Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Thursday, the board of the John F ...

Carpenter’s kudo was presented by her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff. The mega-producer and Bleachers member saluted Carpenter’s versatility as a performer, songwriter and artist who has handled ...

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Scott Jennings has a gift. Actually, he has many. But none is more apparent to the general public than the one he displays in his role as CNN‘s senior political commentator. There, he unfailingly ...

Have you ever poured hours into an academic paper only to lose marks over simple mistakes or unclear feedback? You’re not alone. Academic writing is full of pitfalls—plagiarism, weak arguments, poor ...

Only one candidate appears on the ballot for Common Council President this year, but an Albany resident with a big social media presence is waging a write-in campaign -- largely from an Instagram ...

Unit testing forms the foundation of reliable and maintainable code. It helps developers validate individual components in isolation, catch bugs early, and speed up the feedback loop. However, writing ...

The way we express ourselves in writing today differs greatly from the formal way of writing letters in the past. We’re so used to firing off emails and texts using shorthand that some habits have ...