Emily Bazelon was a Slate senior editor from 2005 to 2014. She is the author of Sticks and Stones.
Political Gabfest
Sept. 19 2014 11:54 AMThe “Spanking” EditionListen to Slate’s show about progressives’ push for more liberal candidates, the U.S. response to Ebola’s rapid spread, and the corporal punishment debate.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
Sept. 12 2014 6:04 PMWho Gets to Stay?The courts are finally granting asylum to victims of domestic abuse. Victims of gang violence are still out of luck.Emily Bazelon
Books
Sept. 12 2014 7:43 AMRelax, ParentsYour teenager probably doesn’t even know what a sex bracelet is.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
Sept. 5 2014 2:33 PMThe “In the Cloud, No One Knows You’re a Dog” EditionListen to Slate’s show about Putin’s aggressive action in Ukraine, the 2014 elections, and the theft of celebrity nude photos.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, William J. Dobson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
Sept. 3 2014 4:26 PMGet Stolen Naked Photos Off the WebCongress needs to change the law to force Reddit and 4Chan to do the right thing.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
Aug. 29 2014 12:28 PMThe “Gabfest to End All Gabfests” EditionListen to Slate’s show about the potential for another government shutdown, a bizarre faceoff over the Export-Import bank, and the World War I centennial.Emily Bazelon, Dan Carlin, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Political Gabfest
Aug. 22 2014 10:22 AMThe “Why Isn’t Everyone Rioting?” EditionListen to Slate’s show about the aftermath of Ferguson, the horrifying execution of journalist James Foley, and L.A.’s potential voting lottery.Emily Bazelon, Mike Pesca, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
Aug. 14 2014 3:04 PMWhy I Don’t Call the PoliceMichael Brown. Eric Garner. Debra Harrell. And that’s just the latest.Emily Bazelon
Politics
Aug. 11 2014 4:27 PMWhen Criticizing Israel, Is There a Line American Jews Shouldn’t Cross?Emily Bazelon
The Audio Book Club
Aug. 8 2014 11:06 AMThe Audio Book Club Asks, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Slate critics take on Roz Chast’s cartoon memoir about her parents’ decline.Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Hanna Rosin
Jurisprudence
Aug. 4 2014 6:20 PMYou Can Still Get an Abortion in AlabamaWill a new ruling that keeps open clinics there matter in the next battleground—Texas?Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
July 23 2014 2:45 PMWatch the Political Gabfest TapingSpy on David, John, and Emily during the July 24 recording of the Gabfest.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
July 21 2014 6:11 PMBlue-State DisgraceThere are 57,000 kids at the border who need temporary shelter. Shame on the Democratic governors who are turning them away.Emily Bazelon
Slate Plus Video
Sept. 16 2014 2:06 PMA Farewell From Emily BazelonThe former senior editor talks about her very first Slate pitch and says goodbye to the magazine.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
Sept. 12 2014 10:29 AMThe “They May Take Our Lives, but They’ll Never Take Our Freedom” EditionListen to Slate's show about Obama’s strategy against ISIS, the effort to mobilize female voters, and Scotland’s referendum on independence.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
Sept. 10 2014 6:36 PMDon’t Blame the ProsecutorsWithout Janay Rice, they didn’t have a strong enough case.Emily Bazelon
The XX Factor
Sept. 3 2014 5:06 PMFemale Inmates From Danbury Prison Still in Limbo, Lacking Key ServicesEmily Bazelon
Jurisprudence
Aug. 26 2014 12:24 PMNice Try, ObamaThe president’s latest accommodation to the contraception mandate has one problem: Religious employers won’t go for it. Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
Aug. 15 2014 10:31 AMDid Police Militarization Make Ferguson More Volatile?Emily Bazelon, James Forman Jr., and Vesla Weaver
Politics
Aug. 12 2014 12:54 PMCriticizing IsraelEntry 3: Why I almost never write about Israel.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
Aug. 8 2014 11:33 AMThe “Conservative Nanny State” GabfestListen to Slate’s show about Paul Ryan’s poverty plan, Tennessee’s Supreme Court retention elections, and Ebola panic.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
Aug. 7 2014 6:05 PMObama Is on a Pro-Labor RollThe president just signed the most important workers’ rights reform of the past 20 years.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
July 25 2014 10:28 AMThe “Joe Biden’s White Teeth” EditionListen to Slate’s show about the crisis in Ukraine and the geopolitical fallout from Flight MH17, the latest legal challenge to Obamacare, and Joe Biden’s 2016 aspirations.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Jurisprudence
July 22 2014 3:58 PMObamacare Is SafeDon’t worry, the ruling against heath care subsidies is going to be reversed.Emily Bazelon
Political Gabfest
July 18 2014 11:36 AMThe “So Sue Me” EditionListen to Slate's show about John Boehner’s lawsuit against Obama, Elizabeth Warren’s possible 2016 campaign, and the arrest of a single mother who left her 9-year-old in a park.Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Political Gabfest
July 11 2014 10:27 AMThe “May I Introduce You to President Harding and His Friend Jerry” EditionListen to Slate's show about the cycle of violence in Gaza, a possible new generation of conservatives, and Warren Harding’s steamy letters.Emily Bazelon, Jeffrey Goldberg, and David Plotz
TODAY IN SLATE
Politics
Meet the New Bosses
How the Republicans would run the Senate.
