"Returning, I realize now, was never going to answer any questions or heal us. Returning gives shape to memory. It allows us to feel the ragged trenches of its scars, map the landscape it creates—and that, in turn, changes us." beautiful essay by @tonyhotran.bsky.social for @slate.com 🤍

letting go of the idea that “good” curls are smooth and defined has given me so much freedom. so i'm here to tell you to embrace the frizz! it’s what ’90s mariah carey would’ve wanted. my latest for @slate.com 😇

Read this whole interview about what Brad Lander saw in detention but — this part. Oof. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children. One site began receiving them earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

By an 8–4 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last week upheld Florida’s law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from buying guns. The court’s opinion was authored by Chief Judge William Pryor, a highly influential George W. Bush appointee. By @mjsdc.bsky.social for @slate.com:

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when the first trump admin separated thousands of immigrant children from their parents, there was massive public outcry at the cruelty of family separation—then the admin admitted the cruelty was the point. now, the cruelty is back. story by @hdamonfeng.bsky.social for @slate.bsky.social:

yesterday was a tough day for us. please send all love, support, and job opportunities to @methsaxon.bsky.social, @hashtagkatie.bsky.social, and @natalieshut.bsky.social, all of whom deserved so much better than this.

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

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these women spent three election cycles trying to persuade their husbands not to vote for trump—someone who threatened their bodily autonomy, their children’s futures, and the tattered fabric of american democracy. did they stay or go? from @scaachi.bsky.social: slate.com/life/2025/03...

He isn’t who anyone would imagine as the answer to Donald Trump’s darkest political power. Yet here he is.

Breaking from @jeremystahl.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social: Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the DOJ to criminally investigate companies over DEIA initiatives, according to a memo sent by Bondi on Wednesday evening.

i'm not ok, don't text, out of commission youtu.be/P71Xx3EC67Y?...

Could it be the unexpected winner in America’s social media shake-up?

A growing number of younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer, according to new estimates released Thursday by the American Cancer Society. Experts point to a few likely causes.