News and Politics - Slate Magazine
News and Politics - Slate Magazine
Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Supervising Producer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Oh, So Now John Fetterman Likes Dr. Oz?
Maybe he should go back and listen to some of his own campaign ads.
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Why Biden’s Economy Felt Worse Than It Was—and Doomed Harris’ Shot at the Presidency
The Biden administration’s aggressive economic recovery plan worked on paper, but high costs and bad vibes told a different story at the polls.
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Reproductive Rights: Personal, Political, and In Peril
The authors of “I’m Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America” on why abortion care gets mixed results at the ballot box.
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Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks Break Norms
Donald Trump continues to fill his Cabinet; Texas plans to teach the Bible in public elementary schools; and how Dr. Oz and RFK could shape healthcare
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Trump Appoints Hot Tub–Toilet Scam Character From First Term as U.S. Representative to NATO
A guy who wasn’t qualified for his old gig is even less qualified for his next one.
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There Are Many Reasons to Oppose Tulsi Gabbard’s Trump Job. This Is a Pretty Big One.
Putin isn’t the only autocrat thrilled by this pick.
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How Tulsi Gabbard Could Plunge U.S. Intelligence Into the Dark
Spies have good reason to be wary of her.
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I’m a Historian of Public Education. Trust Me, You Don’t Want Schools to Go Back to the Founding Era.
Our system is a mess sometimes. But you wouldn’t like the alternative.
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Why Are Democrats Supporting a Bill That Would Give Trump More Power to Punish His Critics?
The House is voting on a measure that could be all too easily weaponized.
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What Happens to Sexual Assault Survivors if Matt Gaetz Runs the DOJ
If you’re experiencing alarming levels of déjà vu this week with the debate over Matt Gaetz’s fitness to run the DOJ, it’s not just you.
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Two Separate Shaken Baby Cases in Texas Expose the Death Penalty as a Farce
They're likely innocent of the same crime. One may go free, one may die.
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Whew, That’s a Lot of Smoke Around Matt Gaetz Already
Early returns on whether this was a mistake are, thus far, mixed.
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The Danger of Making the Matt Gaetz Nomination About Sexual Misconduct
Obsessive focus on Gaetz’s alleged sexual misconduct is a mistake, both for the media and, in due course, for senatorial opponents of the nomination.
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