Alexander Sammon
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 18, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Slate Magazine
- Top 50K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 13, 2026
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They’re the Greatest Political Villains in America. Trump Can’t Stop Talking About Them. I Went Into Their Shadowy Lair. (opens the original)
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The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle. At 235 W. 23rd St. in Manhattan, the lobby is similarly spartan. All the signage is in black and white, the walls various shades of gray. A private equity firm resides on the fifth floor; an A.I. firm takes up the penthouse property on eight. The third and fourth floors have tenants as well. The directory says that on the seventh floor, there is the building’s management company, an education company, two publishers, an
If You Want to Stare Into the Soul of America Right Now, I Recommend Your Local Taco Bell (opens the original)
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The lunch rush was on. The Taco Bell wasn’t hopping, exactly, but nor was it deserted. A steady stream of fearless eaters came and went, along with a march of delivery drivers. Ryan and Joel weren’t afraid, they told me. They had good reason not to be. They didn’t come to Taco Bell for the food, parasite or no parasite. They were robust young men, in their 20s, and anyway,
America Is Plagued by Shoplifting. I Went to the Headquarters of the War on “Shrink.” I Couldn’t Believe What I Saw. (opens the original)
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They call it “Justin’s General Store,” and in theory, there is no place on Earth harder to steal from. Every item sits beneath a chandelier of cameras. The clothes are tagged with sensors that screech or squirt ink, the baby formula sits on shelves that actively monitor weight fluctuations, the razor blades hang on kinked display hooks, and the Tide Pods are incarcerated behind various plexiglass cases, under lock and key. It is the future of retail, and it’s all in one place at the University o
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