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Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of July 13
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (18+ words) Slate Magazine We need to talk about your adblocker...
Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of July 6
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (112+ words) Slate Magazine In a July 9 Sports, Aymann Ismail misstated that Norway has made it to the World Cup semifinals. The team has made it to the quarterfinals. In a July 7 Politics, Jim Newell misstated that Maine Senate candidate Dan Kleban…...
Help! My Wife Turned Into a Religious Zealot and Spiraled to Her Death. Then Our Problems Really Started.
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (432+ words) Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. The custody battle was ugly, but I earned a lot more, had an iron-clad prenup,…...
The “Shakedown Artist” Behind CA’s Billionaire Tax
1+ week, 4+ day ago (100+ words) Union leader Dave Regan versus the uber rich (and Gavin Newsom too) Union leader Dave Regan has spent decades wielding California’s ballot system against the healthcare industry. Now, he’s the man behind California’s billionaire tax — a one-time, 5 percent tax proposal…...
I Just Got a Bizarre, Essay-Long Text From a Former Classmate. I’m Shocked by What She’s Claiming.
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (250+ words) Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. I am in my early twenties. “Julie” was the girl the next door. We were…...
It’s Been Two Years Since the Supreme Court Made Homelessness a Crime. The Result Speaks for Itself.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (672+ words) Slate Magazine Two years ago this week, in the landmark Johnson v. Grants Pass decision, the Supreme Court gave cities and states the green light to make it a crime to sleep outside, even when there is nowhere else for people…...
Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of June 22
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (18+ words) Slate Magazine We need to talk about your adblocker...
The One Group That’s Still Too Often Excluded From Juries
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (428+ words) Abraham Lincoln once said that “the greatest service of citizenship is jury duty.” Each day, citizens throughout the United States receive letters summoning them to appear for jury duty. Such letters are not mere suggestions. Recipients are legally bound to…...
The Beach Boys: My uncanny night with the band’s most controversial member.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1503+ words) I Went to One of the Last-Ever Shows of a Beloved Rock Band. What I Saw Was Haunting and Strange. Slate Magazine On a recent Friday night, with the early-summer air whetting the sky, I drove with a friend out…...
Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of June 15
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (124+ words) Slate Magazine In a June 18 Politics, Scaachi Koul misstated that Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral primary this year. That race was last fall. In a June 15 War Stories, Fred Kaplan misstated that President Joe Biden…...