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Being Black in a White Academic World

Jamelle Bouie, Rachelle Hampton, Aisha Harris, and Carvell Wallace on what it’s like to be told you don’t deserve your spot.

Apple’s New AirPods Are the Future, Like It or Not

Will Oremus

Facebook Is Eliminating Ways to Discriminate in Housing and Employment—but Not All the Ways

April Glaser

ISIS and White Supremacists Are Working Toward the Same Goal

William Saletan

Theranos

Elizabeth Holmes Sold Certainty and Sex Appeal

Margaret Wappler

Parenting

What a Dad With a $60K Income Spends on His Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Rebecca Onion

The World

May Says Her Brexit Deal Is the Only Way to Stop No-Deal. Is It?

Joshua Keating

America Has Been Waging a War While No One Was Watching

Joshua Keating

Authenticity

It Doesn’t Sound Like Mayor Pete Is Really a Phish Fan, Guys

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Conversation Starts Here

It’s an accident of history that the Supreme Court has nine seats.

Court Packing Is Not That Extreme

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My Alcoholic Mother Can’t Be Trusted With My Kids

Care and Feeding

I don’t want to keep her grandchildren away from her. What can I do?

Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force?

Marissa Martinelli

The franchise’s latest stories rely less on the once-crucial element in its galaxy.

Streaming TV

Real-Life Death Hangs Over Catastrophe’s Final Season

Inkoo Kang

Sharon and Rob give each other a reason to keep clinging on.

Netflix Is Testing Different Episode Orders on Watchers of Love, Death & Robots

Natalia Winkelman

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in April

Marissa Martinelli

I know for a fact that her weight has held her career back.

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! Is It Wrong That I Don’t Want My Employees Bringing Babies to Work?

Help! Should I Tell My Fiancée I’m Trans?

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Josephine Wolff

How Is the EU’s Data Privacy Regulation Doing So Far?

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Fred Kaplan

Trump Is Right About Huawei

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Matthew Taylor

Climate Change Will Make Disasters Like Cyclone Idai More Devastating

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Rachelle Hampton

Who Would Buy This Thing: Gucci’s $870 Dirty (Looking) Sneakers?

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Frog Has Been Fully Boiled

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Slate Copy Desk

The Angle: Florida Might Take Away Felons’ Rights to Vote—Again

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

Carvell Wallace

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

Henry Grabar

New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900

Molly Olmstead

What a Dad of Two Spends on His Kids During a Week in Torrington, Wyoming

On an annual income of $60,000.

Rebecca Onion

Culture

What’s worth your time

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One Day at a Time’s Cancellation Didn’t Surprise Me. The Uproar Over It Did.

Lili Loofbourow

It’s more clear than ever what the show means.

Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Sold Certainty and Sex Appeal

Margaret Wappler

Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Cruise Hippie L.A. in the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer

Natalia Winkelman

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Os Keyes, Nikki Stevens, and Jacqueline Wernimont

Our research shows that any one of us might end up helping the facial recognition industry, perhaps during moments of extraordinary vulnerability.

Climate Change Will Make Disasters Like Cyclone Idai More Devastating

Matthew Taylor

Facebook Is Eliminating the Easiest Ways to Commit Housing and Employment Discrimination—but Not All the Ways

April Glaser

Facebook Live Gave the New Zealand Shooter a Stage

April Glaser and Will Oremus

The British Medical Journal’s Decision to Ban Formula Ads Is Baseless and Anti-Feminist

Amy Tuteur

Future Tense Newsletter: This Government Facial Recognition System May Be Using Your Photo

Anthony Nguyen

Apple’s New AirPods Are the Future, Like It or Not

Will Oremus

How Is the EU’s Data Privacy Regulation Doing So Far?

Josephine Wolff

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Heather Schwedel

While you decide, I’ll turn on the microwave.

Who Would Buy This Thing: Gucci’s $870 Dirty (Looking) Sneakers?

