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Our Major American Misunderstanding

Dahlia Lithwick and Michael Podhorzer

Ron DeSantis Is Playing Fast and Loose With Campaign Finance Laws

Alexander Sammon

Samuel Alito Confirms He Ruled on Case Involving Billionaire Who Gave Him Free Flight on Private Plane

Ben Mathis-Lilley

What the Powerful Men Boosting RFK Jr. Really Want

Jacob Silverman

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Despair They’re Feeling Right Now. We Must.

Evan Urquhart

GOP

A Small Swath of Conservatives Might Be Stepping Back From the Brink

Dahlia Lithwick

Is the Right Satisfied With Hunter Biden’s Guilty Pleas? (LOL, No.)

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Tech

The Grievous iPhone Design Flaw That Makes Us All Look Like Absolute Lunatics

Dan Kois

Money

A Submarine That Visits the Titanic Wreck Disappeared. It’s a Whole Industry.

Shannon Palus

Literature

A Minor Scandal at the New Yorker, Remembered 26 Years Later

Dan Kois

A Bestselling Author Says Publishers Rejected His New Thriller Because He’s White. I Read It, and I’m Not So Sure.

Laura Miller

Killer Mike’s Most Controversial Trait Is Also His Superpower

Jack Hamilton

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

Ray Hamel

The Deed

I Have a Risqué New Job Opportunity. I Wonder If I’ll Regret It in 10 Years.

How to Do It

Ron DeSantis Thinks He Has Florida in a Chokehold. Gays Have Other Ideas.

Leo Herrera

Yep, Trader Joe’s Cashiers Are Up to Exactly What You Suspected

Luke Winkie

I feel weird having given a recommendation for someone bitter that a woman advanced ahead of him.

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

Help! My Boyfriend’s Dad Keeps Bragging About How Much Sex His Son Had Before He Dated Me.

Help! My Stepdaughter Just Delivered an Essay About How Awful I Was to Her Growing Up.

Help! My Niece Lives With Me for Free, and She’s Turning the House Into a Pigsty.

Care and Feeding

My Mom’s New Husband Wants Me to Be the Perfect Midwestern Son. Hell No.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! I Think the Man I Just Recommended for a Job Is a Terrible Sexist.

4h ago

Ray Hamel

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

4h ago

Evan Urquhart

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They’re Really Feeling Right Now. We Must.

4h ago

Alexander Sammon

Ron DeSantis’ Super PAC Is Doing Something Shady

4h ago

Dahlia Lithwick and Michael Podhorzer

Our Major American Misunderstanding

A Small Swath of Conservatives Might Be Stepping Back From the Brink

Dahlia Lithwick

Clarence Thomas Went After My Work. His Criticisms Reveal a Disturbing Fact About Originalism.

Gregory Ablavsky

The.Maddening.iPhone. Keyboard.Design.That.Makes.All My.Searches.Look.Like.This

You know what I’m talking about.

Dan Kois

Tennessee Is for Trans People, Too

In rural America, many queer people have built lives rich in nature and community. Now they face an impossible choice.

Delilah Friedler

Culture

What it all means

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Michael Keaton’s Batman May Be Back, but It’ll Never Feel the Same

Sam Adams

The Flash’s big surprises show how the meaning of fan service has shifted.

How Black Mirror Made Netflix Its Big Villain

Culture Gabfest

The Super Bowl of Private Chef TikTok

ICYMI

How Las Vegas Went From a Pro Sports Desert to Every League’s Favorite Destination

Hang Up and Listen

Killer Mike’s Most Controversial Trait Is Also His Superpower

Jack Hamilton

A Forgotten Minor Scandal at the New Yorker, Remembered 26 Years Later

Dan Kois

This Bestselling Author Says Publishers Rejected His New Thriller Because He’s White. I Read It, and I’m Not So Sure.

Laura Miller

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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The Impossible Math Behind Pay-Per-Minute Prison Messaging

Lyle C. May

In North Carolina prisons, we’re charged for every minute we want to look at family photos or read messages from friends.

Jeff Bezos Stepped Down as Amazon CEO Just in Time for the Gig to Become Miserable

Alex Kantrowitz

What the Powerful Men Boosting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Really Want

Jacob Silverman

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Tennessee Is for Trans People, Too

Delilah Friedler

In rural America, many queer people have built lives rich in nature and community. Now they face an impossible choice.

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! I Think the Man I Just Recommended for a Job Is a Terrible Sexist.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They’re Really Feeling Right Now. We Must.

Evan Urquhart

How Did We Fall for the Fraud of Corporate Pride?

Outward

My Husband Is Almost Too Good in Bed. Now I Have a Big Problem.

Jessica Stoya

I Have a Risqué New Job Opportunity. I Wonder If I’ll Regret It in 10 Years.

Jessica Stoya

News & Politics

What really matters

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Clarence Thomas Went After My Work. His Criticisms Reveal a Disturbing Fact About Originalism.

Gregory Ablavsky

If judges are going to use history as their guide, they should probably try to get the history right.

