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Former CIA Agent Pleads Guilty to Spying for China

The case is the latest in a series of espionage cases involving American officers working for Chinese intelligence.

What the Google Protests Really Need to Achieve

Employees have to act as Alphabet’s watchdog, because no one else can.

Mueller Spent Years Collecting Evidence. Barr Is Pretending It’s Not There.

Barr’s testimony Wednesday is an embarrassment.

If We’re Going to Race Horses, We Have to Reckon With An Unsavory Question: How Many Horse Deaths Are “Acceptable?”

“This might sound cold to say, but there’s no way to conduct a sport of racing without a certain amount of attrition.”

Vox Claims Slack Sabotages Workplace Productivity. So Slate Staffers Took to Slack to Respond.

“I LOVE THREADS.”

A Reminder of All the Crimes the “Political” Mueller Investigation Uncovered

Republicans characterized the investigation as an inherently political exercise meant to smear Trump.

Barr Refuses to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee. Will Democrats Hold Him in Contempt of Congress?

The Trump administration refuses to cooperate. What now?

The Decadelong Humiliation of Runner Caster Semenya

Elite international sport forces us to place bodies that exist along multiple spectrums into one of two sports competition categories.

Andy Richter Had a Different Avengers: Endgame Experience Than Most People

Never see tentpole movies at the Homonym.

Campus Shooting Spree at University North Carolina Charlotte Kills At Least Two, Critically Injures Three Others

“Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately," the university emergency system warned students.