Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 14, 2025 Quiara Vasquez
Take a quick break with our daily 5×5 grid.
Slate Crossword: Rep. in a Will-They-Won’t-They Relationship With the DSA (Three Letters) Quiara Vasquez
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Feb. 14, 2025.
I Have Enough Friends and Don’t Want More. Help! Kristen Meinzer
New York Times columnist Lori Gottlieb joins guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer.
Trump’s DOJ Is Trying to Sabotage Trans Kid Plaintiffs at the Supreme Court Hila Keren
The critical question at this moment is whether the court would follow the DOJ’s unscrupulous demand for an immediate narrow decision.
There Are No Moderate Republicans This Time Around Christina Cauterucci
RIP to “moderate” Susan Collins.
Questlove’s Brilliant New Documentary Takes On One of Music’s Greatest Mysteries Jack Hamilton
The new movie is about so much more than Sly Stone.
A Constitutional Crisis Between the Trump Administration and the Courts David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson
How will this tug-of-war play out? And where is Congress in all this?
I Would Pay a Fortune to Never Have to Ride in a Tesla Again Scaachi Koul
Where’s the rideshare option to actively avoid getting stuck with one of Elon Musk’s lousy cars?
Trump’s Trans Sports Ban Is Already Doing Tremendous Damage Julie Kliegman
Here’s what his executive order really means.
Here’s One Big Way You’ll Know if We’re in a Presidential Dictatorship Frank Bowman
If Trump successfully defies the courts, the only remaining obstacle to dictatorship will be public revulsion and national popular protest.