Senators to Wait on New Justice: “Follow Your Conscience”

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Daniel Politi

Majority of Americans Say Winner of Election Should Pick RBG Replacement

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Daniel Politi

Murkowski Is Second GOP Senator to Oppose Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Before Election

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Daniel Politi

Only 1 in 4 Americans Trust Trump to Vouch for the Safety of a Coronavirus Vaccine

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Tom Scocca

Crowd Cheers as the President Gloats About This One Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

The Top Contender for RBG’s Seat Has a Fundamentally Cruel Vision of the Law

Mark Joseph Stern

McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg’s Seat

William Saletan

There Isn’t Much Reason to Believe a Supreme Court Opening Will Help the Trump Campaign

More than half the country has objected to almost every single thing the president has done for the past four years. Why would replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg be different?

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Let’s Talk About Whether RBG Should Have Retired

The decision looks a lot different in hindsight.

Mike Pesca

Culture

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Netflix’s Karaoke Competition Show Misunderstands the True Art of Karaoke

Dan Kois

Here Are Your 2020 Emmy Winners

Marissa Martinelli

In John Cassavetes’ Husbands, Men Are in Crisis

Flashback

Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler’s Apocalypse Fiction Right Now

Rebecca Onion

How Fake NBA Playoffs Crowds Know When to Cheer

Nick Greene

Rocky Isn’t a Great Philadelphia Movie. Now We Finally Have Some.

Sam Adams

What Makes a Pop Act a One-Hit Wonder, From “Volare” to “Maniac” to “Macarena”

Hit Parade

Tech & Business

WHERE WE’RE HEADED

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I’m a Little Worried About Venus

Lucianne Walkowicz

The planet could be home to life. What happens to it now?

The WeChat Ban Is Particularly Cruel to This Group of American Users

Whitney Tesi

Chuck Schumer Is Good Now

Jordan Weissmann

What Animal Penises Tell Us About Our Own

Madeline Ducharme

What Happened When I Tried to Short the Dow

Daniel Brook

Facebook’s New Project Aria Could Be an Augmented Reality Turning Point

Joseph Jerome

The iPhone’s Voice Memos Feature Might Be Tracking Your Location

Aaron Mak

The TikTok Deal Stinks

Jonathan L. Fischer

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Coronavirus Diaries, Six Months In

Slate Staff

What happened to the Zoom sex partygoer, the fired restaurant worker, and the local bookshop owner.

Dear Care and Feeding: I Know My Husband Will Be a Terrible Parent. Should I Still Try for a Baby?

Michelle Herman

My Kid Is Freaking Out About College. How Do I Convince Her to Chill?

Charles Duhigg

Help! Am I a “Karen”?

Danny M. Lavery

Don’t Get Caught Without These Eight Safety Tools

Picks Editors

The Wild Energy That Teachers Are Putting Into Zoom Shouldn’t Be a Surprise

Rebecca Onion

Help! My Longtime Hairstylist Has Turned Into a Conspiracy Theorist.

Dear Prudence

News & Politics

What really matters

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The Wildfire Catastrophe Was Premeditated

Julia Craven

Majority of Americans Say Winner of Election Should Pick RBG Replacement

Daniel Politi

Murkowski Is Second GOP Senator to Oppose Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Before Election

Daniel Politi

Only 1 in 4 Americans Trust Trump to Vouch for the Safety of a Coronavirus Vaccine

Daniel Politi

Crowd Cheers as the President Gloats About This One Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

Tom Scocca

Trump Vows to Nominate Woman Next Week as Crowd Chants “Fill the Seat”

Daniel Politi

Law Enforcement Intercepts Letter Containing Poison Ricin Addressed to Trump

Daniel Politi

Biden Calls on Republican Senators to Wait on New Justice: “Follow Your Conscience”

Daniel Politi

What RBG Would Want America to Do Now

Here Are Your 2020 Emmy Winners

The Top Contender for RBG’s Seat Has a Fundamentally Cruel Vision of the Law

There Are No Principles

Let’s Talk About Whether RBG Should Have Retired

The President

Trump Gloats About the Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

There Isn’t Much Reason to Believe a Supreme Court Opening Will Help the Trump Campaign

The Senate

McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg’s Seat

Lindsey Graham Goes Back on His Word

Social Media

The TikTok Deal Stinks

The Uncertain Future of Harley-Davidson

I Know My Husband Will Be a Terrible Parent. Should I Still Try for a Baby?

