Help! I “Accidentally” Canceled My Entire Family’s Thanksgiving. Oops.
I have accidentally canceled Thanksgiving and I want people to stop texting and calling me about it. My parents “host” ...
It’s One of Trump’s Most Controversial Promises. This Is How He Might Carry It Out.
It’s such an early priority, and tariffs are such a clear way to help pay for those tax cuts, that Trump’s former national ...
We Know Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Evasion of Justice. It Isn’t Jack Smith.
Moreover, while Smith’s move is undoubtedly a surrender, it’s a tactical one that theoretically gives the special counsel ...
I Have a Hard Time Hearing that My Friends Are Pregnant. The Reason Is Difficult to Talk About.
I am extremely uncomfortable when I learn that someone is pregnant, as I experience significant anxiety when I think about ...
Marlon James’ Novels Are Masterpieces. His New HBO Series Achieves Something Similar.
The title character (Tamara Lawrance)—inspired by James’ own mother, a Jamaican detective inspector —carries some of the ...
I Want to Do What Every Red-State Democrat Wants to Do Right Now. I’m Scared It’s a Huge Mistake.
I am a queer woman in my mid-40s with two small children and live in a conservative, Southern state. I am starting to really ...
I Just Listened to Steve Bannon’s Show for a Week. What’s Coming Is Clear.
During the vote over the Senate majority leader, Bannon was incensed that Sen. Rick Scott, the MAGA pick, lost out to John ...
Someone Reported My Family to CPS. It Feels Like Retaliation.
Your brother is an adult who should obviously know better than to name-call his teenaged sister. And right now, he either has ...
The Mom of the Troublemaking Child Finally Intervened. Uh, That Was Not At All What We Had in Mind.
I Want to Do What Every Red-State Democrat Wants to Do Right Now. I’m Scared It’s a Huge Mistake. Someone Reported My Family ...
Why the Frenzy Over College Football’s Flashiest Story Died—Right When It Got More Compelling
Last year, the Colorado Buffaloes were an unprecedented college football attraction. Deion Sanders took over the program a ...
My Daughter Has an “Unconventional” Marriage. I Don’t Understand How She Could Accept This.
Being old doesn’t have to mean being fossilized. I am old—I’ll turn 70 on my next birthday—and I’m also stubborn as hell. If ...
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The Queen of Cookbooks
Read all the stories from Slate’s 25 Most Important American Recipes of the Past 100 Years. It was early the week of Thanksgiving 1959, and the young Knopf editor Judith Jones was trying to tie ...