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Mexico’s President Has Gone Totally Off the Rails

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Hindsight

Jerry Falwell Jr. vs. the Coronavirus

Adam Schlesinger Was a Hit-Maker for an Alternate Reality

“Getting through to unemployment is basically my full-time job right now.”

Weird Wide Web

Here’s how to hide it.

William Saletan

Jordan Weissmann

Julia Craven

Mark Joseph Stern

Kelly Keene and Lauren Serino

Molly Olmstead

Elliot Hannon

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An urban fantasy from N.K. Jemisin that’s uncannily relevant to a city under siege.

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WHERE WE’RE HEADED

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Slate readers from across the world share photos from their windows.

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What really matters

Dr. Uché Blackstock explains how the coronavirus will affect Black patients, and why that terrifies her.

Mexico’s President Has Gone Totally Off the Rails

Trump’s Coronavirus Response Shows He’s Loyal Only to Himself

It Sure Looks Like Some Countries Are Playing Games With Their Coronavirus Stats

Our Health Insurance System Was Not Built for a Plague

Congress Is at a Loss

Exercise

Do You Really Need to Stay 6 Feet Away From Others on a Run?

New York

“Essential” Workers Are Dying

The Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies on Rikers Island

Wisconsin

The GOP Wants to Make It Harder to Vote Right Now

The World

Labour’s Disastrous Corbyn Era Ends With a Whimper

Hindsight

Don’t Shame New Orleans for Holding Mardi Gras

Jerry Falwell Jr. vs. the Coronavirus

Adam Schlesinger Was a Hit-Maker for an Alternate Reality

Three Americans Who Suddenly Lost Their Jobs

Weird Wide Web

Tired of Seeing Your Own Face on Zoom?

What I Learned Watching the The Heidi Chronicles’ Original Broadway Cast Perform the Play on Zoom

The Internet Archive Started an “Emergency” Online Library. Authors Are Furious.

Is this a reason to postpone the wedding?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: Torpedoed by Management

Help! I’m Upset My Girlfriend Told Her Mom That I Lost My Job.

Podcast Episode Help! I Think I’m Afraid of My Friend.

Help! My Boyfriend Deliberately Coughed in My Face.

My Kid’s School Zoom Meetings Are a Disaster

Trump’s Coronavirus Response Shows He’s Loyal Only to Himself

Republicans in Christian Clothing

Our Health Insurance System Was Not Built for a Plague

The Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies on Rikers Island

Coronavirus Diaries: Three Americans Who Suddenly Lost Their Jobs

Wisconsin Republicans Want to Make It Harder to Vote During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Two Doctors Log Their Days Inside NYC Emergency Rooms

Is the South Ready for the Coronavirus?

Hobby Lobby Keeps Disobeying State Stay-at-Home Orders

Let’s Not Get Carried Away: Trump Is Still Screwing Up Most of His Job, and He’s Still a Hollow Monstrosity

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The Battle for New York

What I Learned Watching the The Heidi Chronicles’ Original Broadway Cast Perform the Play on Zoom

Adam Schlesinger Was a Hit-Maker for an Alternate Reality

Quarantine Thirst Objects? Don’t Lie: You’ve Thought Long and Hard About This.

How Two Artists Combined Thousands of NYC Listings Into an Ad for One Massive, $43.9 Billion Apartment

Adam Schlesinger’s Friends, Fans, and Colleagues Grieve the Songwriter on Social Media

The Internet Archive Started an “Emergency” Online Library. Authors Are Furious.

The Internet Is Breaking a Little From the Coronavirus

Coronavirus Diaries: Three Americans Who Suddenly Lost Their Jobs

This Is Not the Last—or Worst—Pandemic We Are Likely to See

Lessons in Taking Things One Day at a Time, From People in Recovery

Many Medical Students Are Willing to Go to the Front Lines. But We Need Pay and Protection.

Do You Really Need to Stay 6 Feet Away From Others When You’re Running?

Tired of Seeing Your Own Face on Zoom? Hide It.

Our Health Insurance System Was Not Built for a Plague

The View From Quarantine

I Want to Spend Time With My Kid. But They’re Really Boring…

Coronavirus Diaries: Screw It, We Got a Dog

6 Home Repair Problems You Might Face on Your Own While Sheltering in Place

Dear Prudence Uncensored: Torpedoed by Management

Help! Sheltering in Place Has Made Me Realize My Fiancé Is Annoying.

Ask a Teacher: My Kid’s School Zoom Meetings Are a Disaster

How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Pandemic

Republicans in Christian Clothing

The Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies on Rikers Island

Wisconsin Republicans Want to Make It Harder to Vote During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Congress Is at a Loss

Entering the Deepest Recession on Record

Mexico’s President Has Gone Totally off the Rails

Trump’s Coronavirus Response Shows He’s Loyal Only to Himself

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Help! I Think I’m Afraid of My Friend.