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Publisher: Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC Respek! How Does Ali G Keep Conning Famous Guests? 
 September 2004 article about how comedian "Sacha Baron Cohen, in the guise of a British would-be gangsta with a penchant for malapropisms and misunderstandings, [has] managed to secure another passel of interviews" with famous people. Discusses methods used to secure the interviews (such as letters and release forms) and the other Baron Cohen characters "Borat and campy Austrian fashion Nazi, Bruno." From Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2106886/ Topics: Television Last updated Nov 27, 2006 Name Game: The Folly in the Attempt to Define "African-American"
This September 2004 article discusses "a recent version of ... [the racial identity debate that] involves immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean and whether they are 'African-Americans.'" Includes a consideration of the racial identity of politician Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant to the U.S. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2106753/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Mar 5, 2007 Map the Candidates
The politically obsessed can use this website to track 2008 presidential candidate schedules and appearances back to July 2007. Configure custom views using timeline sliders, location zoom, selection of specific candidates. Includes a news feed, videos, and instructions for using the application. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/features/mapthecandidates/ Topics: 2008 Presidential Election Last updated Oct 29, 2007 I Want You ... Badly: A Complete Guide to Uncle Sam's Recruiting Incentives
This November 2007 feature provides a chart of U.S. Army recruiting and retention programs, such as enlistment and deferred enlistment bonuses, money for college, student-loan repayment, and retention bonuses. Includes target audiences and descriptions of the programs with links to further information. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2177426?wpisrc=newsletter Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Nov 16, 2007 How Do You Fix an Undersea Cable?
Audio and text of a January 2007 article about making electrical repairs on the ocean floor. Describes the steps of how the repair takes place: discover location of damage (based on reported phone or Internet service outages or sending light pulses), send a cable repair ship that uses a robot or grapnel to pull the loose ends to the ship, repair by splicing, and lower cable back to the seabed. From Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2156987 Topics: Technology Last updated Feb 4, 2008 The Fake Memoirist's Survival Guide
This March 2008 article provides an amusing view of ways in which memoirists who have fabricated stories can "avoid future literary humiliations." Guidelines for "embellish[ing] your life story without getting caught" include avoiding specificity, being a victim, and not having witnesses (as author Margaret Seltzer tried to do). Includes links to related material. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2185918/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Mar 19, 2008 What Is a Hostile Takeover?
This brief article provides an introduction to hostile takeovers, noting that a "takeover is deemed hostile when the target company's management objects to the deal." It explains friendly vs. hostile takeovers, tender offers, and proxy fights. Part of a question and answer series related to news topics from Slate magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/1003983/ Topics: Investing Last updated Apr 9, 2008 Slate: Reading List 2008
This collection of weekly thematic reading lists includes books on soccer, baseball, parenting, communism, Shakespeare, uncluttering, recessions, and other wide-ranging subjects. Some of the lists also include links to articles and websites. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2186941/landing/1/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Jun 23, 2008 Today's Cartoons
Large presentation of cartoons that address topics in editorial cartooning that have created controversy, including the July 21, 2008, New Yorker magazine's depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama on its cover, and the September 2005 Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's editorial cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Browse cartoons by topic. From the online magazine Slate. http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic/?topicid=158&image=0 Topics: Politics Last updated Aug 18, 2008 How Educational Is Re-Education?
This August 2008 article considers the recent functioning of "re-education-through-labor" camps in China. The article notes that "since the re-education-through-labor camps were created in the late 1950s, they have -- at least in theory -- been oriented toward 'rehabilitating' inmates both politically and morally" but now have an emphasis on many hours of labor, and not political study. Includes links to related material. From the online magazine Slate. http://slate.msn.com/id/2198321/ Topics: Crime Last updated Sep 4, 2008 Why Don't Banks Fail Anymore?
This March 2006 article "marked the 639th day without a bank failure, the longest run in the ... [Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's] history. (The prior record, 609 days, ended in 1946, the year the best film about a busted bank, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' premiered.)" The article described changes in the banking industry and notes that "there are some clouds on the banking horizon," related to real estate and commercial lending. From Slate magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2138752/ Topics: Finance Last updated Sep 29, 2008 What's Really Killing Newspapers
This August 2008 article diagnoses problems in the newspaper industry as arising from the fact that newspapers are "no longer the best providers of social currency." (Social currency "is often used to describe the information we acquire and then trade -- or give away -- to start, maintain, and nurture relationships with our fellow humans.") Includes links to an Associated Press study and related articles back to 2003. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2196485/ Topics: Newspapers Last updated Dec 15, 2008 How Long Can You Go Without Food? Hunger Strikes 101
This article describes the health aspects of participating in a hunger strike. "Fasting becomes dangerous after just three to five days, at which point the body begins breaking down fat in order to produce energy" and ketoacidosis might begin to occur. "It's all downhill after Week 3, or whenever weight loss exceeds 18 percent of the starting weight." Also describes tactics hunger strikers can use to prolong protests. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2102228/ Topics: Activism Last updated May 4, 2009 Slate: Explainer
"Answers to your questions about the news." Covers both serious and frivolous topics such as why the color green is so important to the Muslim world, how many balloons would it take to lift a house, how to find a missing plane, why car dealerships are closing, and what is a pandemic health alert. Includes material back to 1998. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/1787/landing/1 Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jun 22, 2009 |
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