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Worse Than Tuskegee

Seventy years ago, American researchers infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea, then left without treating them. Their families are still waiting for help.

By Sushma Subramanian

Everything We Know—and Don’t Know—About Trump’s Ties to Russia

By Joshua Keating

The Misconduct Complaint Against Kellyanne Conway Is Dangerously Misguided

By Steven Lubet

As Soon As You Wake Up, Share Your Dreams

By Susan Matthews

What Actually Happened at the Oscars? Let’s Review the Tape.

Somehow People Are Finding a White Savior in Moonlight's Win

By Aisha Harris

Recently Detained at the Border: A Kids Book Author, a Holocaust Expert, Muhammad Ali Jr.

THE SLATEST SEE ALL

The Real Story Is Moonlight’s Historic Greatness

Embarrassing mix-up aside, the Oscars finally got Best Picture right.

Milo Yiannopoulos Was the Wrong Voice, but We Still Need to Talk About Intergenerational Sex

By Joseph Fischel and Gabriel N. Rosenberg

Why Casablanca Is Losing Its Hold on Movie Lovers

By Laura Miller

The One Perfect Burn From the Oscars’ Mean-Tweets Segment

John Oliver Says Time Is Running Out on the GOP’s Obamacare Replacement

Intriguing New Zealand Teaser Heralds the Return of Lorde

Feb 27, 2:55 PM - A. HARRIS & V. WILLIAMS - 1M to read What Went Down at the Oscars

Feb 27, 2:46 PM - MALLORY ORTBERG - SLATE PLUS Help! I Want to Date My Longtime Friend, but We Already Decided to Just Be Friends.

Feb 27, 2:34 PM - MARK HUMPHERY-JENNER - 4M to read Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Inhumane. They’re Bad Business.

Feb 27, 2:34 PM - BEN MATHIS-LILLEY - 1M to read White House Press Distribution List Apparently Includes Site That Says Israel Planned 9/11

Feb 27, 1:51 PM - SAM ADAMS - 3M to read The Accidental Poetry of Moonlight’s Awkward Best Picture Win

Feb 27, 1:20 PM - JOSEPHINE WOLFF - 4M to read Do You Really Have to Change All of Your Passwords Because of Cloudbleed?

Feb 27, 1:20 PM - AISHA HARRIS - 1M to read Somehow People Are Finding a White Savior in Moonlight’s Win

Feb 27, 1:06 PM - MARISSA MARTINELLI - 1M to read Will Smith Is an LAPD Cop Living Among Orcs and Elves in the Teaser for New Netflix Fantasy Movie Bright

Feb 27, 12:51 PM - BEN MATHIS-LILLEY - 1M to read Recent Border Detentions: Author of Kids Book About Tolerance, Holocaust Expert, Muhammad Ali Jr.

Feb 27, 12:16 PM - JEAN-MARIE POTTIER - 7M to read In the Age of Le Pen, France Is Rethinking the Wisdom of Directly Electing Its President

Feb 27, 12:00 PM - MALLORY ORTBERG Chat With Dear Prudence

Feb 27, 11:53 AM - DAVID CANFIELD New Lorde TV Spot Teases the Release of Her New Single (and Maybe More)

Feb 27, 11:52 AM - JORDAN WEISSMANN - 2M to read Trump’s Advisers Have an Idea That Would End Trade Deals as We Know Them

Feb 27, 11:09 AM - DAVID CANFIELD - 1M to read John Oliver Says Time Is Running Out on Republicans’ Obamacare Replacement

Feb 27, 10:35 AM - RAFAEL TONON - 6M to read Brazil’s Syrian Refugees Bring a Taste of Home

See All Video What Actually Happened During That Wild Oscar Screwup? Let’s Review the Tape.

What Actually Happened During That Wild Oscar Screwup? Let’s Review the Tape.

How Honey Bee Hives Changed the Internet

What It's Like to Find Your Calling as a Breast Animator

"Refugees Pose Less of a Threat Than Trump. And They Pay More Taxes."

