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We Can Now Control Objects With Our Minds. I’ll Give You One Guess Which Object Everyone’s After.

Luke Winkie

I Got Swallowed by a Whale. My Reaction Surprised Me.

Heather Schwedel

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error

Jim Newell

How’s Your Summer Been, Retired Grandmother of Five Barbara Oppenheimer?

Dan Kois

Sure, Trump’s Mug Shot Is Hilarious. But the Best One Belongs to Someone Else.

Christina Cauterucci

Airplane Mode

The Bliss of Being There by Morning

Bryn Stole

Trump World

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Jeffrey Bellin and Adam Gershowitz

Four-Times-Indicted Donald Trump Is Still Lying About, of All Things, His Weight

Dan Kois

Health

The Latest Long COVID News Isn’t Scary—It’s Reassuring

Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Advice

I Caught My Daughter “Using” Her Disability to Get Out of Activities at Camp—and Other Advice From the Week

Slate Staff

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

Elizabeth Spiers

There Are Many Solutions to the Homelessness Crisis. Not Everyone Is Going to Like This One.

Paul Schofield

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Worst Debate Moment Is a Big Problem for the GOP Now

Nitish Pahwa

entertainment

One of Our Most Exciting Musicians Died One Year Ago. Her New Album Shows How Much She Still Had to Give.

Carl Wilson

And Just Like That… Aidan Wants to Be with Carrie in Half a Decade

Cheyna Roth and Daisy Rosario

The Fyre Festival Guy Is Making a Post-Prison Comeback. He’s in Excellent Company.

Alex Kirshner

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Luke Winkie

A Top-Secret Mind-Control Experiment Was Performed in Canada. It Involved Human Orgasms.

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I Think I Solved My Premature Ejaculation Problem. I Wish I Hadn’t.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! My Marriage Has Reached a Breaking Point, and I’m Trapped.

I Got Swallowed by a Whale

It was amazing.

Heather Schwedel

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error

Jim Newell

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

How can she make so much, but have no idea how to handle it?

Elizabeth Spiers

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Jeffrey Bellin and Adam Gershowitz

Culture

What it all means

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Why Billy Bragg Rewrote Oliver Anthony’s Chart-Topping “Rich Men North of Richmond”

Sam Adams

The controversial song became a smash overnight, but the folk luminary thought it was missing something.

One of Our Most Exciting Musicians Died One Year Ago. Her New Album Shows How Much She Still Had to Give.

Carl Wilson

And Just Like That… Aidan Wants to Be with Carrie in Half a Decade

Cheyna Roth and Daisy Rosario

What It’s Like to Be Crowned the Best Elaine by a Stadium of Cheering Seinfeld Fans

Nadira Goffe

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Wikipedia Will Survive A.I.

Stephen Harrison

Rumors of Wikipedia’s death at the hands of ChatGPT are greatly exaggerated.

Did You See That Scary New Study on Long COVID? It’s Actually Kind of Reassuring.

Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

The Jarring Lesson of Trump’s Return to Twitter

Susan Matthews

The Bliss of Being There by Morning

Bryn Stole

The VC Who Made Suckers out of His Investors and Is Now Back to Taunt Them

Eric Newcomer

The Fyre Festival Guy Is Making a Post-Prison Comeback. He’s in Excellent Company.

Alex Kirshner

The Devilish Change Uber and Lyft Made to Surge Pricing

Alison Griswold

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

Elizabeth Spiers

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Disaster Some See Coming to America’s Skies

Dan Kois

“Every captain has stories,” one commercial airline pilot said. “It’s not a matter of if something happens, but when.”

Help! My Sister Is Making Up Things About My Past.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

I Caught My Daughter “Using” Her Disability to Get Out of Activities at Camp—and Other Advice From the Week

Slate Staff

A Top-Secret Mind-Control Experiment Was Performed in Canada. It Involved Human Orgasms.

Luke Winkie

I Think I Solved My Premature Ejaculation Problem. I Wish I Hadn’t.

Rich Juzwiak

Help! My Marriage Has Reached a Breaking Point, and I’m Trapped.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

My Husband Claims He’s Missing Our Family Vacation for Work. The Real Reason Is Enraging.

Michelle Herman

News & Politics

What really matters

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Nikki Haley Seizes Control of Republican Race (but Only in an Alternate Universe)

Ben Mathis-Lilley

It was a great showing with general election voters! But womp womp, no one cares.

