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The Original Hot Priest

Fleabag wasn’t the first to recognize the erotic potential of clerical romance.

My partner says it might seem predatory. That breaks my heart!

THE COURTS

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I love to watch out for kids in my community, but my partner says their parents might find me creepy.

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News & Politics

What really matters

Thanks to Trump’s incompetence, there’s no one in charge at the Pentagon in the midst of multiple national security crises.

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Warren Did What She Had to Do

Why Does It Sound Like Pandering When Democrats Say the Right Things?

It Was Almost a Good Debate Until Chuck Todd Mucked It Up

John Delaney Cemented His Sad-Sack Status With the Most Pitiful Moment of the Debate

De Blasio Had a Surprisingly OK Night

Trump World

The President Seems to Have Implied That He’s Glad John McCain Died and Went to Hell

Everything the Candidates Said About Trump in the Debate

World Cup

Trump Is Now Feuding With the USWNT

2020

The Debate’s Telling Question About Health Care

Police

There’s a Bonkers Corruption Case Unfolding in Hawaii

The Original Hot Priest

I’m Not a Parent. Is It Creepy if I Look After My Neighbors’ Kids?

THE COURTS

Gorsuch Teams Up With the Liberals Again

Judge Judy’s Legacy Is Teaching Us to Laugh at the Less Fortunate

The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore

Tell him to leave now! Him and his lousy racist band.

Help! My In-Laws Are Trying to Tell Me How to Raise My Kids.

Podcast Episode Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Finally Admitted He’s a Sex Addict, but I Still Don’t Trust Him.

Help! My Daughter Won’t Talk to Me Because I Left Her Dog Out of My Will.

Help! I Resent My Husband for Being a Stay-at-Home Dad.

I’m Not a Parent. Is It Creepy if I Look After My Neighbors’ Kids?

Podcast Episode One Tactic for Killing Climate Change Bills

It Was Almost a Good Debate Until Chuck Todd Mucked It Up

Streaming Movies Will No Longer Be Eligible for the DGA’s Highest Award Without an Exclusive Theatrical Release

Why Does It Sound Like Pandering When Democrats Say the Right Things?

Elizabeth Warren Stands Alone

Bill de Blasio Had a Surprisingly Not Bad Night

The Devastating Oddness of E. Jean Carroll’s Trump Accusation

The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore

Good Intentions

The President Seems to Have Just Implied That He’s Glad John McCain Died and Went to Hell

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Judge Judy’s Lifetime Achievement Is Teaching Us to Laugh at the Less Fortunate

Streaming Movies Will No Longer Be Eligible for the DGA’s Highest Award Without an Exclusive Theatrical Release

Trump Is Now Feuding With the U.S. Women’s National Team

Podcast Episode Normal People Is Both Revolutionary and Utterly Traditional

Before Fleabag’s Hot Priest, Another Lustful On-Screen Father Stole My Heart

It’s Happening: The Office Is Leaving Netflix

It’s “The President Is Allegedly a Rapist” Week on Late Night TV

Beta Blockers Were a Miracle Cure for My Stage Fright

Future Tense Newsletter: Fully Automated Luxury Surveillance

Why the Wayfair Walkout Is Different

What a Monopoly Superfan Thinks About the New Cashless, Voice-Activated Edition of the Game

Podcast Episode Why Tech Journalists Took Off Their Rose-Colored Glasses

There Will Be Crime in Space. How Will We Handle That?

SpaceX Just Launched Something Really Cool Into Space

Why Reddit Finally Quarantined r/The_Donald—and Why It’s Probably Scared to Ban It

Our Stories

The Stonewall Riot Ended After Two Nights. But the Historical Fight Over What It Means Has Never Stopped.

Interview With an Old LGBTQ Person: Melita Figueroa, Age 77, on Her Path From Nun to Proud Lesbian

Help! My In-Laws Are Trying to Tell Me How to Raise My Kids.

Podcast Episode Why Men Refuse to Do Yoga

Podcast Episode Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Finally Admitted He’s a Sex Addict, but I Still Don’t Trust Him.

I Saw My Teen Self in Reviving Ophelia. A New Edition Asks: Do Teen Girls Still Need Saving?

Bernie Sanders Wants to Forgive All Student Debt. His Plan Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense.

Nobody Actually Knows What Forgiving Everyone’s Student Debt Would Cost

Podcast Episode What’s It Like to Run an Aquarium?

Podcast Episode Slate Money: The Literally Making Money Edition

Elizabeth Warren Announced a Plan to Ban Private Prisons. Then Their Stocks Tanked.

Who Elizabeth Warren’s Child Care Plan Really Helps

Berlin’s City Government Agrees to Freeze Rents for Five Years

Only Two Democrats Onstage Said They Support Single Payer. That’s Telling.

The Best People

Podcast Episode One Tactic for Killing Climate Change Bills

It Was Almost a Good Debate Until Chuck Todd Mucked It Up

Why Does It Sound Like Pandering When Democrats Say the Right Things?

Elizabeth Warren Stands Alone

Bill de Blasio Had a Surprisingly Not Bad Night

Everything Democratic Candidates Said About Trump on the First Night of Debate

We Need to Talk About Your Ad Blocker

Want to Block Ads But Still Support Slate?

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Finally Admitted He’s a Sex Addict, but I Still Don’t Trust Him.

One Tactic for Killing Climate Change Bills

Normal People Is Both Revolutionary and Utterly Traditional

Why Tech Journalists Took Off Their Rose-Colored Glasses

Why Men Refuse to Do Yoga

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Finally Admitted He’s a Sex Addict, but I Still Don’t Trust Him.

What’s It Like to Run an Aquarium?

Slate Money: The Literally Making Money Edition

One Tactic for Killing Climate Change Bills