Slate Crossword: Flat Figure? (Six Letters) Ben Zimmer
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Jan. 10, 2025.
Will the Supreme Court Save TikTok? Lizzie O’Leary
TikTok does have a point about government intervention on a speech platform.
My Mom’s Freaking Out Over My Gender Identity. Help! Anna Sale
¡Hola Papi! writer and illustrator JP Brammer joins guest Prudie Anna Sale.
Sam Alito Failing To Recuse From This Trump Case Would Be a Historic Farce Dahlia Lithwick
It makes a mockery of the so-called ethics rules that they put in place, but that there’s no mechanism to enforce.
Think the TikTok Ban Won’t Happen? Think Again. Jacob Ward
This isn’t the first time regulators have targeted a Chinese-owned company.
I Will Never Stop Watching One Video From Jimmy Carter’s Funeral, and Neither Will You Heather Schwedel
The video of Obama and George W. Bush is Carter’s last gift to the world.
You Know Who Else Blamed a Major Fire on a Global Conspiracy of His Political Enemies? Ben Mathis-Lilley
The president-elect’s top adviser is trumpeting a wild conspiracy about Los Angeles.
Netflix Has Created a New Global Addiction. Its Latest No. 1 Show Is a Perfect Example. Laura Miller
Missing You has charted on Netflix’s Top 10 in 89 countries. It shows how the streamer has mastered a very particular formula.
There Was One Sign That We Had to Leave L.A. We Never Thought We’d See It. Alex Kirshner
The city’s gargantuan highways—normally an impediment and an eyesore—suddenly felt like a bulwark.
Donald Trump Continues to Shore up Allies and Get Away With…Everything David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and Juliette Kayyem
Trump will go without significant legal consequences and Zuckerberg does the full imperial curtsey