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A new study finds that suspected hoax and propaganda sites have been getting less engagement on Facebook since the 2016 election—and getting more on Twitter.

Trolls Are Still Tweeting Christine Blasey Ford’s Address, and Twitter Hasn’t Stopped It

April Glaser

Should You Buy the iPhone XS? Only if You Fall Into One of These Five Categories.

Christina Bonnington

Pennsylvania Prisons Ban Direct Book Donations in Shift to Expensive E-Books

Mia Armstrong

3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

April Glaser

IQ Scores Look to Be Declining. Is There a Complicated Explanation, or Are We Just Getting Dumber?

Daniel Engber

No One Should Be Shocked by the EU Copyright Law That Would “Ban Memes”

Eleonora Rosati

Amazon Just Announced a Baffling Number of New Products. Here’s How to Make Sense of Them.

Christina Bonnington

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

Richard Brookhiser and Jeanne Safer

Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that’s rooted in our drastically different political views.

My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

Nicole Cliffe

For Black Fans Like Me, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Corny Love Is Serious

Rachelle Hampton

Want to Learn Good Cooking Technique? Beware of Relying Too Much on Cookbooks and Recipes.

Daniel Isengart

Rabbit Holes: Why I Waste Time Zillowing Apartments in Other Cities and Inventing Different Versions of Myself

Rebecca Renner

Where Are All the Images of Working Pregnant Women?

Rebecca Gale

The Three Best Pimple Patches for All Kinds of Pimples

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Business

Where the money goes

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Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Matthew Zeitlin

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

Henry Grabar

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jordan Weissmann

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

Jordan Weissmann

Welcome to the Weed Bubble

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

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Republicans Are Getting Away With It

Jim Newell

The prospect of a hearing without Christine Blasey Ford is a trap, and Democrats are walking into it.

The Hot Seats: a Big, Blinking Red Light for the Democrats

Jim Newell and Josh Voorhees

Michael Cohen Reportedly Questioned for Hours by Mueller on Trump’s Russia Ties

Elliot Hannon

The GOP Could Be Damned if Kavanaugh Is Confirmed—and Damned if He’s Not

Jamelle Bouie

Report: Female Students Were Told It Was “Not an Accident” Kavanaugh’s Female Clerks “Looked Like Models”

Molly Olmstead

Tiger Woods, Ford’s Request, and Teaching After a Shooting

Rebecca Onion

Chuck Grassley Says the Real Victim of the Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations Is … Chuck Grassley

Christina Cauterucci

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The GOP’s Kavanaugh Dilemma

Democrats Had One of Their Worst Election Nights This Week

Chuck Grassley Says the Real Victim of the Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations Is … Chuck Grassley

Report: Female Students Told It Was “Not an Accident” Kavanaugh’s Clerks “Looked Like Models”

Russia Probe

Mueller Reportedly Questioned Michael Cohen for Hours

Marijuana

It Sure Looks Like Wall Street Is in a Weed Bubble

Big Tech

Amazon Wants a Bunch of Its New Products in Every Room of Your Home

Procrastinating

Why I Love Looking Up Apartments Around the World

The Pickle

My Roommate Destroys the Fridge When He’s Drunk. I Love Him, but This Has to Stop.

A conversation with the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

My In-Laws Have a Habit of Kidnapping My Daughter

Think You’re Smarter Than Sam Adams?

Movies & TV

The Perfect Balance of Fun and Fright

The Good Place’s Podcast Makes It Seem Like Working on This Show Really Is Heaven

What Love, Gilda Leaves Out About the Life of Gilda Radner

Dysphoria is not simply internalized misogyny turned up to 11.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Help! I Had to Give My Flaky Friends the Freeze-out—but Now I Really Miss Them.

Help! My Niece and Nephew Took My Teenage Daughter Out of State to Get an Abortion.

Help! My Son’s Summer Fling Is Pregnant, and I Want Her to Keep the Baby.

My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

The Hot Seats: a Big, Blinking Red Light for the Democrats

Unlike the Sitcom, the Good Place Podcast Might Give You Genuinely Useful Moral Advice

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Sept. 17

Amazon Just Announced a Baffling Number of New Products. Here’s How to Make Sense of Them.

Welcome to the Weed Bubble

Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian Are Extremely Good at Performing Their Happy Relationship Online. Why Do They Do It?

Tiger Woods Is Still Playing Golf With a Fused Spine at Age 42. What Is He Trying to Prove?

Republicans Are Getting Away With It

Judiciary Staffer Leading Christine Blasey Ford Investigation Tweets That He Is “Determined” to “Confirm Judge Kavanaugh”

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Why Is Tiger Woods Even Here?

Unlike the Sitcom, the Good Place Podcast Might Give You Genuinely Useful Moral Advice

Love, Gilda Is a Wonderful Documentary for Those Who Already Love Gilda

The Video for Cher’s “SOS” Cover Uses ABBA’s Original Visuals to Send a Very Different Message

The New Video for Prince’s “Mary Don’t You Weep” Shows the Aftermath of Gun Violence

The House With a Clock in Its Walls Is the Perfect Gateway Movie for Introducing Kids to Horror

A New Veronica Mars Series Is Coming to Hulu

Facebook’s Crackdown on Misinformation Might Actually Be Working

Trolls Are Still Tweeting Christine Blasey Ford’s Address, and Twitter Hasn’t Stopped It

Should You Buy the iPhone XS? Only if You Fall Into One of These Five Categories.

Pennsylvania Prisons Ban Direct Book Donations in Shift to Expensive E-Books

3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

IQ Scores Look to Be Declining. Is There a Complicated Explanation, or Are We Just Getting Dumber?

No One Should Be Shocked by the EU Copyright Law That Would “Ban Memes”

Amazon Just Announced a Baffling Number of New Products. Here’s How to Make Sense of Them.

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

For Black Fans Like Me, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Corny Love Is Serious

Want to Learn Good Cooking Technique? Beware of Relying Too Much on Cookbooks and Recipes.

Rabbit Holes: Why I Waste Time Zillowing Apartments in Other Cities and Inventing Different Versions of Myself

Where Are All the Images of Working Pregnant Women?

The Three Best Pimple Patches for All Kinds of Pimples

I’m Not Totally Freaked Out by Trump’s Trade War With China—Yet

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

Welcome to the Weed Bubble

Republicans Are Getting Away With It

The Hot Seats: a Big, Blinking Red Light for the Democrats

Michael Cohen Reportedly Questioned for Hours by Mueller on Trump’s Russia Ties

The GOP Could Be Damned if Kavanaugh Is Confirmed—and Damned if He’s Not

Report: Female Students Were Told It Was “Not an Accident” Kavanaugh’s Female Clerks “Looked Like Models”

Tiger Woods, Ford’s Request, and Teaching After a Shooting

Chuck Grassley Says the Real Victim of the Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations Is … Chuck Grassley

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