This Is Not a Drill

The panic in Hawaii reminds us how unprepared
we are for a war with North Korea.

By Andrew Swick

What People in the Room and Outside It Are Now Saying About Trump’s “S---hole Countries” Remark

It’s Small, Brazen Acts Like This One That Will Move the Sexual Harassment Fight in the Right Direction

Vikings Beat Saints on Insane Final-Play TD, First in Playoff History

Cranberries Lead Singer Dolores O’Riordan Dies at Age 46

Interrogation

Enough With the Palace Intrigue

Media critic Margaret Sullivan says news readers don’t care about power moves within the White House.

By Isaac Chotiner

THE SLATEST SEE ALL

Gwendolyn Shared
Her Stash. Then Michael Died.

The law can charge opioid users who sell to fellow addicts with homicide. That doesn’t solve anything.

By Daniel Denvir

Is the Media Learning How to Cover Trump, or Is Trump Learning How to Play the Media?

A Short Blurb Helped Cause the Opioid Crisis. That’s Just the Start of Science’s Citation Woes.

Black Mothers Are Struggling Most From America’s Deteriorating Workplace Conditions and Benefits

By Roselyn Miller

GOP Majority Leader Had Staffer Pick Out Red, Pink Starbursts for Trump, Since They’re His Favorites

Chelsea Manning Is Running for U.S. Senate in Maryland

Hawaii Missile Scare Reactions: “This Is How You’re Going to Die—in a Place That’s a Paradise”

Four Ways We’ve Distorted the History of the Civil Rights Movement

Nov 17, 2:00 AM - - MULTIPLE AUTHORS How Will Amazon’s New Headquarters Actually Help These Cities?

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Books

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Critics Debate the Movies of 2017

Why the Globes #MeToo Protest Fell Flat

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Oprah 2020? Really? The same political malaise that produced Donald Trump is now threatening to give us candidate Winfrey.

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“Unless flirtation is limited to an unexpected lashing-out of limbs and mouths, in which case I’ve been doing it wrong for 20 years.” For God’s Sake, New York Times, #MeToo Is Not Going to End Flirting And Fun Sex

“Which stage of capitalism is it when ordinary consumers beg a multinational corporation to insult them?” @Wendys Is Negging You

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News & Politics

The Slatest

Nov. 16 2018 4:03 PM David Hockney Painting Sells for $90 Million, the Highest Ever for a Living Artist Molly Olmstead

Trump Taps Ex–Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as Permanent EPA Replacement for Scott Pruitt

At Least 66 Dead and 600 Missing in California Fires

Judge Rules That Jim Acosta Is Allowed Back Into White House—for Now

Justice Department Accidentally Reveals Plans to Indict Julian Assange

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Tech Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

This California Congressional District Provides a Perfect Visual Example of Why You Count All the Votes

Jeff Flake, the King of the Empty Gesture, Just Took a Stand Against Trump That Actually Matters

Business

Metropolis

Nov. 15 2018 6:55 PM Do New Yorkers Even Want Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs? Even in prosperous times, the city is getting harder to live in—and it’s not clear how HQ2 will help. Henry Grabar

Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City Worse

New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest Again

Democrats Proved They Can Win Again in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Why Not Ohio?

Hamilton’s Chris Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Cast in Hamilton

What Will This Week’s Progressive Victories Mean for Big Banks, Puerto Rico, and Cannabis?

Life

Dear Prudence

June 5 2018 4:00 PM Dear Prudence Live Chat For June 11, 2018. Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Slate Plus Extra: Help! My Soon-to-Be Ex-Husband Cares More About His Dogs Than His Kids.

Part-Time Work Isn’t the Solution to Mothers’ Work-Life Woes

Help! My Husband Is Embarrassed by Our Infertility.

Help! Will Becoming a Foster Parent Ruin My Love Life?

What’s a Male Ally to Do? Try These Five Things.

Help! Everyone Keeps Telling Me to Go to Therapy—Please Make It Stop!

