As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.

With an audience this big—and fiercely loyal—who needs the truth?

Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?

Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?

More teachers are leaving their jobs as a wave of restrictive legislation targets educators across the country.

How financial planning can help Black taxpayers close the racial wealth gap.

What the science says about Utah’s social media ban for teens.

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Caroline Aaron discusses her career as a character actress.

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers go over China’s expanding role in the international debt market.

The Comstock Act is a 19th century vice law some hope could criminalize abortion nationwide

How highly classified documents from the Pentagon ended up in a small Discord server.

Federal judges limit the availability of mifepristone; the Republican Tennessee state legislature expels two Democratic representatives; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has an ethics problem again.

A judge has revoked FDA approval of mifepristone. But the FDA could fight back - in more ways than one.

How the emergency overdose treatment came to be—and came to be so necessary.

If you’re banking on a legal slam dunk and a president behind bars… we have some bad news.

Days of public protest, open shouting from the Rotunda, and expulsions that broke on color lines.

Who is Harlan Crow and why is he the justice’s vacation benefactor?

Classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God immortalized Eatonville, Florida. Will the town survive?

A series of near misses, antiquated tech and a shortage of airline employees are exposing the cracks in our air travel system.

Donald Trump is arraigned; Janet Protasiewicz wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Brandon Johnson is elected Chicago mayor; and No Labels might play spoiler in the 2024 presidential race.

Donald Trump is arraigned; Janet Protasiewicz wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Brandon Johnson is elected Chicago mayor; and No Labels might play spoiler in the 2024 presidential race.

The (racist) playbook when vote suppression and gerrymandering isn’t enough.

Films like Magic Mike: The Last Dance are an exception to our current sexless movie norm.

Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the podcasting economy and if the bubble has burst—or if it will soon.

While TikTok is in Washington’s crosshairs, Bytedance has been quietly pushing out Lemon8, a new social media app that promises to marry Instagram and Pinterest. Will it stick?