Diane Foley on America’s Hostage Blind Spot

Promo: The Gist of the Gist

Slate’s The Gist With Mike Pesca: Episode the First

Slate’s The Gist with Mike Pesca: Russian Reality, Colonial Bestiality

Steven Pinker: “Common Knowledge Changes Everything”

Obama CDC Director Tom Frieden: “'Believe in Science' Is a Terrible Idea.”

Jake Tapper and the Race Against Terror

Plestia Alaqad: “The Eyes of Gaza,” Witness and Journalist

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SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket, Calibrated + Steven Vladeck