My impression is that Slate has kept a little more dignity than The Atlantic in their pursuit of clicks. Atlantic still has some excellent oldtimers, but so much of their product now is obviously 20-something interns pounding out Intersectional Takes on autopilot. https://twitter.com/new_suburbanist/status/1039982591015710720 …
Right. Slate started with economist Herb Stein (economist/actor Ben Stein's dad) as their advice columnist, then Margo Howard, then the level-headed Emily Yoffe (who did good work on the Sabrina Rubin Erdely hoax). But now ...