It is wild that it has come to this: The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection will pass with the architect of that ...

Property taxes would now be based not on the current value of a home or office, but what you paid for it, adjusted slightly, ...

Even more surprising, it taught me to be less dependent on credit cards. In France, credit cards and debt in general are practically nonexistent and certainly frowned upon culturally. That’s not the ...

Trump’s reelection has forced me to tear up my international law syllabus, just as I did every semester during the first ...

My sister-in-law oversteps any and all boundaries and makes everything about her. For example, when my husband had colon ...

My biological father died when I was a baby and my adoptive father died when I was 10. Both of them left me money in a trust.

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here.

While this year’s Golden Globes were overall a bit of a dud—though not nearly as big of a dud as last year—it wasn’t all bad. At least there was one good acceptance speech. Japanese actor Tadanobu ...

In all the trips to and from the emergency room, hospital, orthopedic clinic, school, birthday parties, outings, and music classes she was fine. She would complain about being uncomfortable because of ...

My 35-year-old daughter (“Laura”) recently married a man she met online about a year and a half ago. He has an 8-year-old ...

Parenting websites suggest encouraging your child to engage by asking open-ended questions, conversation starters like “What ...