A Conservative Lawyer Was Asked to Fix the Eric Adams Mess. Instead, He Made It Worse.
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A Key Official Is Trying to Weasel Out of Testifying About Trump’s Mass Firings. Good Luck!
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My Boyfriend Tried to Initiate Morning Sex. Then I Hit Him With a Familiar “Joke.” Oops.
After that, he started giving the “quiet” card more and more frequently and laughing about it—he never did it if I was ...
We’re Really Doing Execution by Firing Squad Again?
Even so, his execution would not have been particularly noteworthy except for the fact that it was carried out by firing squad. Before Sigmon, no one had been put to death that way in the past 15 ...
One of the Higher-Ups at Work Stole My Fiancé. Then She Posted a “Story Time” About It on Social Media.
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My Boyfriend and I Are Trying for a Baby. But Now He’s Making a “Joke” That Freaks Me Out.
My boyfriend and I are trying to have kids. The topic of changing poopy diapers came up, and he was adamant that he would not ...
My Co-Workers Go Around the Table at Lunch and Declare Which of Our Foods Will Make Us Fatter
This would drive me mad. It’s not enough for your employer to dictate the hours you need to be at your desk—now they’re also ...
Democrats Can’t Afford to Roll Over and Play Dead
As the Trump-Musk presidency continues to bulldoze its way through the federal government, American democracy, and the ...
Help! My Friend Wants Me to Wear an Item of Clothing to Her Wedding that Will Enrage Her MAGA In-Laws.
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental ...
My Boyfriend Tested Positive for HIV. I’m Afraid I’m Staying Out of Pure Obligation.
Let’s take your partner’s HIV status out of the equation for a moment. You’re looking at a person who has a concerning temper, refuses to admit faults (and, therefore, probably refuses to work on them ...
Sam Bankman-Fried Wants a Trump Pardon. Sadly, There’s a Good Chance He’ll Get It.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest move has been in the making since the moment FTX, his crypto exchange, collapsed in 2022. As ...
The Wunderkind Novel, Two Decades Later
The heroine of Karen Russell’s new novel, The Antidote —her second—is a plucky teenage girl intent on excelling at a practice ...