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I've just never thought about end-of-life considerations like this.

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

Melanie Ehrenkranz’s Substack is the one place people can really air their layoff grievances.

A global giant like Nintendo can weather the worst of it. What about everyone else?

A massive trade war with China is just getting started.

The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.

He's a household name of a very different sort in Britain.

Some people working toward PSLF are probably in trouble. But every American should be worried.

What the latest redemption tour says about race and power in Hollywood.

Plus: discovering Duolingo, birthday blues, and crisis management.

They just won't let it go.

And we got a chilling insight this week into how the Trump administration thinks about immigrants.

The shelling of Fort Sumter began the first night of Passover, 1861.

The story of Cop City is both deeply local and intensely emblematic of national trends.

How can I protect my in-laws from the carnage?

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 10, 2025.

Call it a “citizen’s impeachment.”

"Trump is back!” they screamed, apparently unaware that the tariffs were his idea in the first place.

"Trump is back!” they screamed, apparently unaware that the tariffs were his idea in the first place.

Does that mean we’re out of the woods, though, tariff-wise? Hahaha, no. No.

They are hairier than mine!

A Goofy Movie’s legacy, and its making, are explored in a new Disney+ documentary about the animated film.

Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for April 9, 2025.

She needs to get out of her comfort zone.

From the “Brokey” challenge to the Kombucha Girl, is it fair for a company to fire someone just because they go viral?