A women’s World Cup soccer champ was forcibly kissed by her boss’s boss. But the problems in women’s soccer go beyond one kiss.

Slate Money checks in on the status of work ahead of Labor Day

Donald Trump’s 2024 calendar is filling up with trials and primaries; Vivek Ramaswamy is talking and being talked about; and is the difference between the best and worst places disadvantage?

Personal posts, influencers, and cultural cachet, all in a surprising place.

Her state didn’t allow terminally-ill patients the choice to end their lives—but Vermont did.

When Governor Abbott directed the state to investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse, trans kids and their families had to decide if Texas could still be home. Many left.

And no, it doesn’t normalize hard drug use.

More teachers are quitting as a wave of restrictive legislation targets the nation’s educators.

Lauren Hall was traumatized by the lack of care. Then she got pregnant again and sued the state.

Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.

There's been a rise in high-end pet food, marketed as a healthy, environmentally-friendly option for our pets. The reality is much more complicated.

Republicans debate while Donald Trump appears in a taped interview; legal scholars question if the Constitution prohibits another Trump presidency; and nothing unites Americans like a chain restaurant. And put it on your calendar: Political Gabfest Live in Madison, Wisconsin on October 25! More information coming soon.

From celebrities to the International Chess Federation to the Olympics, attacks against trans people - especially trans women - are piling up.

A book provides a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest people. Will they work?

Inside the draft of a deal between ByteDance and the U.S. to keep TikTok in the states.

Where the new candy sellers are coming from, and why they came.

Trailing Trump substantially and telling voters he’s not interested in VP or a cabinet position, the political newcomer is campaigning tirelessly.

Inside the gap between reality and the “feel-good” film.

State schools across the country are trying to raise their rankings no matter the cost—because students foot the bill.

This one goes out to anyone who has tried to help a prince get his money

Even if Trump loses, will voting rights in Georgia still be under attack?

Is the ghost of your online life destined to haunt your friends and family?

Tory Lanez was sentenced for shooting Megan, but he’s not the only “Toronto Mans” to do her dirty.

A Georgia grand jury indicts Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants; Montana youth win a climate-change court case while Maui residents lose everything to wildfire; and Michael Oher hits his supposed “Blind Side” parents with a lawsuit.