Slate magazine is willing to let you work for them. No, they won't pay you. No, they won't train you. Yes, they will make money off your labor. Yes, this is violation of federal labor law. If you take this deal, you are a scab. Why don't you send your application to a good magazine, like The Baffler? Do you really want to be a criminal just to have your name on the masthead of a web 2.0 backwater?