An Urban Animal Rescuer Goes to Work

Cityscapes Created Inside Toilet Paper Rolls

The "Black Mambas," an All-Female Unit Protecting Rhinos From Poachers

Watch Microscopic Reactions That Look Like Surreal Hollywood Effects

No One Funny-Cried Better Than Mary Tyler Moore

In Case You Missed It

It’s Bad The first month of the Trump presidency has been more cruel and destructive than the majority of Americans feared. The worst is yet to come.

Deafening Silence Two Indian nationals were shot by a man yelling racial epithets. The president said nothing. That’s all we need to know about who matters now.

Music Could “FDT (F--- Donald Trump)” Become the No. 1 Song in the Country?

Politics Trump’s First Month Has Produced a Big Bowl of Nothing

What’s a Celebrity to Do in the Age of Trump? The rich and famous get mocked for speaking up about politics. But they may not have a choice.

Podcasts

Slate Money One More Reason Why You Should Consider Deleting Uber
The Gist George Saunders Travels the Afterlife With Abraham Lincoln’s Son
Represent Looking Back at the Historic 2002 Oscars
Political Gabfest Is This the Deportation Force Trump Was Never Going to Create?
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“That kind of prognosticator is actually what Trump needs: someone unafraid to make optimistic projections based on flimsy evidence and shoddy reasoning.” Trump’s Latest Economics Pick

“One month into re-greatened America, liberal timelines are clogged with wish fulfillment.” “Rogue” Twitter Feeds as Liberal Self-Care

“The reason we haven’t seen a ton of Emoluments Clause cases is that prior officials have gone to great lengths to avoid the perception of corruption. Trump, on the other hand, has gone to great not-lengths.” This Emoluments Thing Isn’t Going Away

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News & Politics

Interrogation

Feb. 27 2017 8:32 AM Donald and Vlad: Compare and Contrast Masha Gessen on where Trump and Putin converge and diverge, and what it means for America. Isaac Chotiner

Trump’s Flap With the FBI Reveals a Presidency of Dangerous Self-Centeredness and Isolation

While We’re Watching the Scandals, Trump Is Quietly Dismantling the Federal Government

CPAC vs. the Alt-Right, Celebrities in the Trump Era, and Get Out

Libertarians’ Pro-Immigration Agenda Is Bad for America and Horrible for Immigrants

Hate in America: Kansas Man Allegedly Shouts “Get Out of My Country,” Kills Indian Engineer

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

CPAC Invented an Alternate History of the Alt-Right to Justify Steve Bannon’s Invite

Business

Moneybox

Feb. 24 2017 7:22 PM The GOP’s Leaked Obamacare Replacement Is Terrible for the Needy Jordan Weissmann

Trump’s Latest Economics Pick: The Author of One of the Wrongest Books Ever on Investing

Google's Self-Driving Car Company Is Suing Uber for Intellectual Property Theft

Boycott Miami—and Every Other Spring-Break Destination That Helps Trump’s Deportation Plan

The WSJ Ran a Juicy Story About Trump Trying to Cook America’s Trade Books. It’s Probably Not True.

John Boehner Is Pretty Sure Republicans Won’t Repeal and Replace Obamacare

Steve Mnuchin Is Happy to Give Trump Credit for the Booming Stock Market. We’ll See How Long That Lasts.

Apple’s Massive, Ring-Shaped New Headquarters Is Opening This April

Life

Outward

Feb. 27 2017 10:30 AM The Many Dreadful Ways That the Trump Administration Will Hurt LGBTQ Health Care Daniel Summers

Supreme Court Reprimands Anti-LGBTQ Groups for Misgendering Trans Student Gavin Grimm

Why Dustin Lance Black Thinks Even Conservatives Will Care About When We Rise

Want to Become a Morning Person? Partner With a Night Owl.

Help! My Boyfriend Says, “Good Girl!” to Me. I Like It.

Looking to Be More Productive? Try Working in Bed.

Report: Sessions and Trump Forced DeVos to Rescind Trans School Protections Over Her Objections

Help! My Husband Won’t Stop Texting His Ex-Wife and His Ex-Girlfriend.

