At Long Last, Andrew Garfield Is in His Slutty Era
One thing was clear from watching Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards: the FCC has loosened its rules about broadcasting pornography. About halfway through the evening, Kerry Washington and Andrew ...
Want to See How Streaming Services Will Change in 2025? Check Your Phone.
Your favorite streaming app may soon no longer be just a “streaming app” per se but an overall entertainment app that ...
No, John Roberts, You Are Not a Civil Rights Hero
The picture is part of Roberts’ effort to claim the stories of heroic judges who battled Jim Crow in the civil rights era as ...
Help! My Mother-in-Law Accused Me of Serving a Store-Bought Dinner. Then I Threatened to Share Her Little Secret.
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here.
Credit Cards Are Very American. Here’s What I Realized When I Couldn’t Use Mine for a Year.
Even more surprising, it taught me to be less dependent on credit cards. In France, credit cards and debt in general are practically nonexistent and certainly frowned upon culturally. That’s not the ...
Property tax reforms may address local government inequities.
Property taxes would now be based not on the current value of a home or office, but what you paid for it, adjusted slightly, ...
The Most Reckless Trump Foreign Policy
Trump’s reelection has forced me to tear up my international law syllabus, just as I did every semester during the first ...
I Inherited a Large Sum of Money at a Young Age. It Made My Whole Family Turn On Me.
Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Athena, Kristin, and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear ...
My Sister-in-Law Makes Everything About Herself. Yes, Somehow Even Her Dad’s Cancer Diagnosis.
My sister-in-law oversteps any and all boundaries and makes everything about her. For example, when my husband had colon ...
My Child Got Into a Serious Car Accident. One of the Consequences Came as a Surprise
In all the trips to and from the emergency room, hospital, orthopedic clinic, school, birthday parties, outings, and music classes she was fine. She would complain about being uncomfortable because of ...
Jan. 6 Has Taken On a Whole New Meaning
It is wild that it has come to this: The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection will pass with the architect of that ...
Some “Light Treason,” in This Week’s Open Thread
Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...