Slate Mini Crossword for March 14, 2025 Quiara Vasquez
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
Netflix’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Is Here, and It’s a Monumental Disaster Sam Adams
The Electric State is from the directors of Avengers: Endgame and costs about as much. Yikes.
A Dangerous New Supreme Court Case Could Open the Door to Prosecutions for DEI Leah Litman
No one observing the past few months could question that the Trump administration is intent on dismantling DEIA programs and civil rights in the process.
Reddit Is Restricting Luigi Mangione Discourse—but It’s Even Weirder Than That Nitish Pahwa
The website is attacking the users that made it the front page of the internet.
“Efficiency” Is a Terrible Way to Measure Disaster Preparedness David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Juliette Kayyem
The value of being prepared is only obvious when something goes badly wrong.
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again Haiyun Damon-Feng
Immigration officials are threatening to prioritize unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation.
Should I Keep My Kid’s Secrets? Lucy Lopez, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp
Plus: sick days, travel days, and stealing the hair product.
The School I Work at Is Full of Loud and Proud Racists. Faking Niceties Is Making Me Sick. Laura Helmuth
How can I stand up for what I believe in?
I Can’t Believe the Lengths My Mom Is Going Through to Avoid Visiting My Family Nicole Chung
I already knew she favored my sister, but this takes the cake.
Help! My Stupid Gym-Bro Son Is on a Mission to Offer His “Top-Tier Genetics’ to Women. Oh God. Delia Cai
He’s deadly serious about this.