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Corey Lewandowski’s Self-Immolation

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Are College Athletes About to Get Paid?

Why does the idea of paying college athletes make so many people upset?

Arlington Road Is One of the Boldest Film Depictions of Far-Right Terrorism

With one glaring omission.

2020

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Dana Stevens

Heather Schwedel

Lili Loofbourow

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James Gray’s astronaut epic manages to tie together Brad Pitt, space monkeys, and a lunar Applebee’s.

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How a Nazi-punching satire led to the first union drive at a well-known tech company—and, workers say, the firing of two organizers in eight days.

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Corey Lewandowski’s Self-Immolation

There’s Only One Way the Iran Crisis Will End

Ad Astra Goes Where No Space Movie Has Gone Before

“Go Home and Just Rest and Do Something Else”: Senior Citizens on Joe Biden’s Age

Trump World

The White House Is Already Running Away From the Gun Proposal It’s Shopping

Trump’s Latest Assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Could Backfire

Crime

Prominent Democratic Donor Accused of Drugging Homeless Men for Sex Fetish

Pennsylvania State Senator Arrested for Child Pornography

Care and Feeding

What’s the Best Way to Help My Son’s Underprivileged School?

Are College Athletes About to Get Paid?

Arlington Road Is One of the Boldest Film Depictions of Far-Right Terrorism

A Guy Says He Caught an Emotional STD From Me

2020

My Time in Line With 4,000 People Waiting for an Elizabeth Warren Selfie

Behind the Scenes of Valerie Plame’s Spy Thriller Campaign Ad

Study: The GOP Has a 65 Percent Chance to Win the Electoral College in a Popular Vote Tie

I have $230,000 of student debt—and my fiancée wants nothing to do with it.

Help! I Feel Ridiculous Stating My Preferred Gender Pronouns. Am I a Bad Liberal?

Podcast Episode Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Twins Are Obsessed With an Incestuous Couple on TV. Should I Be Worried?

Help! I Was Upstaged by a Rumor at My Wedding.

Help! How Do I Get My Ex to Stop Coming to My Dinner Parties?

I Accidentally Discovered a Disturbing Online Profile of Someone I Know. I’m Worried.

Podcast Episode Why Are Comedy Podcasts So Appealing?

The White House Is Already Running Away From the Gun Proposal It’s Shopping

“Go Home and Just Rest and Do Something Else”: Senior Citizens on Joe Biden’s Age

Taylor Swift Says There’s “Literally Nothing Worse” Than White Supremacy in New Interview

Ad Astra Goes Where No Space Movie Has Gone Before

My Time in Line With 4,000 People Waiting for an Elizabeth Warren Selfie

The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

Corey Lewandowski’s Self-Immolation

The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds

Trump’s Incoherence on Iran Has Created a Crisis

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Ad Astra Is the Rare Space Movie That Sticks the Landing

Taylor Swift Says There’s “Literally Nothing Worse” Than White Supremacy in New Interview

Arlington Road Is One of the Boldest Film Depictions of Far-Right Terrorism—With One Glaring Omission

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in October

Hot Ones Spices Up the Celebrity Interview by Making Guests Eat Punishingly Hot Wings

Podcast Episode Hustlers’ Financial Crash Parable Is Splashy but Shallow

An Interview With the Guy Who Made That Valerie Plame Spy Thriller Campaign Ad

Kickstarter’s Year of Turmoil

The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds

Noted Rule-Follower Edward Snowden Didn’t Get the NSA’s Permission to Publish His Book

All the Reasons Things Are Going Very Poorly for WeWork This Week

There’s One Good Reason to Share Period App Data: Medical Research

“We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism”

Unionizing Workers Just Accused Kickstarter of Retaliatory Firings in a Federal Complaint

The 2020 Presidential Race Is Suffering From a Lack of Imagination

What’s Missing From “White Fragility”

My Time in Line With 4,000 People Waiting for an Elizabeth Warren Selfie

Podcast Episode Why Are We Gay: God, Genes, or Just Because?

Help! I Feel Ridiculous Stating My Preferred Gender Pronouns. Am I a Bad Liberal?

Podcast Episode Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Twins Are Obsessed With an Incestuous Couple on TV. Should I Be Worried?

The Only Treatment Mask That Quenched My Tortured Hair

Should We Move to Another Country Even Though My Son Is Anxious About Change?

Is It Finally Time for Bookermentum?

The White House Is Already Running Away From the Gun Proposal It’s Shopping

“Go Home and Just Rest and Do Something Else”: Senior Citizens on Joe Biden’s Age

The Angle: Bibi’s Coalition Is Not the Only Thing Hanging by a Thread

Trump’s Latest Assault on the CFPB Could Backfire

Pennsylvania State Senator Arrested for Child Pornography

The Iran Crisis Won’t End Until the U.S. Rejoins the Nuclear Deal

Podcast Episode Why Are Comedy Podcasts So Appealing?

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Twins Are Obsessed With an Incestuous Couple on TV. Should I Be Worried?

Why Are Comedy Podcasts So Appealing?

Hustlers’ Financial Crash Parable Is Splashy but Shallow

Why Are We Gay: God, Genes, or Just Because?

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Twins Are Obsessed With an Incestuous Couple on TV. Should I Be Worried?

Why Are Comedy Podcasts So Appealing?