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For decades it felt like society was growing more accepting of the LGBTQ community, but in the past few years, hospitals have faced bomb threats, drag story hours have been beset by armed protestors, ...

4 Jan 202322min

Villainized by the right, protested from the left, Nancy Pelosi led the Democrats through the Iraq War, the fight for Obamacare, and two impeachments. As Congress resumes, she will step down from lead...

3 Jan 202327min

As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.In 1942, federal officials targeted a group of Black Americans who were allegedly ...

29 Des 202236min

As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan launched another attack on the United States....

28 Des 202238min

As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.In March 1942, a new nightly radio show hit the American airwaves. The stated goal...

27 Des 202244min

As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.There were 1.8 million weddings in 1942, the most that had ever been recorded in a...

26 Des 202240min

At the beginning of World War II, the greatest threat to the American war effort wasn’t the Nazis or the Japanese—it was runaway inflation. The man in charge of stopping it was the country’s “price cz...

23 Des 202243min

This week we look back on some of our favorite stories from a year that had us asking—sometimes with excitement and sometimes with exasperation—"What Next”? This episode originally aired March 29. Aft...

22 Des 202223min