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The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved

Fred Kaplan

AOC is right about this.

What Lindsey Graham Is Missing About Trump’s Narcissism and Racism

William Saletan

Trump Will Always Go Exactly As Far As He Can

Dahlia Lithwick

The Author of a Popular Manifesto on Premarital Abstinence Is Separating From His Wife

Ruth Graham

Moon Landing

Watch the Amazing Australian Comedy About a Small Town’s Real Role in Apollo 11

Rachel Withers

Bigotry

Trump Falsely Claims Four Reps. Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

Jeremy Stahl

State Lawmaker: “Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist”

Molly Olmstead

TV

Hulu Released the New Veronica Mars Season a Week Early

Marissa Martinelli

Surveillance

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using It

April Glaser

Your Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome

What we say matters, especially depending on whom we say it to.

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Meryl Streep Has Created Her First Great Monster

Isaac Butler

On Big Little Lies, she’s breaking new ground.

The Moon Landing’s Glory Has Faded

Mike Pesca

Apollo 11 had the eyes of the world in 1969. Fifty years later, its anniversary is getting little attention.

Cats

I did a bit of sleuthing and learned he’s been charged with attempting to sexually assault a child.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Siblings’ Memories

Help! I’m Embarrassed by My Dorky Husband.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Wife and I Barely Have Sex Anymore. How Do We Save Our Marriage?

Help! I Just Found Out My Neighbor’s a Former Sex Offender.

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I Accidentally Had Cybersex With a 16-Year-Old. Did I Do Anything Wrong?

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Dahlia Lithwick

Legends and Myths of the Supreme Court

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Vicky Gan

My Seventh Grade Science Teacher Showed Us a Moon Landing Hoax TV Special

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Shannon Palus

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Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! I Can’t Help Myself—I Need to Know Every Lurid Detail of My Co-Worker’s Arrest.

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Strategist Editors

The Best Products for Graying Hair, According to Hairstylists

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Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

Dear Care and Feeding: How Low May I Sink When My Co-Parent’s Away?

Nicole Cliffe

The Author of a Wildly Popular Manifesto on Abstinence Before Marriage Is Separating From His Wife

Ruth Graham

My Steamy Online Chat Partner Turned Out to Be a 16-Year-old Girl

Is this my fault?

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

Jeremy Stahl

Culture

What’s worth your time

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The Bachelorette Took a Wrecking Ball to the Fantasy Suite

Willa Paskin

A sex-positive Christian helped the show demolish its own hypocrisy.

The Creator of Theater’s Hottest New Musical Really, Really Hates The Lion King

Sam Adams

Even Furries Hate the Cats Trailer

Marissa Martinelli

What Do Cats Think of the Cats Trailer?

Jeffrey Bloomer

It’s Not a Crime to Be Muslim

Politics and Prose

Slate Spoiler Specials: Midsommar

Sam Adams, Daniel Schroeder, and Dana Stevens

Who Would Headline a Modern Lilith Fair?

Chris Molanphy

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

Mark Jacobson

Understanding them has helped me feel optimistic about space and the future.

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using Its Doorbell Cameras

April Glaser

The Australian Comedy About the Moon Landing That You Have to Watch

Rachel Withers

What Should We Preserve on the Moon Besides Neil Armstrong’s Footprints?

Jane C. Hu

Lawmakers Think Facebook Is Trying to Start a Bank. Walmart Tried That—and Failed.

Aaron Mak

In Assuming DNA Evidence Is Infallible, Are We Making a Mistake?

Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson

Could We Go Back to Wind-Powered Ships by Rediscovering a Nautical Innovation We Abandoned a Century Ago?

Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson

My Seventh Grade Science Teacher Showed Us a Moon Landing Hoax TV Special

Vicky Gan

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Visitor

Jessica Francis Kane

I wrote a novel about a woman who rekindles old friendships with some strict rules. Then I tried to follow them myself.

Can You Regrow Overplucked Eyebrows?

Shannon Palus

Help! I Can’t Help Myself—I Need to Know Every Lurid Detail of My Co-Worker’s Arrest.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The Best Products for Graying Hair, According to Hairstylists

Strategist Editors

The Author of a Wildly Popular Manifesto on Abstinence Before Marriage Is Separating From His Wife

Ruth Graham

I Accidentally Had Cybersex With a 16-Year-Old Girl. Did I Do Anything Wrong?

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

The Best Dental Floss, According to Dentists

Strategist Editors

Business

Where the money goes

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Is Banning Private Insurance the New Individual Mandate?

Jordan Weissmann

What’s It Like to Own and Run an Oyster Farm?

Jordan Weissmann

Slate Money: The Smoke-Filled Rooms Edition

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Tropical Storm Barry’s Biggest Threat to New Orleans Is Rainfall

Rhodes Murphy

Parts of New Orleans Are Flooded. Worse Is on the Way.

Henry Grabar

New Orleans May Face an Unprecedented Weather Situation This Weekend

Henry Grabar

Elizabeth Warren Just Announced a Huge Fundraising Haul. That’s Good for the Whole Democratic Party.

