Slate Mini Crossword for July 8, 2025 Kavin Pawittranon
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
Money Talks: The Hidden Homeless Elizabeth Spiers
Brian Goldstone on the unrecognized population of full-time workers in America without stable housing.
Stop Doing Everything All the Time. Here’s How to Slow Down—and Prioritize. Courtney E. Martin
Jam-packed calendar? Let’s talk about setting limits.
I Stared at a Painting for an Hour. It Made Me Rethink My Priorities in Life. Courtney E. Martin
Spend some quality time with a work of art—and dozens of day camp kids.
What Military Service During “Peacetime” is Really Like Anna Sale
“People get killed just training.”
LeBron Opts In, But Has One Foot Out The Door. Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs
The Lakers star appears to be weighing alternative options after already opting into his contract.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Horrific Comments on the Texas Floods Are Just the Beginning Nitish Pahwa
The conspiracy theories are only making a bad situation worse.
The Controversy Over This Summer’s Hottest Show Just Keeps Getting Uglier Jenny G. Zhang
A reality series kicked off a contestant over a racial slur. What’s happened since hasn’t been pretty.
The Message Trump’s Ukraine Weapons Pause Is Sending to Putin Fred Kaplan
What is the president trying to do here?
The Past Four Years at the Supreme Court Did Not Need to Be This Way Jay Willis
Part of the reason court reform failed in 2021 is that Democrats were unprepared for Ginsburg’s spectacularly ill-timed death.