Bonus: Columbia’s Capitulation Starts a Disturbing New Chapter
Episode Notes In this week’s bonus episode for Slate Plus members, Mark Joseph Stern retires to the Pluskateer bar with Jay Willis of Balls and Strikes to talk about Columbia…
There’s a Playbook for Authoritarianism. Trump Is Speed-Running It.
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The Drying Planet
As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into a largely ungoverned, invisible cache of fresh water: the vast, hidden pools…
Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no…
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
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ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Newly Released Financial Disclosures
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“We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts
Politics / July 25, 2025 In-home care workers spoke to The Nation about their fears of ICE’s expansion and losing their jobs and healthcare coverage under the GOP’s shameful law.…
Tony Evers Did What Too Many Senior Democrats Have Not
Politics / July 25, 2025 Wisconsin’s governor was well positioned to win a third term. Instead, he cleared the way for a new generation of Democrats to run. Others should…
Summer of Epstein
Activism / This Week Sami Sage. Ad Policy In the Summer of 1977, I was a young illustrator, living in the East Village in NY. I would get around town…