April 2017

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

Dan Froomkin

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

Dan Froomkin

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

Dan Froomkin

Changes to the NSA's "upstream" program are welcomed by privacy advocates who had argued it violated the Fourth Amendment.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 01: Demonstrators protest against the government's proposed pension reforms and other austerity measures on May Day on May 1, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Demonstrators also protested against police violence during the general strike which was conducted in cities across Brazil on April 28. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Glenn Greenwald

Voices

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Glenn Greenwald

In yet another country, elite plundering gives rise to instability and the threat of nationalistic extremism.

A picture taken on April 18, 2017 in Montpellier shows an hologram of French presidential election candidate for the far-left coalition La France insoumise Jean-Luc Melenchon gesturing during a campaign meeting.Melenchon holds a meeting in Dijon as his holograms appear at the same time in Nantes, Montpellier, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Le Port de la Reunion and Nancy. / AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Robert Mackey

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Robert Mackey

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Robert Mackey

A far-left leader who got 20 percent of the vote in round one of France's presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, refuses to endorse Emmanuel Macron.

Jerry Taylor, Director of Operations at theNiskanen Center in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2017.

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

Sharon Lerner

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

Sharon Lerner

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

Sharon Lerner

The wall of climate change denial in the GOP looks awful frightening from afar but it is crumbling. And it can change quickly.

Displaced Somalis wait for food aid at a distribution centre outside Mogadishu on April 6, 2017.Hundreds of new arrivals, mostly from the hardest hit drought regions in the south, are pouring into Mogadishu in search of food according to a United Nations report in February 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

Samuel Oakford

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

Samuel Oakford

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

Samuel Oakford

A letter obtained by The Intercept asks NGOs to provide coordinates, as the U.S. military appears to be planning for a wider campaign against the Shabab.

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 15: Undocumented immigrant and activist Jeanette Vizguerra, 45, stands with her children Roberto, 10, and Luna Baez, 12, as she addresses supporters and the media while seeking sanctuary at First Unitarian Church on February 15, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Vizguerra, who has been working the United States for some 20 years, and her children will be living in a room in the basement of the church hoping to avoid deportation after the local office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied a stay of her case which would lead to her immediate deportation. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Ryan Devereaux

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Ryan Devereaux

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Ryan Devereaux

The Trump administration’s decision to target families and longtime residents for deportation diverts resources from criminal investigations.

Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

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Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity”

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Laugh at Donald Trump’s 100-Day Faceplant

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Water Protectors from Polluted Communities Lead People’s Climate March

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

Photo Essay: A New Pipeline Encroaches on Florida’s Fragile Everglades

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

NSA Backs Down on Major Surveillance Program That Captured Americans’ Communications Without a Warrant

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Brazil Paralyzed by Nationwide Strike, Driven by a Familiar Global Dynamic of Elite Corruption and Impunity

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

Mélenchon, Hero to France’s Far-Left, Will Not Vote for Le Pen, But Won’t Endorse Macron

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

Trump Targets Undocumented Families, Not Felons, in First 100 Days

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