Slate Summaries and Reviews

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9 Article

Inside the Sony Hack

What it was like to be a rank-and-file Sony employee as the unprecedented cyberattack tore the company apart.
Amanda Hess
Slate, 2015
8 Article

The Power of the Placebo

A recent study revealed that stents are likely ineffective at relieving chest pain. Why didn’t we know that?
Ethan Weiss
Slate, 2017
8 Article

America’s Gun Fantasy

Three percent of the nation owns half the firearms—to prepare for an ultraviolent showdown that exists only in their imagination.
Kurt Andersen
Slate, 2017
8 Article

The Internet of Hate

After Charlottesville, Nazis, white supremacists, and the alt-right have become a lot less welcome on the web. So they’re building their own.
April Glaser
Slate, 2017
7 Article

Companies Are Desperate for Workers

Why Aren’t They Doing the One Thing That Will Attract Them?
Alison Green
Slate, 2022
7 Article

Who Controls Your Facebook Feed

A small team of engineers in Menlo Park. A panel of anonymous power users around the world. And, increasingly, you.
Will Oremus
Slate, 2016