Double X

The XX Factor

Feb. 24 2017 5:31 PM On the Oscars Red Carpet, Keep an Eye Out for Boob Contouring Heather Schwedel

A Survey Found That Lesbians Give Women Way More Orgasms Than Men. Wonder Why?

Jackie Evancho Wants to Talk to Trump About Trans Rights. Yay?

Federal Judge Blocks Topless Ban, Ruling It Likely Violates Equal Protection

Arizona Gov. Hopeful Noah Dyer Wants Honesty in Politics—on Everything

Ivanka Trump Is Trying to Sell Congress on Her Regressive Child-Care Tax Deduction

Conditions Are So Bad for Refugees Stranded in Greece, Many Pay Smugglers to Get Them Out

Trump’s Federal Hiring Freeze Is Worsening the Military’s Child Care Crisis

Slate Plus

Feb. 24 2017 7:02 PM One Month Down … The Slate Plus Digest for Feb. 24. Gabriel Roth

The Disappearance of Richard Simmons, on This Week’s Best Podcasts

Help! Why Does My Lesbian Friend Call Everything “Gay”?

What’s It Like to Be a CIA Analyst? A Working Podcast Transcript.

Help! My Boyfriend’s Addicted to Porn, and It’s Ruining Our Sex Life.

Arts

Brow Beat

Feb. 27 2017 9:51 AM Worst Picture: The Oscars Used a Photo of a Living Person In Its Celebrity Death Montage Sam Adams

15 Stars Reminisce About the Actors Who Used to Beat Them Out for Roles

A Scientific Ranking of the Winners and Losers of the La La Land / Moonlight Best Picture Fiasco

Relive the Wildest Moment in Oscar History in Six Agonizing GIFs

M. Night Shyamalan Takes Credit for This Year’s Shocking Oscars Twist

Watch the Incredible Twist Ending that Made the 2017 Oscars the Most Fun Ever

How Slate Responded to Moonlight’s Shocking Best Picture Win

Barry Jenkins’ Speech for Moonlight’s Best Screenplay Oscar: “We Have Your Back”

Technology

Future Tense

Feb. 24 2017 11:01 AM How to Understand What Info Mobile Apps Are Collecting About You It takes a little work, but it’s worth it. Lisa Gutermuth

We Need Stronger Regulations Regarding U.S. Law Enforcement Hacking of Devices Abroad

Will the Internet Set Us Free? A Future Tense Event in Mexico City.

What’s the Point of Preserving Video Games if People Can’t Play Them?

Facebook’s New “Manifesto” Is Political. Mark Zuckerberg Just Won’t Admit It.

Netizen Report: In Kenya and Mexico, Citizens Suspect State Manipulation on Twitter

The Same Republicans Who Pushed for Invasive Surveillance Are Complaining About It Now

Health & Science

Science

Feb. 22 2017 5:42 PM NASA’s New Exoplanets Aren’t Where the Aliens Live. Probably. Chau Tu

The Queens Bull Is Part of a Long Line of Escaped Livestock Running Wild in NYC

Some Parenting Advice Is Based on Evidence. Most Is Opinion. Which Is Which?

I Went Undercover as a D.C. Swamp Creature. Here’s What Trump Doesn’t Get.

Could the Republican Plan to Shift FEMA Costs to States Help Mitigate Climate Change Disasters?

Why Did the New York Times Fall for a Dubious Study on What Makes Women Great Dancers?

I Can’t Stop Looking at Naked Birds

Sports

Sports Nut

Feb. 17 2017 5:23 PM “That Was My Play!” The future of sports just might be the Screaming Eagles, a football team controlled by fans with smartphones. Seth Stevenson

A Conversation With ESPN’s Rachel Nichols on Why She Doesn’t Stick to Sports

Women’s College Gymnastics Is the Best Show on TV

Did the Falcons Really Have a 99 Percent Chance to Win the Super Bowl?

Sports Is Failure. Sports Is Losing, Horribly and Painfully. Sports Is the Atlanta Falcons.

What Twitter’s Smartest Culture and Sports Writers Are Saying About the Super Bowl

How and Why to Root for the New England Patriots in the Age of Trump