Russia Is Trying Something New to Isolate Its Internet From the Rest of the World

Surveillance, censorship, and internet isolation are deeply entangled in Russia.

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Help! My Friend’s Husband Reads All Our Private Texts.

Apparently they have an open phone policy where either spouse can go through the other’s phone.

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Judge Rules Tucker Carlson Is Not a Credible Source of News

The “general tenor” of Carlson’s show is not “stating actual facts” about the topics he discusses, the judge wrote.

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Overnight Billionaires: Airbnb

It turned ordinary neighborhoods into tourist destinations, and ordinary people into backdoor innkeepers. Did it create the community it promised?

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The Blowout House Race That Says Everything You Need to Know About the Next Congress

If you thought things were crazy before, just Qwait.

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A Vaccine Won’t Be the End

Many of us are hoping that an effective vaccine will end mask-wearing and social distancing. That would be a mistake.

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Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Associate Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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Why Kentucky’s Black Attorney General Is So Beloved by McConnell, Trump and Their Very White Party

The man who announced this week’s Breonna Taylor decision is a Republican star.

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What It’s Like to Moderate a Presidential Debate

The moderator of one of Mexico’s 2018 debates on one of the most terrifying experiences in journalism.

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COVID Didn’t Destroy New York City. Austerity Just Might.

The state’s power brokers are so afraid of the impoverished 1970s that they’re inadvertently bringing them back.

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