Category: World

I’m Disgusted by My Boyfriend’s Choice of Friends—and Other Advice From the Week Slate Staff Some advice from the past week.  

A Woman Saw Her Infant’s Death as Needless Torture. To Texas, It’s a Necessary Sacrifice. Christina Cauterucci Her viral testimony about the state’s abortion ban exposed its ghastly consequences.  

This U.S. Soccer Team’s First World Cup Win Revealed Some Weaknesses—and One Very Bright Spot Eric Betts The easiest route to success this year runs through a new star.  

Help! My Wife Shouldn’t Have to Tolerate My Horrendous Messiness. Jenée Desmond-Harris Why am I like this?  

How the Fake Electors Scheme Was Supposed to Work Shirin Ali The attempt to overturn the 2020 election results has been at the heart of multiple investigations over the past…

The Best, Easiest Form of Exercise Is Under Threat Abdullah Shihipar Record temperatures are making walking dangerous.  

Joe Manchin Is Avoiding the Most Obvious Choice He Has Jim Newell Joe Manchin and No Labels, DeSantis vs. Trump, and Israel/antisemitism.  

Wal-Mart v. Amazon and the Battle for Retail’s Soul Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers Wal-Mart has conquered real world space and is slowly creeping into Amazon’s zone in…

Gabfest Reads: Warring Factions and Twisted Facts Populate the Latest Big Shipwreck Book. David Plotz David Grann’s The Wager tells the harrowing story of a shipwrecked crew in 1741 that…

The Day AO3 Went Down Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton How a cyberattack threatened the future of fanfiction