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Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe All His Lies

Teri Kanefield

From Kavanaugh to Khashoggi, they are immune to the truth.

New GOP Talking Point: Khashoggi Was No Angel

Joshua Keating

Paul Manafort Appears in Court in a Wheelchair, Has Sentencing Set for February

Matthew Zeitlin

Seeing the Proud Boys at a Fancy GOP Club Reminds Me of the Way Fascism Gained Power Before World War II

Rebecca Onion

Midterms

Nothing Ever Changes: GOP Congressman Mocked Harassment Victims in 2011

Christina Cauterucci

Many Top Donors to “Black Americans for the President’s Agenda” Are Wealthy White People

Aaron Mak

Trump World

Investigation: Ivanka Lives Up to the Family Name With This Shady Real Estate Enterprise

Matthew Zeitlin

Movies

The New Halloween Misses What Makes Michael Myers Scary

Keith Phipps

A Day in the Life

Serial Killer Jame Gumb Wakes Up Early, Always Eats Green, and Works From His Van

Heather Schwedel

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My Wife Cheated on Me and Got Pregnant. Now He’s Our Son.

Care and Feeding

His mother wants him to know, at age 4.

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Chief Copy Editor?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

TECH

“There Is No Human Intellect With Which to Engage”

Mike Godwin

David Simon has some colorful things to say about Twitter—and Nazis.

Who Is Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, the Latest Russian Charged With Meddling in U.S. Elections?

Aaron Mak

Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads Pitting Oprah Against Trump

April Glaser

Once a CEO, I’ve lost job after job due to poor health and cognitive losses.

Help! Should I Move to Get Back With an Ex-Boyfriend?

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! A Coupled Friend Sends Me Flirty Pics. I Can’t Tell If They’re Innocent or Not.

Help! My Boss Keeps Talking About Wanting to Kill Herself.

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

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Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Sears Failed, but It Didn’t Have To

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Mike Pesca

Prison Life Takes a Toll on Security Guards, Too

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Mary Harris

In the Georgia Governor’s Race, Both Parties Are Going After Voters on the Margins—Just Not in the Same Way

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William Saletan

In Trump’s America, Violence Wins

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Heather Schwedel

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Mark Joseph Stern

Gun Safety Advocates Oppose a Major Criminal Justice Reform in Florida. They’re Making a Big Mistake.

When Is the Right Time to Tell Our Son He’s the Product of an Affair?

Nicole Cliffe

Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe Any Lie He Tells

Teri Kanefield

Why Some Asian-American Groups Are Supporting a Conservative Effort to Attack Affirmative Action

Most Asian Americans support affirmative action. But the vocal minority supporting a lawsuit against Harvard are making sure their message is heard.

Aaron Mak

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

It all comes down to taxes.

Molly Olmstead

Culture

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Is the Cover Making a Recovery?

Carl Wilson

The history of the cover song, and why it may be mounting a comeback.

The New Halloween Is Fine Fan Service. But It Can’t Compete With the Series’s Scariest Treatment of Michael Myers.

Keith Phipps

Judi Dench Is Joining the Cast of Cats

Isabel Torrealba

Stephen Colbert Updates the Ten Commandments to Suit the Christian Right’s Comments on Khashoggi

Hailey Gavin

Who Is The Hate U Give For?

Rachelle Hampton, Inkoo Kang, and Marissa Martinelli

Rihanna Reportedly Declined Super Bowl Gig in Solidarity With Colin Kaepernick

Marissa Martinelli

The Haunting of Hill House’s Devastating Twist Episode Will Crush You Emotionally—and Enchant You Visually

Sam Adams

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Big Lie Behind the “Pivot to Video”

Will Oremus

The false metrics that Facebook is being sued over masked a deeper dishonesty: that users actually wanted more video.

Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads Pitting Oprah Against Trump

April Glaser

Justice Department Charges Russian With Campaign to Interfere in Midterm Elections

Molly Olmstead

In Praise of Distracted Meditation

Alex Tzelnic

The Creator of Godwin’s Law Interviews David Simon About Nazis on Twitter and Much More

Mike Godwin

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

Molly Olmstead

The Weather Channel’s New Wildfire Simulation Is Terrifying. But Maybe It’ll Help Save Lives.

Jennifer Kang

Who Is Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, the Latest Russian Charged With Meddling in U.S. Elections?

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

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When Is the Right Time to Tell Our Son He’s the Product of an Affair?

Nicole Cliffe

Is it when he’s 4?

A Day in the Life of Jame Gumb, a Serial Killer Who Wakes Up Early to Walk His Dog, Always Eats Green, and Works From the Back of His Van

Heather Schwedel

For Bi+ Folks, Therapy Can Be Radical Self-Care. But Only if Mental Health Providers Affirm Our Identities.

Gabrielle Noel

I Mostly Use Plain Kosher Salt in My Cooking, but I See All These Other Fancy Kinds Around. Do I Need Them?

Daniel Isengart

Being a Black Nonbinary Person Is Difficult. But It’s Shown Me the Radical Power of Defining Your Own Existence.

Jonathan P. Higgins

19 Things That Make Moving Less Miserable

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Don’t Look Free Child Care in the Mouth” Edition

Rebecca Lavoie, Gabriel Roth , and Carvell Wallace

Business

Where the money goes

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Rent Control Is Back

Henry Grabar

For years, economists have argued that the protections harmed the tenants they were supposed to help. The evidence complicates the diagnosis.

Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge

Jordan Weissmann

Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Isn’t He Doing Anything About It?

