Slate Crossword: Aggro, à la Marshawn Lynch (Nine Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Sept. 21, 2025.
When the News Feels Too Heavy for Kids (and Parents)
Reporter Aymann Ismail joins the hosts to help kids (and parents) make sense of scary stories in the news.
My Friend Says She “Doesn’t Do” Birthday Gifts Anymore. Somehow I’m the Bad Guy Here.
She’s the birthday Grinch, not me.
I Want to Get My Nephew’s College Acceptance Revoked. My Husband Is Standing In My Way.
He doesn’t deserve higher education.
One Threatened Supreme Court Precedent Ties the Fates of LGBTQ+ People and Immigrants Inextricably
Plyler embodies a constitutional insight as urgent today as it was in 1982: that equality is not achieved through formal neutrality alone.
My Kid Won’t Pee Without a Towel
Plus: all hands on deck, hearts of palm, and Lord of the rings.
Parenting in an Interfaith World
Plus: the traditions we keep and the traditions we create.