Chief Justice John Roberts steps in again to defend US democracy’s status quo, with an added bonus of sticking it to federal defendant and former President Donald J Trump.

with guest Alo Johnston, author of Am I Trans Enough, and co-host of the Wondermind podcast, Baggage Drop

Gender is a verb, and the system it creates is keeping (almost) everyone down.

Samantha Clarke on finding fulfillment through balance

After a month of fights, strikes, censures, and name-calling, can Kevin McCarthy control his House?

On Friday, a mercenary leader began a coup against Vladimir Putin. By Saturday, it was over. But experts say the ramifications - will last a lot longer.

Author Desiree Cooper on the joys and challenges of raising her grandkids.

Some patients claim it "quiets their brain." Researchers have been studying its effect on addiction for years. Does it actually work?

A year after SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade and wrought suffering and death, Democrats are still really bad at talking about Supreme Court politics.

The Titanic-bound missing vessel that gripped the world and ended in tragedy

Gwen Herzig went to the Arkansas legislature to share her medical expertise. What came next was humiliating.

Slate Money gets an update on college athletics after two years with Name, Image and Likeness rules

In the June episode of Future Tense Fiction, Matt Bell discusses his short story “Empathy Hour.”

We’ve been friends for more than a decade and I’m hurt to discover our friendship is way more one-sided than what I thought.

Does Amazon make canceling a Prime subscription unnecessarily difficult? The FTC thinks so.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. takes his presidential campaign online; Hunter Biden agrees to a plea deal; and Arkansas’s ban on medical care for transgender children is overturned while New York creates a shield for abortion-pill providers. Join Maryland Governor Wes Moore and us for Political Gabfest Live in Washington, D.C., Wednesday June 28, 7:30 p.m., Sixth & I. In-person and livestream tickets on sale now!

Slate’s parenting podcast on when to share the past with kids in the present.

A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, we ask the head of the nation’s largest abortion provider – now what?

Since the 2022 Dobbs decision ending the right to an abortion, a lot has happened. And it’s worse than we predicted.

Pre-butting his bought-and-paid-for Alaskan fishing adventure story in the Wall Street Journal is… A choice!

What if Anita Hill hadn’t been the only woman who testified against Clarence Thomas?

We always knew that rainbow-washing was bogus. So why do we miss it?