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A fading campaign collapses under the weight of finally having to back up big talk with actual substance.

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This autocratic power grab could be grabbier.

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Boseman and Viola Davis burn Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’s theatrical origins.

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This holiday season, partisan posturing about who hates “family” is the best accelerant the coronavirus could hope for.

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The president is all-in on an 1870s strategy of nullifying entire cities’ worth of Black votes.

Trump Is Still President, Even Though He’s Not Acting Like One

“We Didn’t Have a Ground Game”: A House Democrat on Why She Lost Her Seat

Reality Forecloses on the Trump Presidency

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

The President

Why Trump’s Lawsuits Target Black and Latino Voters

Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

Pandemic

The Lesson of Herman Cain’s Death

Movies

What Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Leaves Out

Care and Feeding

I Just Want to Use the Bathroom in Peace

Holding power accountable.

Thanks to The Crown, I Finally Get Princess Diana

Why I’m Mourning the Death of a Giant Telescope

holidays

Why Box Wine Is Your Best Bet This Thanksgiving (and Beyond)

So You’re Flying This Week? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.

Can We Admit That Nobody’s Thanksgiving Choices Are Clear-Cut This Year?

The proposal made me feel like he didn’t understand me at all.

Help! I Hate My Wife’s Cooking.

Help! I Want to Buy My Boyfriend an Ax for Christmas, but I’m Afraid He’ll Maim Himself.

Podcast Episode Help! My Ex-Wife Wants Me to Take Custody of Her Girlfriend’s Daughter.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Frightening Fixation

I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

“We Didn’t Have a Ground Game”: A Democratic Congresswoman on Why She Lost Her Seat

What Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Adaptation Leaves Out

Why Box Wine Is Your Best Bet This Thanksgiving (and Beyond)

On the Origin of English

Trump Is Still President, Even Though He’s Not Acting Like One

David Dinkins, the First Black Mayor of New York City, Dies at 93

I Finally Get Princess Diana

It’s Time to Consider Sanctions for Trump’s Legal Team

Reality Forecloses on the Trump Presidency

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Chadwick Boseman’s Last Movie Shows He Was Just Getting Started

What Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Adaptation Leaves Out

Why Box Wine Is Your Best Bet This Thanksgiving (and Beyond)

What Is Dust and Why Is His Dark Materials’ Magisterium Intent on Destroying It?

Freddy Adu Was Supposed to Be America’s First Global Soccer Star. What Went Wrong?

I Finally Get Princess Diana

The Cabbage Patch Kids Have a Trippy Fictional Backstory, and an Even Stranger True Story

Contact Tracing and Personal Data Protection Face Off in Mexico City

Pay Americans to Wear Masks

The Biden Administration Should Pursue a Digital Trade Agreement

The Psychology of Being “Over” COVID-19

So You’re Flying This Thanksgiving? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.

Twitter Has Set Itself Up for an Enormous New Content Moderation Problem

Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door

Why I’m Mourning the Death of a Giant Telescope

The “War on Christmas” Is About to Make the Pandemic Exponentially Worse

On the Origin of English

Help! My Partner Did a Christmas-Themed Proposal. I’m Jewish.

My Dad Believes the Craziest Conspiracy Theories. How Do I Talk Him Off the Ledge?

Dear Care and Feeding: I Just Want to Use the Bathroom in Peace

Delight in 10 Years of Calvin and Hobbes With This Box Set, Now on Sale

I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

Trump’s Lost Cause

Trump Is Still President, Even Though He’s Not Acting Like One

David Dinkins, the First Black Mayor of New York City, Dies at 93

The Real Reason Trump’s Lawsuits Disproportionately Target Black and Latino Voters

A House Democrat Reflects on Her Defeat

How to With John Wilson

It Was a Good Day for Democracy

“We Didn’t Have a Ground Game”: A Democratic Congresswoman on Why She Lost Her Seat

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Help! My Ex-Wife Wants Me to Take Custody of Her Girlfriend’s Daughter.