Jordan Weissmann

Canada Is Legalizing Weed This Week. But Will There Be Enough Bud to Meet Demand?

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

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Liberals Must Embrace a Bankrupt Judicial Philosophy to Have Any Chance of Winning at the Supreme Court

Richard L. Hasen

Prison Life Takes a Toll on Security Guards, Too

Mike Pesca

In the Georgia Governor’s Race, Both Parties Are Going After Voters on the Margins—Just Not in the Same Way

Mary Harris

In Trump’s America, Violence Wins

William Saletan

Gun Safety Advocates Oppose a Major Criminal Justice Reform in Florida. They’re Making a Big Mistake.

Mark Joseph Stern

What’s Key in the Coming Midterm Election Races

Virginia Heffernan

The Way This GOP Congressman Mocked Sexual Harassment Victims in 2011 Proves Nothing Ever Changes

Christina Cauterucci

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Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe All His Lies

New GOP Talking Point: Khashoggi Was No Angel

Paul Manafort Appears in Court in a Wheelchair, Has Sentencing Set for February

Seeing the Proud Boys at a Fancy GOP Club Reminds Me of the Way Fascism Gained Power Before World War II

Midterms

Nothing Ever Changes: GOP Congressman Mocked Harassment Victims in 2011

Many Top Donors to “Black Americans for the President’s Agenda” Are Wealthy White People

Trump World

Investigation: Ivanka Lives Up to the Family Name With This Shady Real Estate Enterprise

Movies

The New Halloween Misses What Makes Michael Myers Scary

A Day in the Life

Serial Killer Jame Gumb Wakes Up Early, Always Eats Green, and Works From His Van

The new daily news podcast from Slate.

My Wife Cheated on Me and Got Pregnant. Now He’s Our Son.

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Chief Copy Editor?

TECH

“There Is No Human Intellect With Which to Engage”

Who Is Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, the Latest Russian Charged With Meddling in U.S. Elections?

Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads Pitting Oprah Against Trump

Once a CEO, I’ve lost job after job due to poor health and cognitive losses.

Help! Should I Move to Get Back With an Ex-Boyfriend?

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! A Coupled Friend Sends Me Flirty Pics. I Can’t Tell If They’re Innocent or Not.

Help! My Boss Keeps Talking About Wanting to Kill Herself.

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

Sears Failed, but It Didn’t Have To

Prison Life Takes a Toll on Security Guards, Too

In the Georgia Governor’s Race, Both Parties Are Going After Voters on the Margins—Just Not in the Same Way

In Trump’s America, Violence Wins

A Day in the Life of Jame Gumb, a Serial Killer Who Wakes Up Early to Walk His Dog, Always Eats Green, and Works From the Back of His Van

Gun Safety Advocates Oppose a Major Criminal Justice Reform in Florida. They’re Making a Big Mistake.

When Is the Right Time to Tell Our Son He’s the Product of an Affair?

Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe Any Lie He Tells

Why Some Asian-American Groups Are Supporting a Conservative Effort to Attack Affirmative Action

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

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Is the Cover Making a Recovery?

The New Halloween Is Fine Fan Service. But It Can’t Compete With the Series’s Scariest Treatment of Michael Myers.

Judi Dench Is Joining the Cast of Cats

Stephen Colbert Updates the Ten Commandments to Suit the Christian Right’s Comments on Khashoggi

Who Is The Hate U Give For?

Rihanna Reportedly Declined Super Bowl Gig in Solidarity With Colin Kaepernick

The Haunting of Hill House’s Devastating Twist Episode Will Crush You Emotionally—and Enchant You Visually

The Big Lie Behind the “Pivot to Video”

Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads Pitting Oprah Against Trump

Justice Department Charges Russian With Campaign to Interfere in Midterm Elections

In Praise of Distracted Meditation

The Creator of Godwin’s Law Interviews David Simon About Nazis on Twitter and Much More

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

The Weather Channel’s New Wildfire Simulation Is Terrifying. But Maybe It’ll Help Save Lives.

Who Is Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, the Latest Russian Charged With Meddling in U.S. Elections?

When Is the Right Time to Tell Our Son He’s the Product of an Affair?

A Day in the Life of Jame Gumb, a Serial Killer Who Wakes Up Early to Walk His Dog, Always Eats Green, and Works From the Back of His Van

For Bi+ Folks, Therapy Can Be Radical Self-Care. But Only if Mental Health Providers Affirm Our Identities.

I Mostly Use Plain Kosher Salt in My Cooking, but I See All These Other Fancy Kinds Around. Do I Need Them?

Being a Black Nonbinary Person Is Difficult. But It’s Shown Me the Radical Power of Defining Your Own Existence.

19 Things That Make Moving Less Miserable

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Don’t Look Free Child Care in the Mouth” Edition

Rent Control Is Back

Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge

Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Isn’t He Doing Anything About It?

Canada Is Legalizing Weed This Week. But Will There Be Enough Bud to Meet Demand?

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

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

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

Sears Failed, but It Didn’t Have To

Liberals Must Embrace a Bankrupt Judicial Philosophy to Have Any Chance of Winning at the Supreme Court

Prison Life Takes a Toll on Security Guards, Too

In the Georgia Governor’s Race, Both Parties Are Going After Voters on the Margins—Just Not in the Same Way

In Trump’s America, Violence Wins

Gun Safety Advocates Oppose a Major Criminal Justice Reform in Florida. They’re Making a Big Mistake.

What’s Key in the Coming Midterm Election Races

The Way This GOP Congressman Mocked Sexual Harassment Victims in 2011 Proves Nothing Ever Changes

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