Netflix’s Train Dreams Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something
A soft movie; a hard novella. For Slate
1923 Ends With a Bang
How the Yellowstone spinoff achieved whole new levels of Taylor Sheridana. For Slate
Does The Pioneer Woman Really Own The Land From Killers of the Flower Moon?
The story behind a viral tweet. For Slate
Buckminster Fuller’s Greatest Invention
Review of Alec Nevala-Lee’s Fuller biography. For the New Republic
The Fable of the Sick Anti-Vaxxer
A man scorned the smallpox inoculation, then got smallpox. It made no difference. For Slate
The American Art of the Vaccine Rollout
A six-part special series on the introduction of new vaccines. For Slate
The Long History of the Hand-Washing Gender Gap
Women are slightly better at handwashing than men. Here’s one theory why. For Slate
What It Felt Like
If “living history” roleplay can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning it? For Slate
The Real Story Of Queen Elizabeth’s Toxic White Makeup
The iconic white paint that might have poisoned a queen. For Slate
No Sense of Decency
Why the iconic McCarthy clapback will never happen in the Trump era. For Slate
History of Reconstruction Podcast
Limited series on the Reconstruction era, with cohost Jamelle Bouie. For Slate
Your Childcare Conundrum is an Anticommunist Plot
Why we don’t have government daycare. For Slate
Slate Academy: Fascism
Limited-series podcast on the history of fascism, with cohosts Josh Keating and June Thomas. For Slate
