I Put in All the Effort to Make Holidays Special for Our Family. My Wife Finds a Way to Ruin It Every Time.

New from Slate’s advice family: Unhinged, a monthly dating column. Part advice, part investigation. Read the first edition ...

It’s a Design Principle That Has Transformed the World and Even Saved Lives. It’s Gone Way Too Far.

A core argument of user experience (UX) design is that the interface should disappear and become intuitive to use.

My Wife’s Sister Dropped Her 1-Year-Old Twins With Us Due to a Family Emergency. When She Texted Us an Update, I Was Floored.

This is a newsletter bonus question. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and ...

Who Could Possibly Want the Worst Job in Trump’s Cabinet?

Congress went on spring break this week. That left the nation’s capital to President Donald Trump, who filled the vacancy ...

One of the Most Famous Trials in U.S. History Disproves Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case

The John Brown trial cannot completely resolve today’s birthright citizenship controversy—Brown was a citizen of the U.S., ...

How in the World Was the Supreme Court’s Awful Conversion Therapy Ruling 8–1?

The Supreme Court delivered a major blow to one of the triumphs of the LGBTQ+ rights movement on Tuesday, imposing stringent ...

They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit.

It’s around midnight, and nearly all of the incarcerated people housed at Washington Corrections Center are locked up. Dennis ...

Marvel Just Introduced Their Own Version of ICE. They Just Refuse to Say It.

They are also totally, definitely not ICE. In the fiction of Daredevil, these goons are called the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, ...

My Daughter Made an Honest Mistake While Babysitting Her Cousins. My Sister Is Taking It Too Far.

New from Slate’s advice family: Unhinged, a monthly dating column. Part advice, part investigation. Read the first edition ...

What Trump Plans to Do in 2026 and How the “No Kings” Movement Can Defeat Him

This past weekend, millions of protesters showed up at "No Kings" marches at thousands of locations, including in multiple ...

Help! My Husband Wants Us to Help His Slimeball Brother Hide Out From the Law. I Have a Different Idea.

I hope the women find him, but they’re not the only ones who are suffering because of the disappointing behavior of their ...
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Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas

Last month, I wrote about the fun and the pitfalls of viral maps, a feature that included 88 super-simple maps of my own creation. As a follow-up, I’m writing up short items on some of those maps, ...