Author Franklin Foer discusses the first two years in President Joe Biden’s White House; the war in Ukraine slogs on and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wades in; and higher education is in trouble.

Litigator Marc Elias on fighting for voting rights in the courts against Republicans who increasingly fetishize lawlessness and losing.

Between COVID and now wildfire smoke, the case for improving school ventilation makes itself. So what’s the hold-up?

A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students.

Test scores remain low, but students missed more than just academics.

How money in politics turned our federal government into a gerontocracy.

Partisanship isn’t the problem.

After 15 years of allegations against AG Ken Paxton, the Texas Senate votes on articles of impeachment today.

In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.

Jho Low stole billions and funded a Leonardo DiCaprio movie.

Activist: Fascist violence calls for full resistance

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.

When it comes to natural disasters, getting the latest news via Twitter or Facebook is, well, disastrous.

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.

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.

Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.

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

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.