Jordan Weissmann

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

News & Politics

What really matters

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Trump’s “Go Back” Smears Are a Dangerous Escalation of His Bigotry

William Saletan

This isn’t even about immigration anymore. It’s about dividing all Americans.

Legends and Myths of the Supreme Court

Dahlia Lithwick

Is Trump a Racist or a Narcissist?

William Saletan

AOC Is Right: The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved.

Fred Kaplan

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

Jeremy Stahl

Why the Moon Landing’s Anniversary Is Getting Less Attention Than D-Day’s.

Mike Pesca

The Angle: What Trump’s Attacks on Ilhan Omar Prove About His Worldview

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The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved

What Lindsey Graham Is Missing About Trump’s Narcissism and Racism

Trump Will Always Go Exactly As Far As He Can

The Author of a Popular Manifesto on Premarital Abstinence Is Separating From His Wife

Moon Landing

Watch the Amazing Australian Comedy About a Small Town’s Real Role in Apollo 11

Bigotry

Trump Falsely Claims Four Reps. Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

State Lawmaker: “Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist”

TV

Hulu Released the New Veronica Mars Season a Week Early

Surveillance

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using It

Your Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome

Meryl Streep Has Created Her First Great Monster

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Cats

Furries Hate the Cats Trailer

What Cats Think of the Cats Trailer

The Creator of Theater’s Hottest New Musical Really, Really Hates The Lion King

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Help! I Just Found Out My Neighbor’s a Former Sex Offender.

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Help! I Can’t Help Myself—I Need to Know Every Lurid Detail of My Co-Worker’s Arrest.

The Best Products for Graying Hair, According to Hairstylists

Podcast Episode Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

Dear Care and Feeding: How Low May I Sink When My Co-Parent’s Away?

The Author of a Wildly Popular Manifesto on Abstinence Before Marriage Is Separating From His Wife

My Steamy Online Chat Partner Turned Out to Be a 16-Year-old Girl

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

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The Bachelorette Took a Wrecking Ball to the Fantasy Suite

The Creator of Theater’s Hottest New Musical Really, Really Hates The Lion King

Even Furries Hate the Cats Trailer

What Do Cats Think of the Cats Trailer?

Podcast Episode It’s Not a Crime to Be Muslim

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Podcast Episode Who Would Headline a Modern Lilith Fair?

Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using Its Doorbell Cameras

The Australian Comedy About the Moon Landing That You Have to Watch

What Should We Preserve on the Moon Besides Neil Armstrong’s Footprints?

Lawmakers Think Facebook Is Trying to Start a Bank. Walmart Tried That—and Failed.

Podcast Episode In Assuming DNA Evidence Is Infallible, Are We Making a Mistake?

Podcast Episode Could We Go Back to Wind-Powered Ships by Rediscovering a Nautical Innovation We Abandoned a Century Ago?

My Seventh Grade Science Teacher Showed Us a Moon Landing Hoax TV Special

The Visitor

Can You Regrow Overplucked Eyebrows?

Help! I Can’t Help Myself—I Need to Know Every Lurid Detail of My Co-Worker’s Arrest.

The Best Products for Graying Hair, According to Hairstylists

The Author of a Wildly Popular Manifesto on Abstinence Before Marriage Is Separating From His Wife

I Accidentally Had Cybersex With a 16-Year-Old Girl. Did I Do Anything Wrong?

The Best Dental Floss, According to Dentists

Is Banning Private Insurance the New Individual Mandate?

Podcast Episode What’s It Like to Own and Run an Oyster Farm?

Podcast Episode Slate Money: The Smoke-Filled Rooms Edition

Tropical Storm Barry’s Biggest Threat to New Orleans Is Rainfall

Parts of New Orleans Are Flooded. Worse Is on the Way.

New Orleans May Face an Unprecedented Weather Situation This Weekend

Elizabeth Warren Just Announced a Huge Fundraising Haul. That’s Good for the Whole Democratic Party.

Podcast Episode Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

Trump’s “Go Back” Smears Are a Dangerous Escalation of His Bigotry

Podcast Episode Legends and Myths of the Supreme Court

Is Trump a Racist or a Narcissist?

AOC Is Right: The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved.

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

Podcast Episode Why the Moon Landing’s Anniversary Is Getting Less Attention Than D-Day’s.

The Angle: What Trump’s Attacks on Ilhan Omar Prove About His Worldview

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The Moon Landing’s Glory Has Faded

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Legends and Myths of the Supreme Court

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

It’s Not a Crime to Be Muslim

Slate Spoiler Specials: Midsommar

Who Would Headline a Modern Lilith Fair?

In Assuming DNA Evidence Is Infallible, Are We Making a Mistake?

Could We Go Back to Wind-Powered Ships by Rediscovering a Nautical Innovation We Abandoned a Century Ago?

What’s It Like to Own and Run an Oyster Farm?

Slate Money: The Smoke-Filled Rooms Edition

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Private Equity.

Legends and Myths of the Supreme Court

Why the Moon Landing’s Anniversary Is Getting Less Attention Than D-Day’s.