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What You’re Not Seeing From the Darién Gap

Listen to What Next: Apple Podcasts Spotify Tweet Share Share Comment San Vicente, Panama, is a place where the road ends. Or, for many, it’s...

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Slate

Mary Harris

Congress’ Perpetual Coup Machine Is Merely Resting

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s beloved politics newsletter, which neatly occupies the space in your brain eaten by worms....

yesterday 10

Slate

Jim Newell

The Story About a Worm Eating RFK Jr.’s Brain Is Not All Fun and Games

Tweet Share Share Comment This is  Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just  how...

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

Trump’s Lawyer Mounted an All-Out Assault on Stormy Daniels’ Character. It Didn’t Work.

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s  first criminal trial here . We’re more than halfway through Donald...

previous day 10

Slate

Jeremy Stahl

The DOJ’s Latest Move on Marijuana Is a Big Deal. It’s Still Too Little, Too Late.

Tweet Share Share Comment Is 4/30 the new 4/20? On April 30, the Justice Department announced that it is recommending a new status for marijuana...

previous day 10

Slate

David Pozen

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

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Slate

Ray Hamel

Which Word Does the M Stand for in SMTP?

thursday 20

Slate

Ray Hamel

The Big Problem With Marilyn Mosby’s Innocence Campaign

Tweet Share Share Comment Former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby became a national figure in 2015 when, a few months into office in Baltimore, she...

thursday 10

Slate

Justine Barron

This Is Perhaps the Craziest, Most On-the-Nose Thing Trump Has Said About a Vice Presidential Hopeful So Far

Tweet Share Share Comment This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how...

thursday 10

Slate

Uwa Ede-Osifo

I Read the Embattled Columbia President’s Old Book About What We Owe Each Other. It’s … Not Good.

Tweet Share Share Comment Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is, on paper, a very impressive person. She has been a vice president at...

thursday 10

Slate

Zachary D. Carter

I Watched Trump’s Lawyers Cross Examine Stormy Daniels. It Was Painful.

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s  first criminal trial here . “Court is not normally like this—this is a...

thursday 10

Slate

Susan Matthews

Marjorie Taylor Greene Would Like to Fade Into the Bushes Now

Tweet Share Share Comment Update, May 8, 2024, at 4:53 p.m.:  Shortly after this article was published, Greene brought to the floor her resolution...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Jim Newell

America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Laws on Guns, Abortion, and So Much More

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of  How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. America is...

08.05.2024 60

Slate

Dahlia Lithwick

The Constitution Is America’s Bible

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of  How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. One of the...

08.05.2024 50

Slate

Dahlia Lithwick

Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of  How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. During her...

08.05.2024 3

Slate

Mark Joseph Stern

Millard Fillmore Ran for President in 1856 as a Member of Which Political Party?

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Ray Hamel

Enjoy This Tale of a Low-Stakes Campus Screwup That Has Nothing to Do With the Middle East

Tweet Share Share Comment An Ohio State University commencement speech delivered at the school on Sunday by an alum named Christopher Pan—described...

08.05.2024 7

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

Why American Jews Should Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act. But American Jews who care about fighting...

08.05.2024 30

Slate

Emily Tamkin

You Know That Sinking Feeling That the Law Is Unbelievably Screwed-Up These Days? There’s Something You Can Do About It.

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. As a branding...

08.05.2024 30

Slate

Jay Willis

The Alternative to Originalism That Could Actually Establish the America We Deserve

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of  How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. This article...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Madiba K. Dennie

The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America’s Gun Violence Crisis

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of  How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. By the end...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Jill Filipovic

For a Year, I Lived as the Constitution Instructs. Here’s What I Learned.

Tweet Share Share Comment This is part of How Originalism Ate the Law , a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. The following...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

A.j. Jacobs

A Judge Had a 13-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed for No Reason. A Year Later, He’s Faced Basically No Consequences.

Tweet Share Share Comment Back in March 2023, I reported for Slate on a federal judge who handcuffed and berated an innocent 13-year-old girl who...

08.05.2024 10

Slate

Steven Lubet

Trump Allegedly Wanted His Night With Stormy Daniels to Be a Threesome. This Is the Other Woman’s Story.

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s  first criminal trial here . Over the years, Donald Trump has been linked...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Shirin Ali

Mitt Romney Has a Wild Theory About the TikTok Ban

Tweet Share Share Comment This is  Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just  how...

08.05.2024 10

Slate

Alexander Sammon

Why Michael Cohen’s Testimony Will Be So High-Stakes

Tweet Share Share Comment With Stormy Daniels’ time on the witness stand soon to end, the suspense at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in...

08.05.2024 20

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

Which 1934 Film Swept the Five Major Categories at the Academy Awards?

07.05.2024 10

Slate

Ray Hamel

Yes, There’s Another “Wife Guy” Bribery Scandal for Democrats

Tweet Share Share Comment It’s gotten buried a bit underneath news about the negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza, the related protests on U.S....

07.05.2024 20

Slate

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Donald Trump Really Did This to Himself

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s  first criminal trial here . Though Tuesday is shaping up to be better,...

07.05.2024 30

Slate

Jeremy Stahl

Kathy Hochul Really Outdid Herself With This Gaffe

Tweet Share Share Comment This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how...

07.05.2024 30

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Nitish Pahwa

Stormy Daniels’ Turn as a Witness Brings What This Trial Is About Home

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s  first criminal trial here . On Tuesday, the main event of Donald...

07.05.2024 6

Slate

Jeremy Stahl

Judge Threatens Jail if Trump Violates Gag Order Again

Tweet Share Share Comment Keeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial...

06.05.2024 10

Slate

Shirin Ali

Sure, Kristi Noem Killed Her Dog. But Did She Meet Kim Jong-un?

Tweet Share Share Comment This is  Totally Normal Quote of the Day , a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just  how...

06.05.2024 9

Slate

Jim Newell

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