Ron DeSantis’ Super PAC Is Doing Something Shady

Alexander Sammon

Our Major American Misunderstanding

Dahlia Lithwick and Michael Podhorzer

Why There’s a Cop at Your Kid’s School

What Next

Samuel Alito Confirms He Ruled on Case Involving Billionaire Who Gave Him Free Flight on Private Plane

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Slatest for June 20: Pride Feels Different During America’s Anti-Queer “State of Emergency”

Slate Staff

U.S. and Chinese Officials Are Talking Again. Here’s Why That Matters.

Fred Kaplan

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

Ray Hamel

Our Major American Misunderstanding

Ron DeSantis Is Playing Fast and Loose With Campaign Finance Laws

Samuel Alito Confirms He Ruled on Case Involving Billionaire Who Gave Him Free Flight on Private Plane

What the Powerful Men Boosting RFK Jr. Really Want

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Despair They’re Feeling Right Now. We Must.

GOP

A Small Swath of Conservatives Might Be Stepping Back From the Brink

Is the Right Satisfied With Hunter Biden’s Guilty Pleas? (LOL, No.)

Tech

The Grievous iPhone Design Flaw That Makes Us All Look Like Absolute Lunatics

Money

A Submarine That Visits the Titanic Wreck Disappeared. It’s a Whole Industry.

Literature

A Minor Scandal at the New Yorker, Remembered 26 Years Later

A Bestselling Author Says Publishers Rejected His New Thriller Because He’s White. I Read It, and I’m Not So Sure.

Podcast

Hi-Phi Nation

A philosophy podcast that turns stories into ideas.

The Digital Future of Grief

If you create an A.I. version of a dying loved one, do you ever really grieve?

Killer Mike’s Most Controversial Trait Is Also His Superpower

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

The Deed

I Have a Risqué New Job Opportunity. I Wonder If I’ll Regret It in 10 Years.

Ron DeSantis Thinks He Has Florida in a Chokehold. Gays Have Other Ideas.

Yep, Trader Joe’s Cashiers Are Up to Exactly What You Suspected

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I feel weird having given a recommendation for someone bitter that a woman advanced ahead of him.

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

Help! My Boyfriend’s Dad Keeps Bragging About How Much Sex His Son Had Before He Dated Me.

Help! My Stepdaughter Just Delivered an Essay About How Awful I Was to Her Growing Up.

Help! My Niece Lives With Me for Free, and She’s Turning the House Into a Pigsty.

My Mom’s New Husband Wants Me to Be the Perfect Midwestern Son. Hell No.

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

Help! I Think the Man I Just Recommended for a Job Is a Terrible Sexist.

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They’re Really Feeling Right Now. We Must.

Ron DeSantis’ Super PAC Is Doing Something Shady

Our Major American Misunderstanding

A Small Swath of Conservatives Might Be Stepping Back From the Brink

Clarence Thomas Went After My Work. His Criticisms Reveal a Disturbing Fact About Originalism.

The.Maddening.iPhone. Keyboard.Design.That.Makes.All My.Searches.Look.Like.This

Tennessee Is for Trans People, Too

Michael Keaton’s Batman May Be Back, but It’ll Never Feel the Same

How Black Mirror Made Netflix Its Big Villain

The Super Bowl of Private Chef TikTok

How Las Vegas Went From a Pro Sports Desert to Every League’s Favorite Destination

Killer Mike’s Most Controversial Trait Is Also His Superpower

A Forgotten Minor Scandal at the New Yorker, Remembered 26 Years Later

This Bestselling Author Says Publishers Rejected His New Thriller Because He’s White. I Read It, and I’m Not So Sure.

The Impossible Math Behind Pay-Per-Minute Prison Messaging

A Submarine That Visits the Titanic Wreck Disappeared. It’s a Whole Industry.

The Grievous iPhone Design Flaw That Makes Us All Look Like Absolute Lunatics

TikTok Has Brought Skin So Soft as Bug Repellent Back

Millions of People Collect Plastic for a Living. What Happens if It Goes Away?

The Dirty Secret of Amazon’s Free Return Policy

Jeff Bezos Stepped Down as Amazon CEO Just in Time for the Gig to Become Miserable

What the Powerful Men Boosting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Really Want

Tennessee Is for Trans People, Too

Help! My Parents Have a Very Weird Rule About Visits That Is Causing My Partner Genuine Pain.

Help! I Think the Man I Just Recommended for a Job Is a Terrible Sexist.

Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They’re Really Feeling Right Now. We Must.

How Did We Fall for the Fraud of Corporate Pride?

My Husband Is Almost Too Good in Bed. Now I Have a Big Problem.

I Have a Risqué New Job Opportunity. I Wonder If I’ll Regret It in 10 Years.

Clarence Thomas Went After My Work. His Criticisms Reveal a Disturbing Fact About Originalism.

Ron DeSantis’ Super PAC Is Doing Something Shady

Our Major American Misunderstanding

Why There’s a Cop at Your Kid’s School

Samuel Alito Confirms He Ruled on Case Involving Billionaire Who Gave Him Free Flight on Private Plane

The Slatest for June 20: Pride Feels Different During America’s Anti-Queer “State of Emergency”

U.S. and Chinese Officials Are Talking Again. Here’s Why That Matters.

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.