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How the show’s writers found the perfect fate for its serial-killer star.

Missouri was just the latest ballot initiative loss for the anti-abortion movement.

For once, the billionaire’s first amendment crusade isn’t total nonsense. Blame Minnesota.

Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for April 25, 2025.

Meta’s obsession with artificial intelligence is making even basic tasks unbearable.

Dope Thief showrunner Peter Craig breaks down that whirlwind finale.

Étoile, a new ballet drama from the creator of Bunheads, has a billionaire problem.

What was “inefficient” and what was protected privacy?

The host of Slate’s Decoder Ring joins Jenée Desmond Harris.

But Powell won’t rescue Trump from market chaos of his own making.

Anyone who believes Putin would hold the line at Donbas hasn’t been paying attention.

Brad Bondi, the brother of attorney general Pam Bondi, is running to become president of the District of Columbia Bar.

The United States exports more than $44 billion per year in education.

Waiting until she’s a teen is out of the question.

Surely he knows this isn’t OK.

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He thinks there's a simple fix. Yikes.

It's creating headaches for everyone else.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 24, 2025.

The betrayal ran deep, I was told. Now everything’s changed.

The same way we got out of 19th century working conditions is how we’re going to keep from going back.

The First Shadow is so bad, it actually makes the TV series worse.

The goal isn’t to police all behavior at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.

The purpose of public education was never to spare us from one another.

Am I asking for too much?