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What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

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Sports

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Eric Betts

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

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Housing

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

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Florida

The “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic

Christina Cauterucci

Cars

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

David Zipper

Pay Dirt

I’m Really Concerned About My Daughter’s Strange Financial Arrangement With Her Boyfriend

Elizabeth Spiers

My Friends’ Kid Is a Total Brat. Do I Have to Be Nice to Him?

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Editorial Assistant?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

the courts

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

Jordan Weissmann

One U.S. Circuit Court Is Breaking Every Rule in the Book to Push Its Radical Agenda

Brianne Gorod

Justice Breyer’s Spectacularly Calculated Exit From the Supreme Court Has a Clear Lesson

Dahlia Lithwick

The minute he puts his arm around me or holds my hand, the same look of shock appears on people's faces.

Help! There’s a Mystery About My Son I’m Not Sure We Want to Solve.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ugly Duckling”

Help! I’m Sleeping With My Ex Again. I Want to Confess to His Girlfriend.

Help! I Love My Job, but People See It as Low-Paid and Unskilled.

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M.K. Kaishian

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint To End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse

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Elizabeth Spiers

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

Sam Adams

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

The New Face of “No Promo Homo” Laws

Florida may pass a bill that would ban discussions of all sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

Christina Cauterucci

Culture

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TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Aliya Chaudhry

Why pop-punk kids are side-eyeing their dream festival.

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Nitish Pahwa

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

Eric Betts

Hall & Oates Experimented with Genre Until They Found Their Groove

Hit Parade

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

Sam Adams

Euphoria Is a Dozen Different Shows. Which Ones Should Get Canceled?

Madeline Ducharme and Nadira Goffe

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

Rebecca Schuman

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved?

Stephen Harrison

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

Henry Grabar

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

Sabiha Zainulbhai and Nora Daly

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong

Firmin DeBrabander

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Elizabeth Spiers

The Showdown Over Airlines and 5G Is Part of a Much Bigger Problem

Michael Calabrese

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

Aaron Mak

What We Know About “Stealth Omicron”

Sarah Braner

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Who Reads the Syllabus?

Scott Weaver

A dated assumption about students absolves too many professors of a common lecture hall failure.

How Picking On Teachers Became an American Tradition

Adam Laats

I Crush a Lot. I Worry It May Eventually Ruin My Relationship.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Dear Care and Feeding: I Think My Wife Is Creating Unhealthy Eating Habits for Our Kids

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News & Politics

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What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Fred Kaplan

Breaking down the latest moves and countermoves in an increasingly tense situation.

How Blacksploitation Led to “Woke” Horror

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Ray Hamel

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do

Political Gabfest

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic

Christina Cauterucci

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

Jordan Weissmann

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint To End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse

M.K. Kaishian

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse

Boris Johnson’s Partygate Scandal Just Keeps Getting More Ludicrous

Sports

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

Housing

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

Florida

The “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic

Cars

What Pete Buttigieg Thinks Is Wrong With America’s Approach to Driving

Pay Dirt

I’m Really Concerned About My Daughter’s Strange Financial Arrangement With Her Boyfriend

My Friends’ Kid Is a Total Brat. Do I Have to Be Nice to Him?

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Editorial Assistant?

the courts

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

One U.S. Circuit Court Is Breaking Every Rule in the Book to Push Its Radical Agenda

Justice Breyer’s Spectacularly Calculated Exit From the Supreme Court Has a Clear Lesson

The minute he puts his arm around me or holds my hand, the same look of shock appears on people's faces.

Help! There’s a Mystery About My Son I’m Not Sure We Want to Solve.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Ugly Duckling”

Help! I’m Sleeping With My Ex Again. I Want to Confess to His Girlfriend.

Help! I Love My Job, but People See It as Low-Paid and Unskilled.

My Husband Has a Secret Desire He Doesn’t Know I’ve Seen in His Browsing History

What We Know About “Stealth Omicron”

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

How Picking On Teachers Became an American Tradition

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint To End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse

I’m Really Concerned About My Daughter’s Strange Financial Arrangement With Her Boyfriend

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

The New Face of “No Promo Homo” Laws

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify

Why Isn’t Christian Pulisic Looking Like the U.S. Men’s Megastar He Is?

Hall & Oates Experimented with Genre Until They Found Their Groove

Why the Ending of Netflix’s New Big Hit Is So Unsatisfying

Euphoria Is a Dozen Different Shows. Which Ones Should Get Canceled?

College Gymnastics Is Blowing Up

Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved?

An Interview With the Man Fired by Chick-fil-A for His Views on Zoning

The Evictions That Landlords Got Away With During the Pandemic

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong

I’m Really Concerned About My Daughter’s Strange Financial Arrangement With Her Boyfriend

The Showdown Over Airlines and 5G Is Part of a Much Bigger Problem

Why Amazon Retired Its Weird Online Army of Warehouse Workers

What We Know About “Stealth Omicron”

Who Reads the Syllabus?

How Picking On Teachers Became an American Tradition

I Crush a Lot. I Worry It May Eventually Ruin My Relationship.

Help! There’s a Mystery About My Son I’m Not Sure We Want to Solve.

Dear Care and Feeding: I Think My Wife Is Creating Unhealthy Eating Habits for Our Kids

Dear Care and Feeding: My Friends’ Kid Is a Total Brat. Do I Have to Be Nice to Him?

Is There Proper Etiquette When Asking if a Kid Is Vaccinated?

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

How Blacksploitation Led to “Woke” Horror

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Editorial Assistant? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Justice Breyer Did All He Could Do

What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified”

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is the Next Step in the Right-Wing Schools Panic

Did You Know Reagan Picked Scalia for the Supreme Court Because He Was Italian?

Eric Adams’ “Blueprint To End Gun Violence” Is a Trojan Horse