The Mueller Report

Cover Story

Barr Has Failed America

Mark Joseph Stern

His press conference was appalling even by the Trump administration’s standard.

Everything the Mueller Report Says About the Pee Tape

Molly Olmstead

It Sure Looks Like Manafort Was Working With the Russians

Jeremy Stahl

What the Report Says About Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

Aaron Mak

All the Mistakes Mueller Made in Declining to Prosecute Don Jr.

Richard L. Hasen

Don Jr. and WikiLeaks Had a Risky Exchange Two Months Before the 2016 Election

April Glaser

Our President

Trump Did His Best to Interfere With Mueller, but His Aides Didn’t Follow Orders

Henry Grabar

Barr Press Conference

The Most Remarkable Part Had Nothing to Do With the Facts

Molly Olmstead

Barr Didn’t Have a Great Answer to Whether He Was Protecting Trump

Aaron Mak

The Four Loopholes Barr Used to Protect Trump

William Saletan

Tech

Why Was the Mueller Report Delivered to Congress on CDs?

Aaron Mak

The Conversation Starts Here

Introducing Charged, a story about an experiment in punishment and the people caught up in it.

Most Gun Owners Are White. Most Gun Court Defendants Are Black.

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Meghan and Harry’s Self-Branding Game Is Starting to Look More Like Beyoncé’s

Ruth Graham

They’re following a modern custom set by a different sort of royalty.

What Happened to Winter on Game of Thrones?

Inkoo Kang

The yearslong seasons were a fascinating part of the books. The show basically dropped them.

Sports & Leisure

This Was the Most Exciting Soccer Match of the Year

Eric Betts

Not even instant replay could ruin it.

Kevin Durant Knows Exactly How Patrick Beverley Plans to Troll Him

Nick Greene

I’d Never Seen Another Black Hunter Depicted in Pop Culture. When I Did, It Hit Close to Home.

Tyler Austin Harper

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I don’t want to break our promise, but I can’t see how giving up the good life we have is worth it.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Flirtatious Neighbor

Help! I’m Sober Now, but Regret and Shame Keep Preventing Me From Moving Forward.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Treats Me Like an Unpaid Therapist.

Help! My Husband Uses Our Silverware to Feed Our Dog, and It’s Making Me Sick.

Care and Feeding

I’m a Gay Man, and My Student Is Homophobic. What Should I Do?

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Culture

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Desert Storm

Brian Raftery

How Three Kings almost fell apart.

Patrick Beverley Tries to Get Inside Kevin Durant’s Head, Finds Durant Is Already There

Nick Greene

The Key to the Most Flavorful Braised Chicken on the Block

Kristen Miglore

This Is Not the Mueller Report. This Is a Segment Called “Can Millennials Open a Can of Paint?”

Marissa Martinelli

Even Instant Replay Couldn’t Ruin the Most Exciting Soccer Match of the Year

Eric Betts

What Happened to Winter on Game of Thrones?

Inkoo Kang

Beyoncé’s Surprise Coachella Album Includes Two New Tracks

Natalia Winkelman

Technology

How it’s changing us

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How to Scan Your Airbnb for Hidden Cameras

Aaron Mak

It’s not as technically difficult as it might sound.

Why Was the Mueller Report Delivered to Congress on CDs?

Aaron Mak

Police Are Making Tone-Deaf Memes to Build Community Trust

April Glaser

Making Sense of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

April Glaser and Siva Vaidhyanathan

Future Tense Newsletter: A Theory of Conspiracy

Anthony Nguyen

The Courts and Canada Are Doing What the U.S. Government Won’t on Data Breaches

Josephine Wolff

Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech

Daniel Susser

New Details From the Mueller Report About Don Jr.’s Interactions With WikiLeaks

April Glaser

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An honest guide to modern life

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Kim K Esq.

Mark Joseph Stern

Can Kim Kardashian actually become a lawyer with no law degree and a busy job playing herself on TV?

On Slate’s Parenting Podcast: How Do I Stop Relatives Posting Pictures of My Kid on Social Media?

Rebecca Lavoie, Gabriel Roth, and Carvell Wallace

Katie Bouman and the Myth of the Lone Genius

Marcia Chatelain, Noreen Malone, and June Thomas

Until Recently, I’d Never Seen Another Black Hunter Depicted in Pop Culture. When I Finally Did, It Hit Very Close to Home.

Tyler Austin Harper

I Hoard These Heel-Saving Bandages I Found in France

Strategist Editors

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Flirtatious Neighbor

Nicole Cliffe and Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! My Wife and I Agreed I Would Get Pregnant With Our Next Kid, but Now I Don’t Want To.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Business

Where the money goes

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The Future of Unions Is White-Collar

Bret Schulte

Blue-collar jobs are disappearing. But a powerful new wave of organized labor is taking its place.

Herman Cain Says He Is Not Actually Withdrawing His Name From the Fed Race

Jordan Weissmann

Some of the 2020 Dems Should Really Be Giving a Lot More to Charity

Jordan Weissmann

A Piece of Paris Goes Up in Flames

Henry Grabar

What Trump Should Have Passed Instead of The Tax Bill That Everyone Hates

Jordan Weissmann

Women in Charge: Anna Allanbrook

Allison Benedikt

How Food52 Uses Customer Insights to Design Products and Recipes

Seth Stevenson

Sometimes It Takes a Horrible Fire to Raise a Billion Dollars

Henry Grabar

News & Politics

What really matters

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“100 Days of Success”

Jim Newell

Democratic leaders are absolutely positive that everything’s perfect. Why do you ask?

Mueller’s Report Sure Makes It Look Like Paul Manafort Was Working With the Russians

Jeremy Stahl

What the Mueller Report Says About Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

Aaron Mak

All the Mistakes Mueller Made in Declining to Prosecute Donald Trump Jr.

Richard L. Hasen

Trump Did His Best to Interfere With Mueller, but the President’s Aides Didn’t Follow Orders

Henry Grabar

Everything the Mueller Report Says About the Pee Tape

Molly Olmstead

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