How Do You Persuade Kids Who Are Freaked Out About College to Chill?

Weekend Reads

Why I Changed My Mind About the Caster Semenya Case

Old People Elected Trump. Will They Make Him a One-Term President?

I’m a Little Worried About Venus

I don’t want to be like this, but I can’t shake the very negative feelings I’ve developed.

Podcast Episode Help! My Longtime Hairstylist Has Turned Into a Conspiracy Theorist.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Forgotten Birthdays

Help! Why Won’t My Boyfriend Just Move in With Me Already?

Podcast Episode Help! I Constantly Think About Abandoning My Disabled Spouse.

Can I Date Someone Who Wants Nothing to Do With My Kids?

Here Are Your 2020 Emmy Winners

Biden Calls on Republican Senators to Wait on New Justice: “Follow Your Conscience”

Majority of Americans Say Winner of Election Should Pick RBG Replacement

Murkowski Is Second GOP Senator to Oppose Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Before Election

Only 1 in 4 Americans Trust Trump to Vouch for the Safety of a Coronavirus Vaccine

Crowd Cheers as the President Gloats About This One Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

The Top Contender for RBG’s Seat Has a Fundamentally Cruel Vision of the Law

McConnell Is Inventing Excuses to Grab Ginsburg’s Seat

There Isn’t Much Reason to Believe a Supreme Court Opening Will Help the Trump Campaign

Let’s Talk About Whether RBG Should Have Retired

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Netflix’s Karaoke Competition Show Misunderstands the True Art of Karaoke

Here Are Your 2020 Emmy Winners

In John Cassavetes’ Husbands, Men Are in Crisis

Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler’s Apocalypse Fiction Right Now

How Fake NBA Playoffs Crowds Know When to Cheer

Rocky Isn’t a Great Philadelphia Movie. Now We Finally Have Some.

What Makes a Pop Act a One-Hit Wonder, From “Volare” to “Maniac” to “Macarena”

I’m a Little Worried About Venus

The WeChat Ban Is Particularly Cruel to This Group of American Users

Chuck Schumer Is Good Now

What Animal Penises Tell Us About Our Own

What Happened When I Tried to Short the Dow

Facebook’s New Project Aria Could Be an Augmented Reality Turning Point

The iPhone’s Voice Memos Feature Might Be Tracking Your Location

The TikTok Deal Stinks

Coronavirus Diaries, Six Months In

Dear Care and Feeding: I Know My Husband Will Be a Terrible Parent. Should I Still Try for a Baby?

My Kid Is Freaking Out About College. How Do I Convince Her to Chill?

Help! Am I a “Karen”?

Don’t Get Caught Without These Eight Safety Tools

The Wild Energy That Teachers Are Putting Into Zoom Shouldn’t Be a Surprise

Help! My Longtime Hairstylist Has Turned Into a Conspiracy Theorist.

The Wildfire Catastrophe Was Premeditated

Majority of Americans Say Winner of Election Should Pick RBG Replacement

Murkowski Is Second GOP Senator to Oppose Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Before Election

Only 1 in 4 Americans Trust Trump to Vouch for the Safety of a Coronavirus Vaccine

Crowd Cheers as the President Gloats About This One Time the Cops Shot a Reporter With a Rubber Bullet for No Reason

Trump Vows to Nominate Woman Next Week as Crowd Chants “Fill the Seat”

Law Enforcement Intercepts Letter Containing Poison Ricin Addressed to Trump

Biden Calls on Republican Senators to Wait on New Justice: “Follow Your Conscience”

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Help! My Longtime Hairstylist Has Turned Into a Conspiracy Theorist.

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