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There's a wide gulf between the public's reaction and the environment that could've let this happen.

Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she has lived through an experience that women everywhere have to fear.

Test your knowledge of this week's big stories.

Years ago I was a lawyer for William Reaves, who will soon be put to death in Florida.

Corruption is contagious, and Trump's is spreading.

Republicans are shifting money from North Carolina to Kansas as Democrats keep adding targets. The hosts debate whether the wider map is real or a feint.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Oct. 8, 2026.

Family separation has become just another devastating consequence of the president's mass deportation agenda.

After Trump, will America's friends still want to be our friends?

Waves crash up the shoreline--then they go back.