Economy Jul 21 Watch Borders Closes the Book as Decisions Come Back to Haunt Chain On Thursday, representatives of the Borders bookstore chain were in court with a plan to liquidate its remaining 399 locations as early as Friday. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for bookstores, the publishing industry and bookworms with Slate's Annie Lowrey.
May 27 Watch Weekly Poem: Deborah Landau Reads From ‘The Last Usable Hour’ Deborah Landau reads from her collection, "The Last Usable Hour."…
Economy Apr 26 Suppose You Want to Pay Down the National Debt, All by Yourself? Photo by Flickr user CarbonNYC Slate, the online magazine, has a fascinating explainer of an oft-asked question: can individuals help pay down the debt and if so, how? From Slate's Brian Palmer: There are several ways for… By Paul Solman
Economy Apr 26 Suppose You Want to Pay Down the National Debt All by Yourself? Slate, the online magazine, has a fascinating explainer of an oft-asked question: can individuals help pay down the debt and if so, how?… By Elizabeth Shell
Mar 24 Income Inequality: Where Do You Fall? By Elizabeth Shell Updated March 25, 2011 at 1:33 p.m. with a fixed link to the Slate interactive. Income inequality has changed over time: today the richest one percent of Americans hold about 24 percent of U.S. wealth. But almost a century ago… Continue reading