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Protestors outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cover Story

What All This Anger Is Doing to Us

Lili Loofbourow

Trump thrives on other people’s rage. More and more men in power are learning to do the same—and it’s poisonous.

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Molly Olmstead

Elizabeth Warren Had No Choice but to Indulge in That DNA Test

Ben Mathis-Lilley

CNN: Saudis to Admit Khashoggi Died During Botched Interrogation

Joshua Keating

Harvard Lawsuit

How Will the Admissions Dean Explain Doing Nothing About Policies Hurting Asian Americans?

Aaron Mak

R.I.P.

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen, Who Helped Ignite the P.C. Revolution, Dies at 65

Elliot Hannon

Jamal Khashoggi

The Saudis May Not Have Realized How Unpopular They Are Outside the White House

Joshua Keating

Royals

Why the World Is So Helplessly Compelled by Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Announcement

Christina Cauterucci

Princess Eugenie Shows Why Keeping Your Wedding Guests Off Social Media Is Hopeless

Heather Schwedel

The Conversation Starts Here

How Juanita Broaddrick’s rape accusation shaped the Clinton impeachment.

The Season Finale: Move On

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Aymann Ismail and his wife Mira Abouelezz

Cover Story

My American Muslim Marriage

Aymann Ismail

Stereotypes about marriage within my faith made me fear what would happen when I entered my own.

Our 19-Year-Old Has Asperger’s and Only Wants to Hang With Us. How Do We Help Him Make Friends?

Care and Feeding

Movies & TV

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in First Man

Ellin Stein

Did Neil Armstrong really leave his daughter’s bracelet on the moon?

Netflix’s Best Show Yet Might Be Big Mouth, Its Cartoon Comedy About Middle School

Jack Hamilton

Transparent’s Final Season Will Have a Musical Twist

Hailey Gavin

If he’s not capable of listening when you want to talk, his decency has no real foundation.

Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Check-Bouncing Boyfriend

Help! The Person Interviewing Me for My Dream Job Might Hate Me.

Help! I Forced My Husband to Have Kids. It Was a Terrible Mistake.

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Matthew Dessem

Stephen Colbert Rips Into Trump Over the Whole Jamal Khashoggi “Rogue Killers” Theory

2h ago

Matthew Dessem

The Consulate

5h ago

Molly Olmstead

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

6h ago

Aaron Mak

Harvard Had Proof Its Admissions Process Was Hurting Asian Americans. How Will Its Dean Explain Why He Did Nothing About It?

7h ago

Mike Pesca

Fat Bear Week Is Over, but Hibernation Almost Lasts Forever

7h ago

Elliot Hannon

Federal Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels Defamation Suit Against Donald Trump on First Amendment Grounds

My Son Has Asperger’s Syndrome and Only Wants to Hang Out With Us. Does He Need More Friends?

Nicole Cliffe

When Employers Demand a Salary Range From Applicants but Refuse to Suggest One

Alison Green

Minority Rule Does Not Have to Be Here Forever

Arguing that the Framers intended it is specious and ignorant of history.

Jamelle Bouie

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Molly Olmstead

Culture

What’s worth your time

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Elvis Costello’s New Album Is His Best This Century

Carl Wilson

And one of his best in decades.

Stephen Colbert Rips Into Trump Over the Whole Jamal Khashoggi “Rogue Killers” Theory

Matthew Dessem

Technology

How it’s changing us

View all Technology

Who Is the We in “We Are Causing Climate Change”?

Genevieve Guenther

Everyone is not equally complicit here.

The Government Has New Powers to Take Down Civilian Drones. But Do They Go Too Far?

Faine Greenwood

Would You Pay a Random Website 99 Cents to Find Out Who Else Paid It 99 Cents?

Heather Schwedel

The Facebook Hack Could Haunt Its Victims for Years to Come

Will Oremus

How to Tell Whether Your Account Was Hit by the Massive Facebook Hack

April Glaser

How Much Could Jamal Khashoggi’s Apple Watch Tell Us About His Disappearance?

aaron mak

Facebook Purged a Ton of Political Spam—From Americans, Not Russians

April Glaser

Keeping Your Wedding Guests Off Social Media Is Basically Hopeless. Just Ask Princess Eugenie.

Heather Schwedel

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Read what Prudie had to say in Part 1 of this week’s live chat.

Why the World Is So Helplessly Compelled by Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Announcement

Christina Cauterucci

The Best Teeth-Whitening Toothpastes and Kits, According to Dentists

Strategist Editors

My Son Has Asperger’s Syndrome and Only Wants to Hang Out With Us. Does He Need More Friends?

Nicole Cliffe

This Funny French Gadget Makes the Best Coffee I’ve Ever Had at Home

Strategist Editors

The Delusional Futility of Analyzing Ashley Kavanaugh’s Awkward Body Language During Her Husband’s Swearing-In

Ruth Graham

The Best Hand Mixer

Wirecutter Staff

Business

Where the money goes

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Yes, I Wear Headphones While I Bike. I Have No Regrets.

Henry Grabar and Shirley Chan

Why Donald Trump Is Saying That the Fed Has “Gone Loco”

Jordan Weissmann

Trump Just Showed How Republicans Will Fight Medicare for All

Jordan Weissmann

Amazon Created a Hiring Tool Using AI. It Immediately Started Discriminating Against Women.

Jordan Weissmann

Australia Has a Plan to Keep Immigrants Out of Its Largest Cities

Henry Grabar

Why London’s Poshest Neighborhoods Went to War Over Basements

Henry Grabar

Amazon Just Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour. Thank Bernie Sanders (and Maybe Tucker Carlson).

