Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Jurisprudence Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz. Ray Hamel
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
Slate Mini Crossword for May 2, 2025 Adrianne Baik
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
My Best Friends Hate Each Other. Help! Jenée Desmond-Harris
The author and business leader joins Jenée Desmond Harris.
Amazon’s New Epic Drama Brings an Award-Winning Book to Gruesome, Gorgeous Life Rebecca Onion
The Narrow Road to the Deep North—both the new series and the book it’s based on—is worth your time.
Trump’s First 100 Days: A Destructive Theater of Madness Over Method David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson
Trump clearly relishes being the “ringmaster of a manic circus.”
Meghan Markle Does It. So Do I. Don’t Judge Us. Hannah Docter-Loeb
For me, it’s an annual tradition.
Tina Fey’s New Netflix Show Remakes a Hit 1981 Movie. It’s a Major Improvement. Sam Adams
The Four Seasons is an adaptation of Alan Alda’s film that departs from the source material in key ways, while keeping much of the plot intact.
The Birthday Party Show Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp
Plus: how to celebrate a nerdy 15-year-old.
Are Those Movies in Which Ben Affleck Plays an Autistic Killer Offensive … or Just Kind of Great? Patrick Marlborough
The Accountant 2 is clunky, awkward, and wonderfully autistic.