This Supreme Court Justice Moonlighted as an Environmental Campaigner

Amicus

The Slatest for Aug. 25: The Precise Vibes of Each and Every Georgia Indictment Mug Shot

Slate Staff

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Jeffrey Bellin and Adam Gershowitz

Four-Times-Indicted Donald Trump Is Still Lying About, of All Things, His Weight

Dan Kois

Think You’re Smarter Than the Editor of Future Tense? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Ray Hamel

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Worst Debate Moment Is a Big Problem for the GOP Now

Nitish Pahwa

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error

Jim Newell

We Can Now Control Objects With Our Minds. I’ll Give You One Guess Which Object Everyone’s After.

I Got Swallowed by a Whale. My Reaction Surprised Me.

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error

How’s Your Summer Been, Retired Grandmother of Five Barbara Oppenheimer?

Sure, Trump’s Mug Shot Is Hilarious. But the Best One Belongs to Someone Else.

Airplane Mode

The Bliss of Being There by Morning

Trump World

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Four-Times-Indicted Donald Trump Is Still Lying About, of All Things, His Weight

Health

The Latest Long COVID News Isn’t Scary—It’s Reassuring

Advice

I Caught My Daughter “Using” Her Disability to Get Out of Activities at Camp—and Other Advice From the Week

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

Podcast

Hi-Phi Nation

A philosophy podcast that turns stories into ideas.

The Digital Future of Grief

If you create an A.I. version of a dying loved one, do you ever really grieve?

There Are Many Solutions to the Homelessness Crisis. Not Everyone Is Going to Like This One.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Worst Debate Moment Is a Big Problem for the GOP Now

entertainment

One of Our Most Exciting Musicians Died One Year Ago. Her New Album Shows How Much She Still Had to Give.

And Just Like That… Aidan Wants to Be with Carrie in Half a Decade

The Fyre Festival Guy Is Making a Post-Prison Comeback. He’s in Excellent Company.

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Help! My Sister Is Making Up Things About My Past.

I Caught My Daughter “Using” Her Disability to Get Out of Activities at Camp—and Other Advice From the Week

A Top-Secret Mind-Control Experiment Was Performed in Canada. It Involved Human Orgasms.

I Think I Solved My Premature Ejaculation Problem. I Wish I Hadn’t.

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

Help! My Marriage Has Reached a Breaking Point, and I’m Trapped.

I Got Swallowed by a Whale

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Why Billy Bragg Rewrote Oliver Anthony’s Chart-Topping “Rich Men North of Richmond”

How Decoder Ring Made This Season

How’s Your Summer Been, Retired Grandmother of Five Barbara Oppenheimer?

Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess

One of Our Most Exciting Musicians Died One Year Ago. Her New Album Shows How Much She Still Had to Give.

And Just Like That… Aidan Wants to Be with Carrie in Half a Decade

What It’s Like to Be Crowned the Best Elaine by a Stadium of Cheering Seinfeld Fans

Wikipedia Will Survive A.I.

Did You See That Scary New Study on Long COVID? It’s Actually Kind of Reassuring.

The Jarring Lesson of Trump’s Return to Twitter

The Bliss of Being There by Morning

The VC Who Made Suckers out of His Investors and Is Now Back to Taunt Them

The Fyre Festival Guy Is Making a Post-Prison Comeback. He’s in Excellent Company.

The Devilish Change Uber and Lyft Made to Surge Pricing

My Wife’s Wild Relationship to Money Is Giving Me Whiplash

The Disaster Some See Coming to America’s Skies

Help! My Sister Is Making Up Things About My Past.

I Caught My Daughter “Using” Her Disability to Get Out of Activities at Camp—and Other Advice From the Week

A Top-Secret Mind-Control Experiment Was Performed in Canada. It Involved Human Orgasms.

I Think I Solved My Premature Ejaculation Problem. I Wish I Hadn’t.

Help! My Marriage Has Reached a Breaking Point, and I’m Trapped.

My Husband Claims He’s Missing Our Family Vacation for Work. The Real Reason Is Enraging.

Nikki Haley Seizes Control of Republican Race (but Only in an Alternate Universe)

This Supreme Court Justice Moonlighted as an Environmental Campaigner

The Slatest for Aug. 25: The Precise Vibes of Each and Every Georgia Indictment Mug Shot

The One Trap Every Trump Prosecutor Needs to Avoid

Four-Times-Indicted Donald Trump Is Still Lying About, of All Things, His Weight

Think You’re Smarter Than the Editor of Future Tense? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Worst Debate Moment Is a Big Problem for the GOP Now

The Republican Primary Contenders Are All Making the Same Fatal Error