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Money Talks: A Cautionary Tale of Debt in Puerto Rico
David Skeel details his time helping restore financial stability to the island and why governments of all sizes should take heed.
David Ellison’s Multibillion-Dollar Pet Project Acquires Warner Bros.
The nepo-billionaire has reached a deal to merge Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Bushisms. Sex Scenes. Evil Tech Companies. Slate’s Ranked It All.
To celebrate our 30th birthday, here’s a time capsule containing the best listicles from our three decades.
RFK Jr. and his allies are standing by Russell Brand as the comedian’s rape trial begins
Tony Lyons, who leads the Make America Healthy Again movement the health secretary started, was in the London courthouse for jury selection.
Groups supporting RFK Jr. are spending nearly $2M in Iowa governor, House races
It’s the first big outlay from Make America Healthy Again groups since they helped take down GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy in May.
Minnesota worries it’s not getting back $259 million Trump froze
The Medicaid funding is supposed to cover health care for low-income people.
New York and Pennsylvania’s split screen approach to measles
Both run by Democrats, New York is calling in the federal government for help, while Pennsylvania delayed formally involving the Trump administration.
Rubio calls for more information from Moscow after researcher’s suspected plague death
He said it would be difficult to move forward proactively without more transparency from the Russians.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Sen. Kennedy rails against AI developers as ‘high IQ stupid people’
The Louisiana Republican’s comments come as both Democrats and Republicans have been forced to find ways to address the backlash against data centers.
Will Kevin Warsh Squander a Huge Opportunity?
The new Fed chair will have the spotlight at the central bank’s high-profile conference in Jackson Hole. He should use it.
Vance asks Mainers to vote Republican — as Trump ups the trade war with Canada
Vice President JD Vance’s visit marked his second to Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in four months.
“Against Tech Oligarchy”: Inside the Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry
Longtime tech worker organizers Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan’s new book, Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry, draws on the authors’ experiences at major tech companies to chronicle the rise and fall of the tech worker movement, its early victories, and the repression and slide to corporate control that followed.
Meet Estrella, an Undocumented Trans Woman Jailed for 9 Years, Then Deported to Mexico
We’re joined by Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa as she shares the story of Estrella Diamantina González, an undocumented transgender woman and trafficking survivor from Mexico caught up in the United States’ criminal and immigration systems. This summer, after serving a nine-year sentence in a Texas men’s prison, Diamantina González was released, but she wasn’t free. She was immediately transferred to an immigration detention facility and then deported.
“Abolish & Replace ICE”: Rep. Analilia Mejía Blasts ICE for Secretly Using NJ Warehouse
Earlier this week, ICE confirmed it had secretly used a federal government warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, to stage and to process detentions in September, despite an order from a judge barring the site’s use until an environmental study was complete. ”ICE and this administration cherry-picks which laws it adheres to, and then breaks due process and equal protection for the many,” says New Jersey Democratic Congressmember Analilia Mejía.
“Hyperscale”: Paris Marx on Excess of Big Tech Data Empires & His Critique of Bernie Sanders’ AI Bill
We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerable communities in order to build massive AI data centers.
The Fight to Control Congress
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Early voting begins in Texas on Monday, and the outcome of the Senate race could determine which party controls the chamber.
The Final Defenders
For the first time in her career, Cynthia Short let a folder of crime-scene photographs lie untouched on the corner of her desk, because she couldn’t bring herself to look at them. Short had been a criminal-defense attorney in Kansas City, Missouri, for 12 years, and on the payroll of the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office for the past decade. She had spent much of that time immersed in graphic records of the worst human conduct. Even so, the case of Richard DeLong had shocked her.
Another Battle Between the Catholic Church and the Trump Administration
Several winters ago, a few weeks before Christmas, I went to confession. The parish close to work was hosting a reconciliation service, meant to prepare the faithful to celebrate the birth of Christ. A dozen or so priests were scattered across the cathedral. Penitents lined the aisles. Whispers of contrition and pardon filled the air.
The Catholic Church counsels believers to seek confession regularly—at the very least, once a year. I hadn’t been back in a few.
The Flying Car Must Never Be Built
Elon Musk revealed, in a dramatic demonstration on Thursday night at SpaceX’s rocket-testing facility near Waco, Texas, a new “flying” Tesla Roadster prototype. The car hung upside down on a curved track, then performed aerial stunts—including jumping over a Tesla semi, Evel Knievel–style—using air-powered thrusters designed in collaboration with SpaceX. The demo was impressive despite Musk’s awkward manner, which in the context of a supposed literal flying car came off as nerdy charm.
All the Comforts of Fall
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There’s a lot to love about fall: the changing leaves, the crisp air, the return of cozy sweaters, and, of course, pumpkin-spice everything. As the days grow shorter and the weather cools, the season offers plenty of reasons to slow down and indulge in life’s little comforts.
How Much Could One Banana Cost? A Lot More!
Despite skyrocketing inflation and a complex supply chain, cheap bananas remain an American staple.
Money Talks: A Cautionary Tale of Debt in Puerto Rico
David Skeel details his time helping restore financial stability to the island and why governments of all sizes should take heed.
David Ellison’s Multibillion-Dollar Pet Project Acquires Warner Bros.
The nepo-billionaire has reached a deal to merge Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Bushisms. Sex Scenes. Evil Tech Companies. Slate’s Ranked It All.
To celebrate our 30th birthday, here’s a time capsule containing the best listicles from our three decades.