Why Equal Access to Health Care May Be the Key to Lasting Peace in Colombia

Double X

The XX Factor

Jan. 11 2018 2:51 PM How the Evangelical Culture of Forgiveness Hurts Victims of Sexual Abuse Ruth Graham

For God’s Sake, New York Times, #MeToo Is Not Going to End Flirting And Fun Sex

Hollywood’s Official Response to #MeToo Is Off to a Rocky Start

A Close Look at the Many Times We’ve Anointed “The Year of the Woman” Before

The Best, Most Searing Writing on Sexual Harassment This Year

Evangelical Women, Long Acculturated to Shun “Negative” Topics, Are Speaking Out About #MeToo

USA Gymnastics Paid McKayla Maroney $1.25 Million to Stay Silent About Her Alleged Sexual Abuse

Democrats Should Follow the Doug Jones Playbook on Abortion Rights

Slate Plus

Slate Extra

Aug. 15 2018 5:45 PM Is Representation in Hollywood Finally Improving? Slate’s Inkoo Kang on her favorite films and TV shows of the year so far. Chau Tu

The Cambridge Analytica Mess Reveals That Even Careful Policies Can’t Protect Our Data

Answering Your Watergate Questions

What’s It Like to Be a Gender and Sexuality Journalist? A Working Podcast Transcript.

What’s It Like to Be an ACLU Attorney? A Working Podcast Transcript.

Arts

Brow Beat

Sept. 22 2018 8:32 AM Why Is Autumn the Only Season With Two Names? Forrest Wickman

A Complete List of the Women Who Have Accused Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault

Eliza Dushku’s Agent and On-Set Legal Guardian Both Back Her Account of Sexual Assault

SNL’s Steve Bannon Finally Takes off His Grim Reaper Mask and He Looks a Lot Like Bill Murray

Want to Watch a Man With the Head of a Dog Eat a Sandwich? SNL Has You Covered

Mark Wahlberg Donates His All the Money in the World Reshoot Money to Time’s Up

Eliza Dushku Accuses Stunt Coordinator Joel Kramer of Sexually Assaulting Her When She Was 12

Ashley Judd Thinks James Franco’s Response to Allegations Against Him Has Been “Terrific”

Technology

Future Tense

Nov. 16 2018 3:22 PM Hijacking the Internet Is Far Too Easy Countries like Russia and China can redirect web traffic—and they aren’t just trying to steal information. Justin Sherman

The FDA’s New E-Cigarette Regulations Respond to an “Epidemic” That Doesn’t Really Exist

Tech Companies Like Facebook Should Have to Safeguard Your Data Like Lawyers and Doctors Do

Facebook’s Response to the Damning New York Times Story Only Proved the Times’ Point

How to Protect Yourself if You Live in a Fire-Prone Area

Facebook’s PR Firm Used a Conservative News Site to Lavishly Praise the Social Network—and Fiercely Attack Its Rivals

Japan’s Cybersecurity Minister Doesn’t Know How to Use a Computer.

Health & Science

Science

Jan. 12 2018 5:09 PM Did Ryan Zinke Give Florida an Offshore Drilling Exemption Because of Mar-a-Lago? Everything Zinke says to justify Florida’s exemption applies to every other coastal state. Except one thing. Neel V. Patel

Facebook’s Revamp Is Also an Effort to Fight Fake News. Will It Work?

It’s Surprisingly Easy to Lose a Satellite, Even One Worth Millions

Is Watching the News Actually Bad for Your Health?

How Oprah Winfrey Helped Create Our Irrational, Pseudoscientific American Fantasyland

What Doctors Suggest You Do About the Flu This Winter

Will Puerto Rico’s Official Death Count From Maria Ever Be Accurate?

Sports

Sports Nut

Nov. 17 2017 5:30 PM The Boston Celtics Are Athlete’s Foot Can they annoy their way to an NBA title? Nick Greene

Divisions Are Ruining College Football, and There’s Nothing We Can Do About It

NFL Coaches Are Making Better Fourth-Down Decisions. They Still Have a Long Way to Go.

What the Orlando Magic Tell Us About the NBA’s Crazy Start

The World’s Best Three-on-Three Basketball Player Is a Serbian Nicknamed Mr. Bullutproof

The Houston Astros’ Players Are Easy to Love. Their Front Office Is Not.

This Is the Best World Series in a Half-Century. You’d Be Crazy Not to Watch It.