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Today's Doonesbury
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The Explainer
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The Slate Book Review
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The Future of Food
How changes in technology and farming will change the way we eat.
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The Evolution of Everyday Objects
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Mad Men
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Slate Goes to the Movies
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No More Strapless Wedding Gowns!
They're unflattering, unsophisticated, and annoyingly ubiquitous.
By Katherine Goldstein
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The Crisis in American Walking
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Death in Yellowstone
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Permanent Record
The surprising stories I uncovered in a trove of report cards from the 1920s.
By Paul Lukas
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Where’s _why?
What happened when one of the most unusual, beloved programmers disappeared.
By Annie Lowrey
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The Conversion
How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
By William Saletan
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The Greatest Paper Map of the U.S.
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- Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Why Justice Kennedy Is Just Like America
He may seem mercurial, but he is actually the original independent swing-state voter.
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Inside the Syrian Revolution
Whether it is this year or not, Bashar Assad’s regime is already finished.
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The Dingo Diet
What other animals attack and eat human babies?
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Mad Men Style: The Power of Red
Costumes in the season finale showed how far Joan has come—and where Peggy’s going.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Don’t Drive Like My Brother” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, the story of sexual abuse at the Horace Mann School, and the end of NPR’s Car Talk.
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The Once-and-for-All Solution to Our Campaign Finance Problems
How citizens can unite to undo Citizens United.
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The High Price of Euro Cup Mania
European soccer fans love their soccer tournament. But is it worth it?
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How Curt Schilling Dinged Rhode Island
The former pitcher’s video game company got $75 million from the state and left taxpayers holding the bag.
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Can You Be Both Mormon and Gay?
Why a religion notorious in the gay community might be “evolving.”
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Welcome to the Hybrid Age
We are on the verge of living in a human-technology civilization.
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Extreme Marshmallow Cannons!
How the government and private sector can turn American kids on to science through “Making.”
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No More Ditching Gym Class
The next wave of standardized testing is here, measuring your kids in art, music, and phys ed. Is that even possible?
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All a Dream
Dallas returns, and Larry Hagman reclaims his throne as TV’s most hateable, lovable villain.
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The Subversive Graduation Speech
Dear graduates: None of you is special.
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- Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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I Can’t Drive 85
Do higher speed limits cause more car accidents?
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Digit To Ride
How sticking your thumb out became a universal gesture for hitchhiking.
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The Last Laptop
Apple’s new MacBook Pro is the greatest, and perhaps final, version of the personal computer.
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Mad Men, Season 5
So long from the TV Club!
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In Sickness and in Health
The Constitution should give Americans the right to basic health care.
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“Niggas,” in Practice
Jay-Z, Gwyneth Paltrow, and when white people can say the word.
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Slate Joins Pinterest
Check out our new boards.
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The Southwest Secret
How the airline manages to turn a profit, year after year after year.
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I Think, Therefore I Yam
When farmland is scarce, will we all eat roots and tubers?
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- Monday, June 11, 2012
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Not Jeb Bush’s GOP
Does the Republican hero and former Florida governor have a place in his own party?
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RFK, DSK, OBL, WTF?
When did we start referring to famous people by three initials?
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Hang Up and Listen: The LeBron vs. the Durantula Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on Heat-Thunder, Nadal-Djokovic, and the horrendous Pacquiao-Bradley decision.
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“Please Keep Punching Pete”
John Swansburg and Julia Turner chat with readers about the season finale of Mad Men.
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A Conversation With Matthew Weiner
The Mad Men creator on the season finale, Joan's big decision, and how Pete Campbell takes a punch.
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Ruling the Future
A clever way to force Congress to come up with better rules for itself, starting with the filibuster.
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Dear Prudence: Abortion Advocates on the Job
A weekly Dear Prudence video.
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Hassle Ben Bernanke!
The economy will never recover unless the Fed loosens monetary policy. So why are liberals so afraid to talk about it?
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Change, But No Hope
Three issues—including national service—that could revive Obama’s struggling campaign.
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Snip and Tell
In a live chat, Prudie advises a woman who’s been trying to get pregnant—only to find out her husband had a secret vasectomy.
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Mad Men, Season 5
Once Don was in awe of Megan. No more.
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“Lord Grantham, Don Draper’s on Hold”
The algorithm that finds anachronisms in Downton Abbey, Mad Men, and Edith Wharton.
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Back in the Gay
Does a new study indict gay parenthood or make a case for gay marriage?
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The Scales of Intimidation
Does the Supreme Court feel threatened, intimidated, or harassed by the press?
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A Moment of Science
I became an astronomer because I looked through a telescope at age 5. More kids need to experience that joy.
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Bunheads
The new series about dancers from Amy Sherman-Palladino is delightful.
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Queers as Folk
Does it really make no difference if your parents are straight or gay?
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- Sunday, June 10, 2012
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What Land of Opportunity?
The American Dream can be restored, but it will take some work.
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America Needs More Scientists and Engineers
Slate's going to figure out how to get them. And you, dear reader, are going to help us.
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- Saturday, June 9, 2012
- Friday, June 8, 2012
- Thursday, June 7, 2012
- Sunday, July 1, 2012
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Is Gay Good?
Linda Hirshman’s history of gay rights argues that the moral battle has been won.
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