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The Private-Equity Confidence Game
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (614+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate…...
Michelle Bachelet Was the First Woman Elected President of Which Country?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (56+ words) Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 26, 2026. More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 26, 2026 Slate Crossword: Like Some Curries or Romances (11 letters) Slate Pears Game 376: Aug. 25, 2026 Slate Crossword: City You Might Associate With Hot Wings? (Seven…...
How McGruff’s Anti-Drug Anthems Became Wedding Bangers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (373+ words) Did a trench coat-wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work? McGruff the Crime Dog arrived on the scene at the dawn of the 1980s, just as a firehose of anti-drug PSAs was inundating the youth of America. These messages didn’t always…...
Rep Greg Casar’s anti-artificial intelligence populism.
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Something’s Different About The Lindsay Clancy Fandom
2+ week, 4+ day ago (536+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate Plus Podcasts…...
This State Hasn’t Executed a Woman in 200 Years. It Is Picking the Worst Possible Way to Go Back.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (716+ words) The United States rarely executes women, no matter how gruesome their crimes. In fact, only 18 women have been put to death in this country in the past 50 years. That translates to around 1 percent of the executions carried out in that…...
‘Humane Eldercare Has Become a Luxury Item’
2+ week, 5+ day ago (184+ words) When both her parents developed dementia at the same time, Anna de la Cruz’s family split into two different care paths: one in the U.S., one in Mexico. Nursing home care in the U.S. can run families $10,000 a month, a…...
Think You Know More About the ’90s Than Our Resident Gen Xer? As If!
2+ week, 5+ day ago (47+ words) Test your knowledge of the golden decade. More Games From Slate Slate SoundBites for August 24, 2026 Slate 1990s Crossword: Beanie Babies or Hummel Figurines, e.g. (15 Letters) Slate Pears Special 1990s Edition Slate Pears Game 375: Aug. 24, 2026 We need to talk about your adblocker...
I’ve Prioritized One Thing Above Everything Else in My Budget. Am I Making a Huge Mistake?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (490+ words) I am writing for an independent voice on whether I’m being responsible or irresponsible with money, or there is some other perspective I need to consider. I currently spend maybe 20 to 30 percent of my after-tax budget on one line item....
The Progressive Case for Midterms Optimism
2+ week, 6+ day ago (89+ words) The Dems might—at last—be in array. Since losing the 2024 presidential election, Democrats have been doing a lot of finger pointing. But with the midterms this fall, it’s time to stop pointing and start saying what you actually believe…...