Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

Mark Joseph Stern

When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”? The Elusive History of a Cursed Phrase.

Heather Schwedel

What Could Possibly Come From a Meeting Between Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders?

Jim Newell

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

Fred Kaplan

National Security

The Pathetic Details at the Heart of the Suburban Couple Spy Case

Fred Kaplan

The World

Germany’s Promising Plan to Bring Conspiracy Theorists Back From the Brink

Alessio Perrone

Supreme Court

Biden Is About to Break a Promise He Made to Puerto Ricans

Neil Weare

The States Can Save Us From the Court’s Brutal Rulings Protecting Bad Police

Chris Kemmitt and Georgina Yeomans

Pennsylvania

A Woman Was Raped on a Train. Witnesses Didn’t Even Call 911.

Daniel Politi

How to Do It

My Wife Went Snooping on My Computer. I’m in Major Trouble for What She Found.

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

Philippa Lewis

What Would Religious Leaders Do if Aliens Showed Up?

Josh Wilbur

Screen Time

I am completely in over my head at my new job.

Help! I Took My Best Friend’s Virginity Before His Wedding. Should I Still Attend the Ceremony?

Help! My Ex Is Insisting on an Embarrassing Name for Our Child Out of “Tradition.”

Help! My Brother Did Everything the Wrong Way, and Now He’s Thriving and a Millionaire.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Lost in the Weeds”

Care and Feeding

Do I Really Have to Bond with My Mom’s New Husband’s Family?

9m ago

Doyin Richards

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teenager Made a Big Mistake Trying to Hold Her Teacher “Accountable”

10m ago

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! I Am Completely in Over My Head at My New Job.

10m ago

How To!

The First Step to Finding Friends Is Asking For Help (Even If You Don’t Need It)

15m ago

Doyin Richards

Dear Care and Feeding: One of My Twins Outshines the Other

20m ago

Heather Schwedel

When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”? The Elusive History of a Cursed Phrase.

25m ago

Philippa Lewis

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

The Pathetic Details at the Heart of the Suburban Couple Spy Case

Fred Kaplan

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

Mark Joseph Stern

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

The filmmaker’s work is as polarizing as those candies, and The French Dispatch is an especially gourmet variety.

Dana Stevens

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

The revered general and statesman, who died Monday, couldn’t outmaneuver his bureaucratic rivals.

Fred Kaplan

Culture

What it all means

View all Culture

I Found ClickHole’s “Worst Person You Know”

Cameron Wilson

Why LSU Dumped Its Title-Winning Coach

Hang Up and Listen

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

Dana Stevens

Introducing the Worst Person in Waystar Royco

Sam Adams and Heather Schwedel

Velvet Underground Director Todd Haynes on the Interview That Made Him Cry

Sam Adams

Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! at the Disco Take Their Place in Punk’s Lineage

Hit Parade

The TikTok Salmon Bowl Can’t Save Us

ICYMI

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

View all Tech & Business

“Oh, Your Hearing Won’t Be Coming Back”

Drew Magary

After surviving a traumatic brain injury and a coma, I was prepared for baddish news—but not for it to be delivered so swiftly and decisively.

What Would Religious Leaders Do if Aliens Showed Up?

Josh Wilbur

Future Tense Newsletter: We Need More Low-Stakes Rules for Internet Conduct

Torie Bosch

The Absolute Simplest Explanation for America’s Supply Chain Woes

Jordan Weissmann

Why Hasn’t the New York Times Made Ben Smith Sell His BuzzFeed Options Yet?

Justin Peters

Don’t Celebrate Microsoft for Pulling LinkedIn Out of China Just Yet

Graham Webster

What Americans Who Can’t Find a New Couch Are Resorting To

Henry Grabar

What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

Tim Requarth

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

View all Human Interest

Is the German Catholic Church Going Rogue or Saving Itself?

Molly Olmstead

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teenager Made a Big Mistake Trying to Hold Her Teacher “Accountable”

Doyin Richards

Help! I Am Completely in Over My Head at My New Job.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

The First Step to Finding Friends Is Asking For Help (Even If You Don’t Need It)

How To!

Dear Care and Feeding: One of My Twins Outshines the Other

Doyin Richards

When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”? The Elusive History of a Cursed Phrase.

Heather Schwedel

My Wife Went Snooping on My Computer. I’m in Major Trouble for What She Found.

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

News & Politics

What really matters

View all News & Politics

“Doing What an Angry 3-Year-Old Would Do” Is the Only Remaining Republican Principle

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

Mark Joseph Stern

What Could Possibly Come From a Meeting Between Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders?

Jim Newell

The States Can Save Us From the Supreme Court’s Brutal Rulings Protecting Bad Police

Chris Kemmitt and Georgina Yeomans

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

Fred Kaplan

Biden Made a Promise to End Discrimination Against Puerto Ricans. He’s About to Break It.

Neil Weare

What the Fight Over the Mail Is Really About

Mary Wilson

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

Philippa Lewis