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Mighty Real Edition
As What Next celebrates Juneteenth, please enjoy this episode from our colleagues at Hit Parade. What Next will be back in your feed on Monday.
Litt…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Apparently Doesn’t Believe Trans People Exist
In this Slate Plus exclusive episode, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern analyse the Roberts Court's decision in Skrmetti, effectively bans gende…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Content Creators Crashing the Diddy Trial
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate staff writer Nadira Goffe, whose coverage of the United States v. Sean Combs (also known as the Didd…
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next | Kristi Noem Understands the Assignment
As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has made herself the official face of the Trump administration’s military crackdowns …
1 year, 3 months ago
What Next | The War Netanyahu Always Wanted
On Friday, Israel launched massive strikes in Iran, targeting nuclear sites and killing top military leaders in the largest single-day attack on the …
1 year, 4 months ago
What Next | Vaccine Skeptics Just Scored a Big Win
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, accusing members of serving in…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Next: TBD | Summer Travel Tips To Not Get Detained
A guide to keeping your phone, and your digital life, safe when you’re crossing the border.
Guest: Lily Hay Newman, senior writer for WIRED covering …
1 year, 4 months ago
Slate Money | Peak AI Frenzy
This week: Warner Brothers and Discovery breakup again. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers examine the undoing of the three-year-old merge…
1 year, 4 months ago
Amicus | Tanks On DC’s Streets And A US Senator In Handcuffs
America feels very different this weekend. While the president’s planned military parade (that just happens to coincide with his birthday) will see t…
1 year, 4 months ago
What Next: TBD | New DOGE, New Tricks
Elon Musk has ridden off into the sunset acrimoniously (maybe), but the Department of Government Efficiency is just getting started. Will DOGE contin…
1 year, 4 months ago