“If you dream of owning your own little slice of hell and turning it into a piece of heaven, then look no further!” So reads the real estate listing for a five-bedroom Colorado Springs house... Read more
Democrats have long had a self-defeating desire to prove that they are America’s real party of fiscal responsibility, a pathology that has occasionally shined through as they’ve negotiated w... Read more
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he would refuse to let President Joe Biden fill a Supreme Court seat in 2024 if Republicans wi... Read more
Pay Dirt is Slate’s new money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Athena and Elizabeth here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My partner grew up poor, while I grew up more middle-clas... Read more
Someone is willing to part with almost $30 million for a ticket to go into space alongside billionaire Jeff Bezos. The auction for the spare seat on the Blue Origin’s maiden voyage next mont... Read more
On Thursday, Florida’s State Board of Education voted unanimously, at the behest of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, to ban lessons that employ critical race theory (CRT) or the New York Times’... Read more
If you are considering treating yourself to a big post-vaccine trip to Hawaii this summer, you should prepare to pay handsomely. Stir-crazy vacationers are swarming to the islands, driving u... Read more
The race to become mayor of New York City really began in January, when Andrew Yang admitted he had spent much of the pandemic in a house upstate. “Is he a New Yorker? I don’t even know,” Ka... Read more
President Joe Biden last week said that June must be a “month of action” on Capitol Hill to act on voting rights legislation. He deputized Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the charge, an... Read more
Dating back to LeBron James’ first season in Miami—the 2010–11 campaign that saw his Heat’s big three fall in six games to Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks—there has been a simple rule by wh... Read more
