The city would have to open up information centers and create a position for someone to hear gripes about its handling of the L train shutdown under legislation being introduced in the City Council. Council Speaker Corey Johnson is introducing the bills as Brooklyn and Manhattan brace for the 15-mon… - 3 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 2:25pm -
These pills sure are shady. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the feds to pull from the market “sunscreen pills” that falsely claim to protect users from sunburns. The Food and Drug Administration last month put out a warning against four companies they said illegally market the pills as offering su… - 3 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 2:05pm -
ALBANY — With three scheduled days left in the legislative session, advocates have given up hope that physician-assisted suicide will be legalized this year in New York. In a letter to lawmakers, two groups — Compassion & Choices and the Death With Dignity National Center — vowed to redouble t… - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:30pm -
Defeated Rep. Mark Sanford said Sunday it’s “dangerous” how President Trump has been able to get away with telling lies with “no seeming consequence.” The South Carolina Republican lost in a primary on Tuesday, after Trump endorsed his challenger and bashed him in a tweet invoking his high… - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:25pm -
State lawmakers on Sunday announced an agreement on legislation that would crack down on people who give bogus references for nannies and other child care workers. The deal crafted by Assemblyman Steve Otis (D-Westchester County) and state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-S.I.) resolved a dispute between the... - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:00pm -
Members of Congress from New York and New Jersey got into an immigration detention center in New Jersey Sunday, where they met with arrested immigrants separated from their families. Seven Democrats made the surprise Father’s Day visit to the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility in Elizabeth,... - 5 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 12:55pm -
Democrats want to highlight Trump scandals in their push for Congress this fall—just not the one that has dominated headlines and threatens his presidency. - 13 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 4:00am -
Paul Manafort’s jailing is the latest example of Trump associates learning the hard way that there are consequences for lying to federal agents. - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 1:23pm -
Thanks to Harvard's redactions of a court filing, there is no reference to whether or how the school gives an advantage to the children and other relatives of top donors.View Entire Post › - 1 day ago 16 Jun 18, 9:31am -
BuzzFeed News and Whitman Insight Strategies conducted one of the most comprehensive national polls to date on how LGBTQ Americans live in 2018.View Entire Post › - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 6:22pm -
The court filings made public Friday are part of an extended court battle over Harvard University’s treatment of Asian American applicants.View Entire Post › - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 5:50pm -
The government also put back together 16 pages of documents that were found in a paper shredder in Cohen's office.View Entire Post › - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 4:45pm -
A federal judge made the decision after the Special Counsel's Office accused President Donald Trump's former campaign chair of attempting to tamper with potential witnesses in his criminal trial.View Entire Post › - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 2:47pm -
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration's migrant policies amid growing public backlash in a series of tweets on Sunday, saying the administration does not have a policy of separatin... - 1 hour ago 17 Jun 18, 4:10pm -
Experts agree it would be a game changer if the court is able to find a workable test to assess when legislators have gone too far in drawing partisan congressional maps. - 2 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 3:33pm -
The Trump administration appears poised for a fight over its practice of separating migrant families who cross the border illegally as a growing number of lawmakers voice concerns over it.Democrats and some Republi... - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:31pm -
First lady Melania Trump appeared to express disapproval on Sunday with her husband's administration's policy of separating migrant families who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally."Mrs. Trump hates to see child... - 6 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 11:11am -
The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, Adam Schiff (Calif.), said Sunday it was "deeply disturbing" that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) received classified information about Hillary... - 8 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 9:53am -
Several Democratic lawmakers on Sunday paid a "surprise Father's Day visit" to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey, capping off a week of heightened tensions surrounding the issue o... - 9 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 8:38am -
A 13-year-old boy is among the 22 people injured after a shooter opened fire at a 24-hour arts festival in Trenton, New Jersey early Sunday morning around 2:45 a.m.Read more... - 5 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 12:30pm -
Roger Stone said that a Russian national approached him in May of 2016 with damaging information about Hillary Clinton and wanted $2 million in exchange, The Washington Post reports. Read more... - 6 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 11:30am -
An emergency room physician has been suspended after a video of her mocking a patient claiming to be suffering from an anxiety attack was posted to Facebook, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.Read more... - 7 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 10:45am -
I have three dads. But I have a biological dad, who I met over eight years ago. Then, there’s my adoptive dad, whose last name I share. And I then, have my stepdad, who came into my life when I was about nine years old. My relationships vary with each, and accordingly, every year on Father’s Day… - 7 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 10:04am -
The superhero series would like you to think it might turn its protagonist into its villain. Too bad it kind of worships him. Every week, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can read the archives here. The episode of the week for J… - 7 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 10:30am -