By David Weigel
Politics
Sept. 19 2014 1:51 PM
Meet the New Bosses
How the Republicans would run the Senate.
David Weigel
The U.S. Is So, So Far Behind Europe on Clean Energy
By Jordan Weissmann
Moneybox
Sept. 22 2014 12:44 PM
The U.S. Is So, So Far Behind Europe on Clean Energy
Jordan Weissmann
The Government Is Giving Millions of Dollars in Electric-Car Subsidies to the Wrong Drivers
Even if You Don’t Like Batman, You Might Like Gotham
Television
Sept. 22 2014 2:12 PM
Crusader, Sans Cape
The superhero trappings of Gotham are just a clever disguise.
Friends Was the Last Purely Pleasurable Sitcom
Television
Sept. 21 2014 9:00 PM
Attractive People Being Funny While Doing Amusing and Sometimes Romantic Things
Don’t dismiss it. Friends was a truly great show.
This Whimsical Driverless Car Imagines Transportation in 2059
Medical Examiner
Did America Get Fat by Drinking Diet Soda?
A high-profile study points the finger at artificial sweeteners.
By Daniel Engber
Brow Beat
Sept. 22 2014 3:16 PM
Watch the Best Part of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s On the Run Tour
Dee Lockett
Outward
Sept. 22 2014 2:55 PM
Nuptial Expert Sarkozy Worries About Gay Marriage and the Family
Emily Tamkin
The Slatest
Sept. 22 2014 2:53 PM
ISIS Attacks on Syrian Kurds Create 100,000 Refugees in Two Days
Ben Mathis-Lilley
Television
Sept. 22 2014 2:12 PM
Crusader, Sans Cape
The superhero trappings of Gotham are just a clever disguise.
Willa Paskin
Moneybox
Sept. 22 2014 1:37 PM
Subprime Loans Are Back!
And believe it or not, that’s a good thing.
Zachary Karabell
Business Insider
Sept. 22 2014 1:29 PM
The iPhone 6 Is a Magical Profit Machine for Apple
Henry Blodget
Over There
Sept. 22 2014 1:29 PM
“That’s Called Jim Crow”
Philip Gourevitch on America’s hypocritical interventions in Africa.
A.J. McCarthy and Ayana Morali
Behold
Sept. 22 2014 1:10 PM
One Photographer’s Beautiful and Devastating Response to Climate Change
David Rosenberg
Moneybox
Sept. 22 2014 12:44 PM
The U.S. Is So, So Far Behind Europe on Clean Energy
Jordan Weissmann
The Shortcut
Sept. 22 2014 12:31 PM
Down With Loose Laces
A simple trick to tighten your running shoes for good.
Lauren Naylor and Rob Naylor
The World
Sept. 22 2014 12:30 PM
Turkey Just Got Forty-Six Hostages Back From ISIS. How Did That Happen?
Joshua Keating
The XX Factor
Sept. 22 2014 12:29 PM
Escaping the Extreme Christian Fundamentalism of "Quiverfull"
Amanda Marcotte
Over There
Sept. 22 2014 1:29 PM
“That’s Called Jim Crow”
Philip Gourevitch on America’s hypocritical interventions in Africa.
A.J. McCarthy and Ayana Morali
Moneybox
Sept. 22 2014 1:37 PM
Subprime Loans Are Back!
And believe it or not, that’s a good thing.
Zachary Karabell
Outward
Sept. 22 2014 2:55 PM
Nuptial Expert Sarkozy Worries About Gay Marriage and the Family
Emily Tamkin
Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Future Tense Weather Blogger? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Ken Jennings
The XX Factor
Sept. 22 2014 12:29 PM
Escaping the Extreme Christian Fundamentalism of "Quiverfull"
Amanda Marcotte
Slate Plus
Sept. 22 2014 1:52 PM
Tell Us What You Think About Slate Plus
Help us improve our new membership program.
Brow Beat
Sept. 22 2014 3:16 PM
Watch the Best Part of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s On the Run Tour
Dee Lockett
Future Tense
Sept. 22 2014 12:14 PM
Family Court Rules That You Can Serve Someone With Legal Papers Over Facebook
Lily Hay Newman
Science
Sept. 22 2014 12:15 PM
The Changing Face of Climate Change
Will the leaders of the People’s Climate March now lead the movement?
P.J. Podesta and Laura Smith
Sports Nut
Sept. 18 2014 11:42 AM
Grandmaster Clash
One of the most amazing feats in chess history just happened, and no one noticed.
Seth Stevenson