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Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

William Saletan

Gavin Newsom’s Super Easy Advice for Winning an Election

Jim Newell

A Thorough, Comprehensible Guide to the Country’s Most Incomprehensible Current Crime Story

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

Lili Loofbourow

What Next: TBD

China vs. Video Games

Controversies

NYC

Delivery Workers Have Been Exploited for Years. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Mary Harris

Advice

I Inherited Some Land With a Disturbing History

Elizabeth Spiers

Is It Normal That My First Grader Watches Multiple Videos in Class?

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

We Need to Treat Those With COVID Like People—Not Criminals

Lindsay Ryan

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Ray Hamel

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Why Alanis Morissette Is Disowning the New Documentary About Her

Sam Adams

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Will Change the Way You Think of Jessica Chastain

Dana Stevens

The Horror Movie Whose Monster Is a COVID Denier

Sam Adams

He's told me that he ’doesn't know what he'll do’ if I get vaccinated.

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ambivalent IVFer”

Help! My Daughter and Her Fiancé Refuse to Pay Rent or Move Out.

Help! My Friends Hid Their Breakup From Me for Two Years.

Pay Dirt

My Partner and I Are at Financial War Over Iced Tea

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Spoiler Specials

Shang-Chi Opens a New Door to the Ever-Expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Big Mood Little Mood

My Husband Is Grossed Out by My Body Hair

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

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What Next: TBD

China vs. Video Games

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A Word … With Jason Johnson

Besties, buddies, baes: Black friends don’t mean you’re not racist.

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William Saletan

Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Let Me Say This With As Much Sensitivity As I Can: Wow, That’s a Lot of Dead People and Crime

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.

Julia Craven, Rebecca Onion, Nitish Pahwa, and Heather Schwedel

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

Lili Loofbourow

What the Critical Race Theory Panic Was Really About (and the Data to Prove It)

Julia Craven

Culture

What it all means

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Kate Was Accused of Anti-Asian Violence. Now It’s Netflix’s No. 1 Movie.

Karen Han

Is the thriller’s twist enough to redeem it?

Shang-Chi Opens a New Door to the Ever-Expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe

Spoiler Specials

Norm Macdonald’s Memoir Was Mostly Lies, but One Part Rings True

Rebecca Onion

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Impeachment’s Episode About the Clinton–Lewinsky Affair

Ellin Stein

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Will Change the Way You Think of Jessica Chastain

Dana Stevens

Why Alanis Morissette Is Disowning the New Documentary About Her

Sam Adams

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

Lili Loofbourow

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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You Really, Really Need to Update Your iPhone and Other Apple Devices

Josephine Wolff

The Missing Link in Biden’s Revolutionary Solar Energy Plan

Jake Dean

I Inherited Some Land With a Disturbing History

Elizabeth Spiers

The Liberation of Paris From Cars Is Working

Henry Grabar

The Megadrought Is Forcing Ranchers to Slaughter Far More Animals

Ethan Wilk

“Men’s Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment

Aaron Mak

What COVID and the Vaccine Really Do to the Penis

Aymann Ismail

We Need to Treat Those With COVID Like People—Not Criminals

Lindsay Ryan

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Gift of Time

Lauren Weinstein

Frustration, hope, and superheroes in a New Jersey domestic abuse shelter.

My Husband Is Grossed Out by My Body Hair

Big Mood Little Mood

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.

Julia Craven, Rebecca Onion, Nitish Pahwa, and Heather Schwedel

New York’s Delivery Workers Have Been Exploited for Years. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Mary Harris

How to Handle a Makeup-Obsessed Toddler

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ambivalent IVFer”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lauren Williams

News & Politics

What really matters

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Caught in the Net

Leslie J. Reagan

Interrogated, examined, blackmailed: how law enforcement treated abortion-seeking women before Roe.

Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

William Saletan

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Ray Hamel

Gavin Newsom’s Super Easy Advice for Winning an Election

Jim Newell

Let Me Say This With As Much Sensitivity As I Can: Wow, That’s a Lot of Dead People and Crime

Ben Mathis-Lilley

What the Critical Race Theory Panic Was Really About (and the Data to Prove It)

Julia Craven

There’s No Right to Infect Your Co-Workers

Political Gabfest

Besties, buddies, baes: Black friends don’t mean you’re not racist.

A Word … With Jason Johnson

Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Gavin Newsom’s Super Easy Advice for Winning an Election

A Thorough, Comprehensible Guide to the Country’s Most Incomprehensible Current Crime Story

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

What Next: TBD

Podcast Episode China vs. Video Games

Controversies

Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.

The Uproar Over the “Ultimate American Bible”

What the Critical Race Theory Panic Was Really About (and the Data to Prove It)

NYC

Delivery Workers Have Been Exploited for Years. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Advice

I Inherited Some Land With a Disturbing History

Is It Normal That My First Grader Watches Multiple Videos in Class?

We Need to Treat Those With COVID Like People—Not Criminals

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

movies

Why Alanis Morissette Is Disowning the New Documentary About Her

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Will Change the Way You Think of Jessica Chastain

The Horror Movie Whose Monster Is a COVID Denier

He's told me that he ’doesn't know what he'll do’ if I get vaccinated.

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ambivalent IVFer”

Help! My Daughter and Her Fiancé Refuse to Pay Rent or Move Out.

Help! My Friends Hid Their Breakup From Me for Two Years.

My Partner and I Are at Financial War Over Iced Tea

Shang-Chi Opens a New Door to the Ever-Expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe

My Husband Is Grossed Out by My Body Hair

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

China vs. Video Games

Besties, buddies, baes: Black friends don’t mean you’re not racist.

Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Let Me Say This With As Much Sensitivity As I Can: Wow, That’s a Lot of Dead People and Crime

Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

What the Critical Race Theory Panic Was Really About (and the Data to Prove It)

Kate Was Accused of Anti-Asian Violence. Now It’s Netflix’s No. 1 Movie.

Shang-Chi Opens a New Door to the Ever-Expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe

Norm Macdonald’s Memoir Was Mostly Lies, but One Part Rings True

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Impeachment’s Episode About the Clinton–Lewinsky Affair

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Will Change the Way You Think of Jessica Chastain

Why Alanis Morissette Is Disowning the New Documentary About Her

Norm Macdonald Never Stopped Bulls–tting

You Really, Really Need to Update Your iPhone and Other Apple Devices

The Missing Link in Biden’s Revolutionary Solar Energy Plan

I Inherited Some Land With a Disturbing History

The Liberation of Paris From Cars Is Working

The Megadrought Is Forcing Ranchers to Slaughter Far More Animals

“Men’s Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment

What COVID and the Vaccine Really Do to the Penis

We Need to Treat Those With COVID Like People—Not Criminals

The Gift of Time

My Husband Is Grossed Out by My Body Hair

Help! We’re Friends With Another Married Couple. I Think the Other Man Wants Me.

Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.

New York’s Delivery Workers Have Been Exploited for Years. Now They’re Fighting Back.

How to Handle a Makeup-Obsessed Toddler

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ambivalent IVFer”

Caught in the Net

Even Republicans Don’t Believe Their Arguments Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Gavin Newsom’s Super Easy Advice for Winning an Election

Let Me Say This With As Much Sensitivity As I Can: Wow, That’s a Lot of Dead People and Crime

What the Critical Race Theory Panic Was Really About (and the Data to Prove It)

There’s No Right to Infect Your Co-Workers

Besties, buddies, baes: Black friends don’t mean you’re not racist.

China vs. Video Games