Mueller has been asking about the meeting. Stone claims he forgot about it till now. We’ve learned of yet another shady 2016 meeting between a Trump associate and a Russian national. And, yet again, the purpose was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia and Ros… - 9 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 8:30am -
“No need to ask, you heard about us,” Beyoncé sings in her new joint album with husband Jay-Z, Everything Is Love. And it’s true, we have heard about them. We’ve heard about the intimate details of their marriage, the betrayals and the reconciliation. But that didn’t use to be the case.F… - 11 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 6:23am -
I am the father of two boys, Griffin (14) and Huck (12). They are awesome: bright, curious, funny, and kindhearted.Like any parent, I would love to believe that my awesome kids are a result of my awesome parenting. Sadly, expert opinion indicates it ain't so. Genes have an enormous influence. Peers… - 12 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 5:41am -
The couple’s new joint album, Everything Is Love, is now streaming on Tidal. Four and a half years ago, in December 2013, Beyoncé did something that at the time was so unheard of that ever after it the act would be known as “pulling a Beyoncé.” She dropped a surprise self-titled album on the… - 24 hours ago 16 Jun 18, 5:56pm -
Beyoncé woke up like this (flawless) and works hard (grinds till she owns it). The contradiction makes her great. There are two lyrics in Beyoncé’s oeuvre that sum up the paradox that makes her so astonishingly compelling.The first is from 2013’s “Flawless:” “I woke up like this, I woke… - 1 day ago 16 Jun 18, 4:32pm -
"Did you spend more time this week practicing basketball than trying to get those kids out of that detention center?" Kimmel asked Cruz on the court. - 8 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 9:41am -
The House oversight chairman is demanding documents related to Hillary Clinton, Andrew McCabe and the alleged surveillance of the Trump campaign. - 8 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 9:04am -
In a June 14 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misidentified former FBI lawyer Lisa Page as an FBI agent.In a June 13 Faith-Based, Ruth Graham misidentified the home state of the pastor who proposed to replace Mike Pence’s appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting with a session of prayer.… - 3 days ago 15 Jun 18, 1:03am -
Slate is a multimedia digital publishing company focused on covering culture, technology, politics, current events, and business. Over the past 20 years our smart, witty takes have been recognized with numerous accolades and have won us industry recognition, including the National Magazine Award for… - 6 days ago 11 Jun 18, 10:08am -
As legend and William Safire have it, the political phrase “a smoke-filled room” derives from an Associated Press description of a meeting that occurred on this day in 1920, when a group of powerful Republicans met in a Chicago hotel room to orchestrate the nomination of Warren G. Harding as the… - 7 days ago 10 Jun 18, 9:01pm -
In a June 9 Sports, Ben Mathis-Lilley misstated that Brooklyn Nets forward Quincy Acy’s regular-season “value over replacement player” was higher than Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love’s playoff VORP. The two VORPS were identical.In a June 7 Future Tense, Henry Grabar misstated that O… - 10 days ago 8 Jun 18, 1:01am -
Slate Plus members! It’s that time of year when we invite you to pitch stories you’d like to write for Slate.Here’s how this works:Post your idea for a story you’d like to write in the comments section below. You can submit up to three ideas. Please put each one in a separate comment so we… - 13 days ago 5 Jun 18, 4:00am -
According to a recipe published by the San Diego Union-Tribune, it was on this exact day in 1411 that King Charles VI of France awarded the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese. You may use the comment thread on this page to debate whether Slate magazine ow… - 14 days ago 3 Jun 18, 9:01pm -
Bumblebees, experts say, are important pollinators for wild and agricultural plants, but some species are absent where they were once common — possibly because of the same factors that have been killing honeybees. - -
The Northern California physician was recorded saying to a 20-year-old — who said he was having an anxiety attack — that he was “the least sick of all the people who are here.” - -
Manuel Oliver rededicated his life to educating young activists about gun violence after his son was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. - 2 days ago 15 Jun 18, 11:13am -
An annual report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition was released Wednesday and the findings were hella depressing. Turns out, a person who works full time and earns a minimum of $15 per hour in the U.S. can barely afford to pay their rent—and a person earning the federal minimum wage o… - 38 mins ago 17 Jun 18, 4:49pm -
Actor and comedian Lil Rel Howery deserves major props for showing extra love to Black journalists and press at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Saturday night, reports the L.A. Times, making sure he gave interviews to Black press before speaking with mainstream outlets. The Get Out star’s “pre… - 2 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 3:57pm -
A St. Louis man is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend after she refused to lend him $36, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. On Wednesday morning, Brian Clay asked his longtime girlfriend Loreal Goode for a ride to a nearby pawnshop. He also asked to borrow $36 to retrieve a TV, polic… - 2 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 3:10pm -
A former police officer will spend eight years in prison for not disclosing his HIV diagnosis to his longtime girlfriend. Back in April, Ervans Saintclair was found guilty by a Palm Beach County jury of a first-degree felony charge called “uninformed HIV infected sexual intercourse,” reports th… - 3 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 2:20pm -
Cardi B took to Instagram on Friday to reveal her latest Rolling Stone cover. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper can be seen looking flawless and flaunting her baby bump, while her fiancé Offset sweetly kisses her pregnant belly. “I guess it was too much to ask to wait until the official July release… - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:41pm -
Jesse Williams is an actor, an activist, and an entrepreneur whose new app, Blebrity is likely to become one of your essential party-starters. The Grey’s Anatomy star threw a super-secret soiree at The Soho House in Miami during the 2018 American Black Film Festival and gave his famous friends a c… - 4 hours ago 17 Jun 18, 1:18pm -
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage r… - 10 days ago 8 Jun 18, 2:11am -