Help! The Last Time I Saw My Friend, I Said Something Atrocious. Now I’m About to See Her for Christmas. Shannon Palus
I’m not sure if she’ll ever really forgive me.
Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz. Ray Hamel
Test your wits and see how you stack up on the leaderboard.
The Slatest for Dec. 20: Why Taking Trump off the Ballot Would Be a Disaster Slate Staff
Stories about Pope Francis, Joe Biden’s historically low polling numbers, the new Percy Jackson adaptation, and more.
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Maestro Ellin Stein
Bradley Cooper’s biopic mines the many tensions of Leonard Bernstein’s life in pursuit of high art. Here’s what’s fact and what’s fantasia. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/08de77a4-bed8-48fb-8e49-8a9f7a53ef90.jpeg?crop=1560,1040,x0,y0" title="What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in…
Another Temporary Gaza Cease-Fire May Be on the Horizon—but That Won’t End the War Fred Kaplan
To reach an enduring settlement, the leaders of the Arab nations neighboring Israel will have to get involved.
“A Curtain of Fire”: We Checked In With an Iceland Volcano Scientist About the Eruption Anna Gibbs
How long will it go on? What are the stakes?
The Clear Next Step in the Anti-Abortion Playbook Mary Harris
A woman in Ohio miscarried. Then she was charged with abusing a corpse.
It’s Time to Adjudicate the Real Criminals of Christmas: The Parents in Home Alone Luke Winkie
We asked legal experts what would happen to Kevin McCallister’s child-neglecting parents. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/22248b46-b707-4ec9-aad4-d009ee8ecc25.jpeg?crop=1560,1040,x0,y0" title="It’s Time to Adjudicate the Real Criminals of Christmas: The Parents in Home Alone” />