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What Next - Is Tech Dismantling Democracy?
Our Silicon Valley overlords, as they’ll tell you, aren’t huge fans of liberal democracy—and their products that we’ve integrated into our lives refl…
1 month, 1 week ago
Slate Money - Money Talks: Do Childcare Subsidies Pay Off?
In this Money Talks: Martha Gimble, the Executive Director of the Budget Lab at Yale, joins Elizabeth Spiers to explain their recent report on early …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Next - The Nightmare on the USS Lincoln
The situation aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is reportedly dire: broken toilets, shortages of water, rationed, lousy food, little ac…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Next - They Stood Their Ground. Was It Murder?
A stranger approaching and aiming a gun at you seems like the exact scenario that “Stand Your Ground” laws were made to address. But a case in Florid…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 1. Man With a Plan
Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of th…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Slate Money - What the Shell?
This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that requires shell companies to identify their beneficiaries. F…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | Look What You Made Me Do
David Plotz interviews John Lanchester about his new novel Look What You Made Me Do, a darkly funny psychological thriller about two couples in moder…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Next - Off the Record: Air Farce One
How much should we know about our politicians? This week we found out that even two of the most scrutinized people in America still have their secret…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Are Flock Cameras Watching You?
In a world where everyone is carrying smartphones and setting up Ring cameras, you could be forgiven for thinking the war is over and the surveillanc…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Political Gabfest - Air Faux One
This week, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the security calculations behind Trump’s plane switch operation; the Wh…
1 month, 2 weeks ago