China Is Well Positioned to Survive Trump’s Iran War Oil Crisis. The Reason Is Damning.

As the U.S. braces for higher gas prices, the countries that are better weathering the storm are doing something Trump should ...

I’ve Always Known What Kind of Person My Mother Is. Unfortunately, My 3-Year-Old Has Figured It Out, Too.

My mother is a difficult person. My younger sister is estranged from her. As the older daughter, I have always felt a ...

I Did Some Good “Parenting” While Babysitting My Nephew. My Sister Is Furious.

I babysat my sister “Phoebe’s” almost-5-year-old son ,“Oliver,” while she and her husband attended a friend’s birthday celebration out of town. When dinnertime rolled around, I asked Oliver what he ...
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The Supreme Court’s Favorite New Excuse to Rule Against LGBTQ+ Kids

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last year, in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the ...
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I Just Found Out That My Wife’s Aunt Has Been Lying to Us for Years. I’m Not Sure My Kid Is Safe Around Her Anymore.

Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. My wife’s aunt “Patty” is in her early 60s and ...

I Did What You’re Supposed to Do to Get Promoted. Suddenly, There’s a Catch.

Even with my boss pushing me to do so, I was turned down because it “wasn’t in the budget” to do more than one for my group.
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I Went to One of Trump’s Mass Deportation Warehouses. It Was Eerie.

When I talk about population purge, I talk about the fact that they’re trying to deport U.S.-born citizens, people born here. They’re trying to deport them as well. So it’s not a mass deportation ...

The Year I Was Supposed to Die

In the fall of 2022, when I was 42 and living with my wife and three young kids in a small town in northwest Minnesota, a specialist at an unfamiliar hospital approached us with some test results. He ...
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New Driver, Who Dis?

Learning to flow with traffic and deal with road-rage. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish ...
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One of Trump’s Worst U.S. Attorneys Just Stepped on the Dumbest Possible Rake

It seems fair to assume that Donald Trump’s second presidency hasn’t turned out quite the way Ed Martin had hoped. The former interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has faced a series of ...
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As the Iran War Fallout Widens, Trump Seems to Be Turning to an Old Tactic. He’s in for a Rude Awakening.

Trump has TACO’d on tariffs, sometimes levying and rescinding the same import duties in the course of a single weekend. He’s TACO’d on Greenland after his threats to annex the autonomously governed ...

I Feel Comfortable Allowing My Daughter to Do a Common Childhood Errand. My Wife Thinks It’s Unthinkably Dangerous.

My wife “Anna” and I are mired in an argument over something that is a complete non-issue. We have two kids, “Molly,” 7, and ...