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Slate is an online publication that leans towards liberal and progressive perspectives, focusing on topics like politics, culture, and current events in the U.S. It has gained attention, and occasionally criticism, for its unique and often opposing viewpoints, which has led to the phrase "Slate Pitches." Overall, it maintains a distinctly liberal editorial viewpoint.

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One of Trump’s Most Deranged Backers Lost His Defamation Trial. He’s Declaring Victory.

2 days ago | slate.com | Alan Prendergast

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Mike Lindell, most famous as “the MyPillow Guy” who made a small fortune marketing his sleep wares to millions of Americans, can’t stop selling. Not even during his own defamation trial, with tens of millions of dollars at stake and the sales pitch threatening his very defense.
Patrick Reis Joins Slate as Politics Editor

2 days ago | slate.com | Katie Rayford

Slate Fare Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. We’re thrilled to announce that Patrick Reis is joining Slate as our new Politics Editor. Reis brings deep experience as both an editor and reporter, along with a sharp sense of how to tell political stories that connect with people’s lives.
Why did the U.S. bomb three key nuclear sites?

4 days ago | slate.com | Mary Harris

President Trump’s always talked about keeping America out of conflicts abroad. Six months into his second term, here we are. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.
My Tween Girls Are Jealous of Each Other

4 days ago | slate.com | Zak Rosen |Lucy Lopez |Elizabeth Newcamp

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A supposed new summer trend for kids shows it’s getting weird out there.

6 days ago | slate.com | Rebecca Onion

Family Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. All through elementary school, I attended not a single summer day camp. To use today’s parlance, we spent our summers “rotting.” We rambled around our little town to find friends who were free to hang out, visited the corner store to buy ice cream sandwiches, played board games if it was raining.
Crypto regulation is finally here…and it’s good?

6 days ago | slate.com | Emily Peck |Felix Salmon |Elizabeth Spiers

Crypto regulation is finally happening, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders get a raise, and AI bots come for our jobs Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a valid phone number.
Why Are Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson Fighting? Buckle Up.

6 days ago | slate.com | Luke Winkie

The Slatest By Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Nobody should envy the position Ted Cruz finds himself in these days. Here is a senator who rose through the ranks in Washington as a boilerplate, Harvard Law–educated Republican—meaner and more pedantic than his contemporaries, sure, but ultimately bound by the same antiseptic platform (tax cuts for the rich, a microscopic federal apparatus).
What’s Going On With Justin Bieber, Explained

1 week ago | slate.com | Nadira Goffe

Music By Justin Bieber is back in the spotlight, though not for entirely good reasons. A recent clip of the pop star chastising paparazzi (which has since gone megaviral) has turned him into a catchphrase-coining meme, but not without also earning him a significant amount of worry from his fans. This comes after a long string of eyebrow-raising behavior from the singer, as seen in both in-person interactions captured on video and his increasingly troubling social media posts.
I need Botox for work. My boyfriend's stance on this is unreasonable.

1 week ago | slate.com | Ilyce Glink

Pay Dirt Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, I’m in a career where appearance matters a lot. Like the other people I know in my field, I budget for this. But recently my boyfriend and I were talking about combining finances in marriage, and when he saw the numbers, he freaked out. To me, this stuff is the price of this career. I love the other parts of my job, and I’ve worked hard to get here.
We asked my husband’s mom to housesit while we were on vacation. She did a little more than that, and I’m livid.

1 week ago | slate.com | Ilyce Glink

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My husband and I just got back from taking the kids to visit my parents who live out of state. While we were gone, we left his mother “Linda” to housesit rather than board our dog.