6+ min ago (501+ words) Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years'so today we're diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. 'Ms. Church and State Aren't Getting Wed on My Watch Your first step is to discuss this with the principal, since they are ultimately responsible for all major decisions at the school. I recommend meeting in person, which is harder to ignore than an email. If you get a cool reception or find that they won't meet with you, you can take your concerns to your school board representative. I don't think there's a way to approach this without being perceived as "that mom." There are going to be people who disagree with you. At the same time, there are probably parents…...

6+ min ago (948+ words) They think she's "trolling" them. Dear Prudence is Slate's advice column. Submit questions here. (It's anonymous!) My girlfriend is a lovely, kind, and sweet hippie who subscribes to several causes, including some slightly controversial charitable organizations. One of the ways in which she supports them is by hitting up their merch store for all of her gifts. Sadly, not everyone appreciates them. Some, like my mother, feel slighted because they feel that not a lot of thought went into their present. Others, especially our more conservative relatives, feel like she's trolling them even though she is genuinely being sincere. I don't even know if I should address this. They are gifts, it makes her happy to give them, and if an angry "Uncle Albert" doesn't appreciate the Sea Shepherd hoodie " should I care? What's the etiquette here? This is funny,…...

10+ min ago (59+ words) Russia says three people killed and 10 injured in attack on Rostov region, while Ukraine says attack on Kyiv killed two. Russia says three people killed and 10 injured in attack on Rostov region, while Ukraine says attack on Kyiv killed two. Zelenskyy says Kyiv seeking compromises that strengthen Ukraine, not weaken it By Tim Hume and Rory Sullivan...

11+ min ago (55+ words) Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Nov. 25, 2025. More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 25, 2025 Slate Pears Game 100: Nov. 24, 2025 Which Girl's Name Can Mean a Sudden Charge Against the Enemy? Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 24, 2025 We need to talk about your adblocker...

12+ min ago (874+ words) The richest man on earth owns X. The family of the second-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS " and could soon own Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN. The third-richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth-richest man owns The Washington Post and Amazon MGM Studios. Another billionaire owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. Why are the ultra-rich buying up so much of the media? Vanity may play a part, but there's a more pragmatic " some might say sinister " reason. As vast wealth concentrates in the hands of a few, this small group of the ultra-wealthy may rationally fear that a majority of voters could try to confiscate their wealth " through, for example, a wealth tax. But rather than rely on Republicans, a more reliable means of stopping majorities from targeting your riches might…...

15+ min ago (70+ words) Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. You did it! Solved in . Challenge your friends to today's puzzle! More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 100: Nov. 24, 2025 Which Girl's Name Can Mean a Sudden Charge Against the Enemy? Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 24, 2025 Slate Crossword: Abbr. Absent From Most Modern Phones (Four Letters)...

25+ min ago (460+ words) In recent days, five U.S. senators and two representatives requested documents from the Department of Homeland Security and a formal investigation into how a firm closely tied to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ended up receiving money from a $220 million, taxpayer-funded ad campaign. The demands came in response to a ProPublica story this month that revealed that the Republican consulting firm had been secretly working on the ads, which star Noem. The company, called the Strategy Group, has long-standing personal and business ties to Noem and her senior aides at DHS. Its CEO is married to Noem's chief spokesperson at DHS. Under Noem, DHS bypassed the normal competitive bidding process when awarding the contracts " allocating the majority of the money to a mysterious Delaware LLC that was created days before the deal was finalized. The Strategy Group does not appear on public…...

26+ min ago (1720+ words) A Jacobean-era man and woman standing romantically in a forest. The curiosity that drove the Irish novelist Maggie O'Farrell to write her bestselling 2020 novel Hamnet sprang from the scarcity of documentation about the book's title character, Hamnet Shakespeare. Born in 1585 to William and Anne Shakespeare, the twin brother to a girl named Judith, Hamnet died of unknown causes in 1596, the only one of the Shakespeares' three children not to reach adulthood. But for the records of his christening and his burial in the Stratford-upon-Avon parish registers, Hamnet's 11 years on earth remain a tantalizing blank, one of those countless human existences that are legible to us now only in the form of a bookended pair of dates. And yet, because Hamnet happened to have a father who spent his life creating characters that four centuries on remain as legible and as…...

30+ min ago (192+ words) The United Kingdom is significantly reforming its asylum policy to tighten control, reduce illegal migration, and reshape the rights of asylum seekers. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is under pressure from the surging popularity of the anti-immigrant Reform UK party, announced the reforms late on Saturday. The new policy evoked mixed emotions across the country." On the other hand, Enver Solomon, the head of the U.K.s Refugee Council, warned that the measures would not stop refugees from entering the country. Solomon declared in a statement, "They [the government] should ensure that refugees who work hard and contribute to Britain can build secure, settled lives and give back to their communities." Britain dispatched military personnel and anti-drone equipment to Belgium after a series of rogue drone sightings disrupted Belgian airports, according to Reuters. In early November, Affordability, particularly in terms of…...

35+ min ago (590+ words) Ukrainians know Donald Trump's Ukraine deal is a betrayal, even if Volodymyr Zelensky and others have to keep flattering Trump in the hope he changes his mind. Negotiated between American billionaire Steve Witkoff and Russian oligarch Kirill Dmitriev without Ukrainian or European participation, the proposed deal gives Russia even more territory, forces Ukraine to shrink its army, and prevents the country joining NATO. Its guarantees of future Ukraine security could easily melt away as did those Russia, the US and European nations made when Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994. The treaty is culmination of Trump's undermining of Ukraine, from his first cancellations of Biden-era military support to validating Valdimir Putin's claims to Ukrainian territory. It's tempting to simply mourn, but those of us who've opposed Russia's invasion from the start can do more than just play the role…...