Jordan Weissmann

It Is Absurd That Trump Is Taking Credit For Falling Obamacare Premiums

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

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Trump’s Saudi Delusions

Fred Kaplan

The president’s defense of arms sales to the kingdom isn’t just immoral—it’s inaccurate.

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Molly Olmstead

Harvard Had Proof Its Admissions Process Was Hurting Asian Americans. How Will Its Dean Explain Why He Did Nothing About It?

Aaron Mak

Fat Bear Week Is Over, but Hibernation Almost Lasts Forever

Mike Pesca

Federal Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels Defamation Suit Against Donald Trump on First Amendment Grounds

Elliot Hannon

D.C. Power Brokers Send a Message to Saudi Arabia by Cutting Ties, Even if the White House Won’t

Matthew Zeitlin

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen, Who Helped Ignite the Personal Computer Revolution, Dies at 65

Elliot Hannon

Notable topics

What All This Anger Is Doing to Us

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Elizabeth Warren Had No Choice but to Indulge in That DNA Test

CNN: Saudis to Admit Khashoggi Died During Botched Interrogation

Harvard Lawsuit

How Will the Admissions Dean Explain Doing Nothing About Policies Hurting Asian Americans?

R.I.P.

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen, Who Helped Ignite the P.C. Revolution, Dies at 65

Jamal Khashoggi

The Saudis May Not Have Realized How Unpopular They Are Outside the White House

Royals

Why the World Is So Helplessly Compelled by Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Announcement

Princess Eugenie Shows Why Keeping Your Wedding Guests Off Social Media Is Hopeless

How Juanita Broaddrick’s rape accusation shaped the Clinton impeachment.

My American Muslim Marriage

Our 19-Year-Old Has Asperger’s and Only Wants to Hang With Us. How Do We Help Him Make Friends?

Movies & TV

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in First Man

Netflix’s Best Show Yet Might Be Big Mouth, Its Cartoon Comedy About Middle School

Transparent’s Final Season Will Have a Musical Twist

If he’s not capable of listening when you want to talk, his decency has no real foundation.

Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Check-Bouncing Boyfriend

Help! The Person Interviewing Me for My Dream Job Might Hate Me.

Help! I Forced My Husband to Have Kids. It Was a Terrible Mistake.

Stephen Colbert Rips Into Trump Over the Whole Jamal Khashoggi “Rogue Killers” Theory

The Consulate

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Harvard Had Proof Its Admissions Process Was Hurting Asian Americans. How Will Its Dean Explain Why He Did Nothing About It?

Fat Bear Week Is Over, but Hibernation Almost Lasts Forever

Federal Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels Defamation Suit Against Donald Trump on First Amendment Grounds

My Son Has Asperger’s Syndrome and Only Wants to Hang Out With Us. Does He Need More Friends?

When Employers Demand a Salary Range From Applicants but Refuse to Suggest One

Minority Rule Does Not Have to Be Here Forever

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Support Slate’s Journalism

Elvis Costello’s New Album Is His Best This Century

Stephen Colbert Rips Into Trump Over the Whole Jamal Khashoggi “Rogue Killers” Theory

The Consulate

Nobody Has Any Idea Why David Price Is Horrible in the Playoffs

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in First Man, the New Neil Armstrong Movie

Transparent’s Final Season Will Have a Musical Twist

Lady Gaga Hits No. 1 for the Fifth Time With A Star Is Born Soundtrack

Who Is the We in “We Are Causing Climate Change”?

The Government Has New Powers to Take Down Civilian Drones. But Do They Go Too Far?

Would You Pay a Random Website 99 Cents to Find Out Who Else Paid It 99 Cents?

The Facebook Hack Could Haunt Its Victims for Years to Come

How to Tell Whether Your Account Was Hit by the Massive Facebook Hack

How Much Could Jamal Khashoggi’s Apple Watch Tell Us About His Disappearance?

Facebook Purged a Ton of Political Spam—From Americans, Not Russians

Keeping Your Wedding Guests Off Social Media Is Basically Hopeless. Just Ask Princess Eugenie.

Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

Why the World Is So Helplessly Compelled by Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Announcement

The Best Teeth-Whitening Toothpastes and Kits, According to Dentists

My Son Has Asperger’s Syndrome and Only Wants to Hang Out With Us. Does He Need More Friends?

This Funny French Gadget Makes the Best Coffee I’ve Ever Had at Home

The Delusional Futility of Analyzing Ashley Kavanaugh’s Awkward Body Language During Her Husband’s Swearing-In

The Best Hand Mixer

Yes, I Wear Headphones While I Bike. I Have No Regrets.

Why Donald Trump Is Saying That the Fed Has “Gone Loco”

Trump Just Showed How Republicans Will Fight Medicare for All

Amazon Created a Hiring Tool Using AI. It Immediately Started Discriminating Against Women.

Australia Has a Plan to Keep Immigrants Out of Its Largest Cities

Why London’s Poshest Neighborhoods Went to War Over Basements

Amazon Just Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour. Thank Bernie Sanders (and Maybe Tucker Carlson).

It Is Absurd That Trump Is Taking Credit For Falling Obamacare Premiums

Trump’s Saudi Delusions

Why So Many Native Americans Are Upset That Elizabeth Warren Tried Proving Her Ancestry With DNA

Harvard Had Proof Its Admissions Process Was Hurting Asian Americans. How Will Its Dean Explain Why He Did Nothing About It?

Fat Bear Week Is Over, but Hibernation Almost Lasts Forever

Federal Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels Defamation Suit Against Donald Trump on First Amendment Grounds

D.C. Power Brokers Send a Message to Saudi Arabia by Cutting Ties, Even if the White House Won’t

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen, Who Helped Ignite the Personal Computer Revolution, Dies at 65

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