Before she was an icon, she was a housewife hugging themailman when her first acceptance letter arrived. Mark Oppenheimer ...

New Supreme Court term will grapple with scope of presidential power; Trump’s deployments of troops to US cities are “untethered to the facts”; and state bans ...

This week on the Slate Plus Political Gabfest bonus segment, hosts Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss a recent NY Times article that compares the accents of Donald Trump and Bernie ...

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Trump embraces “king” role and displays contempt for Americans with AI videos and White House demolition; government shutdown drags on with little pressure to end; and Young Republicans spout ...

The increasingly political nature of prosecutors has transformed the country’s legal practices, journalist Emily Bazelon said in a lecture Wednesday. Bazelon is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer ...

The Conversation convenes with Aaron Retica, David French and Emily Bazelon discussing the questions reshaping American politics right now, from immigration enforcement to whether the country can ...

The adolescent pranks that take place on the Internet can veer into dangerous territory. In this discussion with Bob Cohn, editor of Atlantic Digital, Emily Bazelon discusses this new set of threats ...