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Companies like Uber and Lyft promise they’re creating opportunities for people shut out of traditional employment, but their opaque background check policies present a barrier for some.

People Keep Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

April Glaser

In Turkey, Even the Volatile Bitcoin Looks Pretty Good Compared to the Lira

Sara Nasser

Chinese Tech Giant Huawei’s CFO Was Arrested for Allegedly Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Aaron Mak

In Two Years, Most New California Homes Will Come With Solar Panels

Jennifer Kang

What the Huawei Executive’s Arrest Could Mean for the U.S.-China Trade Talks

Graham Webster

Why Queen Elizabeth Wore Such Wild Makeup—and How It May Have Led to Her Decline

Rebecca Onion

Photoshop Isn’t the Problem. Using Women’s Bodies to Sell Products Is.

Shannon Palus

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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When Your Parents are Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren

Rachelle Hampton

Featuring Quinn Lewis, age 19.

Leonardo DiCaprio Is Rumored to Be in the Market for Dinosaur Skeleton Art. Can You Really Buy Fossils?

Rachelle Hampton

How “Woke Ammon Bundy” Became the Year’s Most Surprising Resistance Figure

Ruth Graham

Help! I’m a Married Dad Who’s Fallen in Love With a Much Younger Co-Worker.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The Army’s New Sexual Harassment Training Truly Looks Promising

Brigid Schulte

I Won’t Fly Without These Corsetlike Socks

Strategist Editors

Dear Care and Feeding: My Parents Constantly Indulge My 2-Year-Old’s Vices

Nicole Cliffe

Business

Where the money goes

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Minneapolis Confronts Its History of Housing Segregation

Henry Grabar

By doing away with single-family zoning, the city takes on high rent, long commutes, and racism in real estate in one fell swoop.

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Hannibal Buress and Marina Franklin Talk Consensual Sex, Chicago, and Stand-Up

Catie Lazarus

What Harvard Business School Can Tell Us About Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Finally, NYC Is Doing Right by Lyft and Uber Drivers

Terri Gerstein

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

Jordan Weissmann

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

News & Politics

What really matters

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John Kelly Was Supposed to Bring Credibility to the White House. He Failed.

Fred Kaplan

No tears should be shed for the outgoing chief of staff.

Nudging the British Toward Brexit

Mike Pesca

John Kelly Was Always Just Donald Trump With Better Manners

Jamelle Bouie

MP Swipes Royal Mace From Parliament Floor as the U.K. Goes Full British Meltdown

Elliot Hannon

Even if Trump Tries to Fire Mueller, He Can’t Fire the Grand Jury

Peter M. Shane

How Robert Mueller Mastered the Art of the Plea Deal

Slate Copy Desk

Russian Accused of Infiltrating NRA, GOP Will Apparently Plead Guilty (But We Don’t Know What It Means for Trump)

Ben Mathis-Lilley

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Donald Trump With Better Manners

How Ammon Bundy Became the Year’s Most Surprising Resistance Figure

House Republicans Took One Final Shot at Comey—and Discredited Themselves

Trump’s “Obama Did It Too” Legal Defense Does Not Hold an Ounce of Water

Transportation

People Keep Throwing Electric Scooters in Lakes and Rivers

British Meltdown

MP Swipes Royal Mace From Parliament Floor

Our President

Being Unable to Find a Chief of Staff Is Not a Problem for Trump

Courts

A Conservative Judge Torched Trump’s Latest Illegal Assault on Immigrants

SCOTUS Handed Planned Parenthood a Small Victory

What it’s like to oversee nine different cruise lines at once.

The Anti-Airbrushing Movement Is Becoming a Marketing Gimmick

My Parents Keep Indulging My 2-Year-Old’s Vices

Culture

The Best Books of 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Midseason Finale Turns Into a High School Reunion Musical

There’s Now a Teaser for Stranger Things Season 3

The dispiriting vision of the future you call “a chance at happiness”

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Vicious Boss

Help! A Distant Friend Asked Me to Describe My Genitals Over Text.

Help! My Cisgender Partner Keeps Misgendering Me.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Feel Like My Boyfriend’s Always Testing Me.

Nudging the British Toward Brexit

John Kelly Was Always Just Donald Trump With Better Manners

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Midseason Finale Turns Into a High School (Reunion) Musical

MP Swipes Royal Mace From Parliament Floor as the U.K. Goes Full British Meltdown

Leonardo DiCaprio Is Rumored to Be in the Market for Dinosaur Skeleton Art. Can You Really Buy Fossils?

Even if Trump Tries to Fire Mueller, He Can’t Fire the Grand Jury

Dear Care and Feeding: My Parents Constantly Indulge My 2-Year-Old’s Vices

House Republicans Took One Final Shot at Comey—and Discredited Themselves

The 10 Best Books of 2018

Trump’s “Obama Did It Too” Legal Defense Does Not Hold an Ounce of Water

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The Best Jazz Albums of 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Midseason Finale Turns Into a High School (Reunion) Musical

The Case for Kyler Murray Playing Football Instead of Baseball

Andy Serkis Turns Theresa May Into a Brexit-Seeking Gollum

Stranger Things Season 3 Has a New Teaser, and You Know What That Means: Episode Titles!

How the Heck Does That Chicken in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Do Math?

The 10 Best Books of 2018

Workers With Criminal Records Struggle to Find a Place in the Gig Economy

People Keep Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

In Turkey, Even the Volatile Bitcoin Looks Pretty Good Compared to the Lira

Chinese Tech Giant Huawei’s CFO Was Arrested for Allegedly Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

In Two Years, Most New California Homes Will Come With Solar Panels

What the Huawei Executive’s Arrest Could Mean for the U.S.-China Trade Talks

Why Queen Elizabeth Wore Such Wild Makeup—and How It May Have Led to Her Decline

Photoshop Isn’t the Problem. Using Women’s Bodies to Sell Products Is.

When Your Parents are Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren

Leonardo DiCaprio Is Rumored to Be in the Market for Dinosaur Skeleton Art. Can You Really Buy Fossils?

How “Woke Ammon Bundy” Became the Year’s Most Surprising Resistance Figure

Help! I’m a Married Dad Who’s Fallen in Love With a Much Younger Co-Worker.

The Army’s New Sexual Harassment Training Truly Looks Promising

I Won’t Fly Without These Corsetlike Socks

Dear Care and Feeding: My Parents Constantly Indulge My 2-Year-Old’s Vices

Minneapolis Confronts Its History of Housing Segregation

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Hannibal Buress and Marina Franklin Talk Consensual Sex, Chicago, and Stand-Up

What Harvard Business School Can Tell Us About Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook

Finally, NYC Is Doing Right by Lyft and Uber Drivers

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

John Kelly Was Supposed to Bring Credibility to the White House. He Failed.

Nudging the British Toward Brexit

John Kelly Was Always Just Donald Trump With Better Manners

MP Swipes Royal Mace From Parliament Floor as the U.K. Goes Full British Meltdown

Even if Trump Tries to Fire Mueller, He Can’t Fire the Grand Jury

How Robert Mueller Mastered the Art of the Plea Deal

Russian Accused of Infiltrating NRA, GOP Will Apparently Plead Guilty (But We Don’t Know What It Means for Trump)

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