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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Gun control compromise stalls; Washington's ricin scare; the 844-page immigration bill and more from the Slatest AM.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion with @JoshVoorhees.

Blog | Josh Voorhees
Gun Control Compromise Loses Steam Ahead of Afternoon Vote
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 11:23 AM EDT

 
Blog | Josh Voorhees
Now Washington Has a Ricin Scare on Its Hands
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 7:09 PM EDT

 
Blog | Matthew Yglesias
Gang of 8 Proposes a Quick Hop to Amnesty Plus a Long Road To Citizenship  
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 9:39 AM EDT

 
Blog | Matthew Yglesias
READ: The Gang of 8's Proposed Immigration Bill
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 9:10 AM EDT

 
Blog | Justin Peters
Bostonians Are Coming Together, in Their Own Way
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 10:08 PM EDT

 
Map of the Week | Heather Brady
Watch the Country Get Fatter in One Animated Map
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 9:45 AM EDT
How the obesity epidemic spread across the U.S.
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Politics | David Weigel
A Tragic Cause
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 6:59 PM EDT
Even before the facts are known, Washington is poised to speculate on the meaning of the Boston bombings.
 
Sports Nut | Josh Levin
"They Won't Get Away With It"
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 7:13 PM EDT
Four-time Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers says the bombing will not destroy the world's greatest race.
 
Future Tense | Will Oremus
Reddit Thinks It Can Solve the Boston Bombings
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 11:20 AM EDT

 
Explainer | Forrest Wickman
What Clues Do Explosions Leave Behind?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 7:06 PM EDT
Incredibly useful ones.
 
Bad Astronomy | Phil Plait
Baptist Pastor: Don't Teach Religion in Public Schools!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 10:30 AM EDT

 
Frame Game | William Saletan
The NRA's Latest Bald-Faced Lie
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 10:55 AM EDT
An NRA ad claims 80 percent of police in a poll said background checks will have no effect. That's a lie.
 
Blog | Josh Levin
"Oh No, There's a Man Down": In Praise of Pat Summerall, Video-Game Announcer
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 9:25 PM EDT

 
Blog | Matthew Yglesias
The Old Case Against Fiscal Stimulus Is Still A Strong One
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 11:09 AM EDT

 
Blog | David Weigel
Manchin-Toomey Will Be Filibustered to Death Today; NRA Supports 11th Hour Replacement from Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 10:56 AM EDT

 
Blog | Jamie Rich
I Killed Margaret Thatcher (Sort of)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 6:00 AM EDT

 
Blog | Abby Ohlheiser
Boston's "Man on the Roof" Captures Amateur Detectives' Attention
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 2:00 PM EDT

 
Blog | Emma Roller
The Boston Marathon Bombs May Have Been Made Out of Pressure Cookers
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 2:54 PM EDT

 
Blog | David Weigel
The Tea Party Organizer Who Lost a Nephew in Boston
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 4:32 PM EDT

 
Blog | Slate V Staff
Boston Copycat Fears Spread to Other Cities (VIDEO)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 12:58 PM EDT

 
Dispatches | Jeff Friedrich
What Did You Do When the Bombs Went Off?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 10:04 AM EDT
Stories—both poignant and mundane—of a terrible day.
 
Bad Astronomy | Phil Plait
Digging Out
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 8:00 AM EDT

 
Technology | Jeremy Stahl
Thou Shalt Not Stoop to Political Point-Scoring
Monday, April 15, 2013, at 11:46 PM EDT
A journalist's guide to tweeting during a crisis.
 
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