Rachelle Hampton

The City Gay and the Country Gay

Christina Cauterucci, J. Bryan Lowder, and Brandon Tensley

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Rebecca Onion

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

Carvell Wallace

Business

Where the money goes

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Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

Arindrajit Dube

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Felix Salmon

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

Jordan Weissmann

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Seth Stevenson

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

Jordan Weissmann

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

To Protect New York City From Rising Seas, Build More of It

Henry Grabar

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

Henry Grabar

News & Politics

What really matters

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Right-Wing Terrorism Has Gone Global

Daniel Byman

To counter violence like the New Zealand mosque attacks, we need to target white nationalism in the worldwide war on terror.

Trump Is Right About Huawei

Fred Kaplan

The Frog Has Been Fully Boiled

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Angle: Florida Might Take Away Felons’ Rights to Vote—Again

Slate Copy Desk

Florida Republicans Are Sabotaging a Constitutional Amendment That Gave Felons the Right to Vote

Mark Joseph Stern

Columbus, Ohio, Disbands Its “Moral Crimes” Unit After Investigations Into Charges of Forced Sex

Molly Olmstead

What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus When White People Assume You Don’t Deserve to Be There

Jamelle Bouie, Rachelle Hampton, Aisha Harris, and Carvell Wallace

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Being Black in a White Academic World

Apple’s New AirPods Are the Future, Like It or Not

Facebook Is Eliminating Ways to Discriminate in Housing and Employment—but Not All the Ways

ISIS and White Supremacists Are Working Toward the Same Goal

Theranos

Elizabeth Holmes Sold Certainty and Sex Appeal

Parenting

What a Dad With a $60K Income Spends on His Kids During a Week in Wyoming

The World

May Says Her Brexit Deal Is the Only Way to Stop No-Deal. Is It?

America Has Been Waging a War While No One Was Watching

Authenticity

It Doesn’t Sound Like Mayor Pete Is Really a Phish Fan, Guys

It’s an accident of history that the Supreme Court has nine seats.

My Alcoholic Mother Can’t Be Trusted With My Kids

Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force?

Streaming TV

Real-Life Death Hangs Over Catastrophe’s Final Season

Netflix Is Testing Different Episode Orders on Watchers of Love, Death & Robots

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in April

I know for a fact that her weight has held her career back.

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! Is It Wrong That I Don’t Want My Employees Bringing Babies to Work?

Help! Should I Tell My Fiancée I’m Trans?

How Is the EU’s Data Privacy Regulation Doing So Far?

Trump Is Right About Huawei

Climate Change Will Make Disasters Like Cyclone Idai More Devastating

Who Would Buy This Thing: Gucci’s $870 Dirty (Looking) Sneakers?

The Frog Has Been Fully Boiled

The Angle: Florida Might Take Away Felons’ Rights to Vote—Again

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900

What a Dad of Two Spends on His Kids During a Week in Torrington, Wyoming

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One Day at a Time’s Cancellation Didn’t Surprise Me. The Uproar Over It Did.

Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Sold Certainty and Sex Appeal

Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Cruise Hippie L.A. in the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer

The Inventor Misunderstands What Makes the Theranos Scam Fascinating

Catastrophe’s Final Season Ends a Romance for the Ages

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Mike Trout’s Big New Contract Should Make Everyone Happy. What Could Go Wrong?

The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Climate Change Will Make Disasters Like Cyclone Idai More Devastating

Facebook Is Eliminating the Easiest Ways to Commit Housing and Employment Discrimination—but Not All the Ways

Facebook Live Gave the New Zealand Shooter a Stage

The British Medical Journal’s Decision to Ban Formula Ads Is Baseless and Anti-Feminist

Future Tense Newsletter: This Government Facial Recognition System May Be Using Your Photo

Apple’s New AirPods Are the Future, Like It or Not

How Is the EU’s Data Privacy Regulation Doing So Far?

Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Who Would Buy This Thing: Gucci’s $870 Dirty (Looking) Sneakers?

The City Gay and the Country Gay

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

To Protect New York City From Rising Seas, Build More of It

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

Right-Wing Terrorism Has Gone Global

Trump Is Right About Huawei

The Frog Has Been Fully Boiled

The Angle: Florida Might Take Away Felons’ Rights to Vote—Again

Florida Republicans Are Sabotaging a Constitutional Amendment That Gave Felons the Right to Vote

Columbus, Ohio, Disbands Its “Moral Crimes” Unit After Investigations Into Charges of Forced Sex

What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus When White People Assume You Don’t Deserve to Be There

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