French Physician Pierre Fauchard Is Considered the Father of Which Branch of Medicine? Ray Hamel
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for July 3, 2025.
The Pentagon Had a Budget Surplus. Guess What Trump Decided to Do With It. Fred Kaplan
This could have been good news, if Trump had followed a different path.
The Supreme Court Crafted a Heads-I-Win, Tails-You-Lose Rule for Republican Presidents Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern
No rationalization even required!
Simone Biles Has a Proposal for Solving the Debate Over Trans Inclusion in Sports. But It Definitely Won’t Help. Julie Kliegman
If your concern is really fairness in athletics, this is not the way.
A Brief History Lesson on Birthright Citizenship for the Supreme Court’s Originalists Paul Finkelman and Gabriel J. Chin
A brief history lesson for the court’s originalists.
I Watched the Diddy Trial. I Wish I Could Say I Were Shocked at the Verdict. Nadira Goffe
Years after #MeToo, we still don’t know how to use the law to resolve the problems that explode inside our most intimate relationships.
The New Jurassic Movie Is So Bad You Might Wish an Asteroid Would Make the Franchise Extinct Sam Adams
In Jurassic World Rebirth, even the people on-screen have lost interest. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/fd2fef98-901e-4cdf-8327-53ae23ac61df.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0" title="The New Jurassic Movie Is So Bad You Might Wish an Asteroid Would Make the Franchise Extinct”…
Gavin Newsom Finally Gets Serious About the California Housing Crisis Henry Grabar
For decades, the state’s landmark environmental law made it easy to block home construction. A new law changes that.
My Sense of Smell Has Taken a Dramatic Turn. It’s Making Sex Unbearable. Rich Juzwiak
I can’t escape these scents.