The author and her husband, Donald, celebrating his tenure-track offer, March 2023. On our way back to Missouri, I tried to hold on to the image of the people we’d seen in the streets of Montpelier holding signs for reproductive rights: “PRO-CHOICE IS PRO-LIFE,” “WE ARE NOT OVARY-ACTING,” an image of a hanger with the words reading: “NEVER AGAIN.” A …
Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Keep in mind that he might be “playing both sides” not because he doesn’t want to stand up for you, but because he agrees with your brother more than you think. You’re hurt, and, depending on what your brother and his wife have said or done to you, you might not even want …
The Dodgers parted ways with Trevor Bauer last month, even though they will have to pay him $22.5 million this season. On Wednesday, club president Stan Kasten and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman addressed the team’s decision to part ways with the embattled pitcher during a meeting with local reporters at Dodger Stadium, the first time club officials have …
As the pinch of inflation and L.A.’s high gas prices cause many people to rethink where they live, I’ve been revisiting our decision to move away from the city. On a recent visit back, friends and strangers asked, “Is life better outside L.A.?” They all have oft-repeated mental exercises where they uproot to a Bend, Ore., Boise, Idaho, or Austin, …
The Supreme Court, in a ruling Friday, ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The Court short-circuited the democratic process by closing it to the large number of Americans who dissented in any respect from Roe.” He criticized the Roe decision by saying, “The scheme Roe produced looked like legislation, and the Court …
