Help! A Man Is Funding My Entire Life So I Can Pursue My Sport. But Something’s Not Right. Jenée Desmond-Harris
Is this deal a little too sweet?
Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 18, 2025 Nate Cardin
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
Here’s What it Looks Like When Vladimir Putin Controls Your Child’s Classroom Yegor Lapshov
Students are subjected to weekly pro-Putin propaganda sessions—an upside-down world that is the opposite of learning.
The Voting Rights Act Is in Brett Kavanaugh’s Hands. God Help Us. Jim Newell
Democrats’ shot at taking the House may depend on whether the Trump-appointed justice thinks racism is over.
Where Are the Credit Cockroaches Hiding? Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers
Are the “cockroaches” Jamie Dimon spoke of really a private credit problem or are they a bit closer to home?
Candice Lim Logs Off Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay
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This Voting Rights Battle Is The Biggest Case Of The Term Dahlia Lithwick
The Justices seemed poised to run roughshod over precedent.
Every Breath Sting Takes, Every Hit Sting Makes—We’ve Been Watching Him. Chris Molanphy
Everyone knows “Every Breath You Take”—but Sting’s legacy is built on hits from the unexpected genres.
The Greatest Divorce in Broadway History Is the Subject of a New Movie. But Was It Really That Brutal? Ellin Stein
Meet the saddest man at Sardi’s.