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

Dec 13, 6:01 AM - D. M. ORTBERG & N. CLIFFE - SLATE PLUS Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Childless Friend

Dec 13, 6:00 AM - DANIEL MALLORY ORTBERG - 12M to read Help! Our Stepdaughter Sold the Presents We Gave Our Grandkids for Christmas.

Dec 13, 5:59 AM - - MULTIPLE AUTHORS - 12M to read Ask a Teacher: This Unfair Grade Cap Is Preventing My Son From Acing English

Dec 13, 5:55 AM - DANA STEVENS - 7M to read The 10 Best Movies of 2018

Dec 13, 12:35 AM - MATTHEW DESSEM - 1M to read Trevor Noah Runs the Numbers on the Stormy Daniels Hush Money

Dec 12, 11:02 PM - MATTHEW DESSEM - 1M to read Seth Meyers Thinks President Trump Will Have a Hard Time Hiding From the Feds

Dec 12, 9:30 PM - MIKE PESCA - 1M to read Is President Trump Really the Interrupter in Chief? Let’s Look at the Numbers.

Dec 12, 9:10 PM - ELLIOT HANNON - 1M to read Nancy Pelosi Strikes Deal on Leadership Term Limits in Return for Votes to Become Next Speaker

Dec 12, 6:37 PM - LILI LOOFBOUROW - 5M to read Why Nancy Pelosi’s Quiet Trump Burn Was Uniquely Satisfying

Dec 12, 6:03 PM - MARK JOSEPH STERN - 3M to read The FBI Probe That May Have Cost Andrew Gillum His Election No Longer Appears Interested in Andrew Gillum

Dec 12, 5:59 PM - REBECCA LEBER - 3M to read Joe Manchin, Who Once Shot a Cap-and-Trade Bill, Is Officially the Lead Senate Democrat on Energy

Dec 12, 5:44 PM - AARON MAK - 2M to read Taylor Swift’s Security Used Facial Recognition Technology to Monitor Concert Crowds for Stalkers. Is That Allowed?

Dec 12, 5:40 PM - SHANNON PALUS - 2M to read Why Social Media Is Hell for Parents of a Stillborn Child

Dec 12, 5:38 PM - HENRY GRABAR - 2M to read The Federal Reserve Says Millennials Are Broke. Pew Says Millennials Are Loaded. Which Is It?

Dec 12, 4:55 PM - JOSHUA KEATING - 1M to read Britain Will Still Have Theresa May to Kick Around

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Jurisprudence

The Innocence Deniers When convictions are clearly wrong, these prosecutors don’t just hinder justice—they actively work against it.

Books

Fire and Flimsy Michael Wolff’s shoddy journalism manages to indict both his tactics and the media as a whole.

Critics Debate the Movies of 2017

Why the Globes #MeToo Protest Fell Flat

Politics

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

Podcasts

Studio 360 Day Jobs: A Playwright Who Helps Patients Breathe
Women in Charge Evolving Roles for Women in the Military
Working What’s It Like to Grow Marijuana for a Living?
Amicus The True Cost of Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Seat
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“Award shows are like ocean liners: The seas may be rocky, but save a few spilled drinks and a speech by Meryl Streep, they are plodding, steady, and likely to dock just 10 minutes late.” The Post-#MeToo Golden Globes Were Electric

“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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Paskin

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Cauterucci

Inkoo
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News & Politics

The Angle

Dec. 12 2018 4:39 PM The Angle: Trump Credit Bureau Edition Slate’s daily newsletter on immigrant credit reports, Roger Ailes, Mary Poppins Returns, and the year’s best music. Slate Copy Desk

Yemen or Khashoggi? MBS or the Whole Family? Congress Needs to Figure Out What Its Problem With Saudi Arabia Is Really About.

Five Years Since It Was First Introduced, It’s Time to Renew the New Family Leave Act

Andrew Sullivan’s “New Religions” Essay Is Twaddle

National Enquirer Parent Company Admits to Helping Trump Commit Criminal Violation of Campaign Finance Law

Report: Third-Highest Ranking Vatican Official Convicted on Sex Abuse Charges in Australia

Trump Won’t Win a Shutdown Over the Border Wall. The Polls Are a Warning.

If a Wall Falls

Business

Moneybox

Dec. 10 2018 2:34 PM Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much Henry Grabar

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

Minneapolis Just Passed the Most Important Housing Reform in America

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

Everything We Know About the Arrest of Huawei’s CFO

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

If Then

Dec. 12 2018 4:09 PM Bringing Amazon to the Table Workers at Amazon fulfillment centers in Minneapolis are fighting for better conditions. And Amazon is starting to come to the table. Will Oremus and April Glaser

Future Tense Newsletter: Please Stop Hurling Electric Scooters Into Bodies of Water

The New Roger Ailes Documentary Shows Just How Much Employers Can Spy On Their Workers

The Weirdest Part of This New Meat Allergy Is That We Know What’s Causing It

Scooter Companies and Regulators Are at Each Other’s Throats. Here’s How to Change That.

Congress’ Confusion Over How Google Works Is Exactly Why They Need to Regulate It

Republicans Kept Embarrassing Themselves While Trying to Get Google’s CEO to Admit the Company Was Biased Against Conservatives

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.