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The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Intercept

Many of the world’s troubles are legacies of American intervention, from the U.S. invasion of Iraq to decades of meddling in Central America.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, exits after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. House Republican leaders sent their members home for a six-day break today without revealing any plan to avoid a looming government shutdown. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Kate Aronoff

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Kate Aronoff

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Kate Aronoff

Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her statement deemed the climate crisis an “existential threat,” but her new committee will not have the power to issue subpoenas.

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

The Intercept

ICE’s arrest of an activist and the targeting of aid volunteers in Arizona were early salvos in a harassment campaign that peaked with family separations.

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

Alleen Brown

Oil and Water

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

Alleen Brown

Oil and Water

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

Alleen Brown

A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond.

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

The Intercept

From Puerto Rico to Gaza, The Intercept sent photographers and video journalists into the field to bring viewers to places they might not otherwise see.

Michelle's Teixeira at the rubble of her home that burned in the Camp Fire, Paradise, California, December 21st, 2018. Michelle Teixeira is living in a 300 square foot trailer with her husband, her father, two daughters, and four dogs. Her husband’s boss owns a residential development made up of 36 empty lots, where the Teixeiras and five other families have made camp, calling themselves the “trailer treasures.” They’re all refugees from the Camp wildfire, which leveled Paradise, California, killing 86 people, including many retirees.Talia Herman for The Intercept

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Alleen Brown

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Alleen Brown

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Alleen Brown

From California to North Carolina to the U.S.-Mexico border, climate change refugees struggle to survive in an attention economy that has forgotten them.

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Rashmee Kumar

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Rashmee Kumar

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Rashmee Kumar

The retail and fashion industry grants visibility to certain Muslim women, in effect further marginalizing those most impacted by structural Islamophobia.

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. - Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds marched Friday to protest Turkish strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would press an operation against its bases. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

Roy Gutman

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

Roy Gutman

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

Roy Gutman

Cornered in Syria, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, has relied on forced conscription and police state methods in its governance.

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

The Intercept

Catastrophic hurricanes, heartless vivisectionists, criminal polluters, and climate supervillains like Scott Pruitt were all on extravagant display in 2018.

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

The Intercept

Year in Review 2018

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

The Intercept

We began the year with a deep look at the insurgency bubbling up across the country, and the steps Democrats in Washington were taking to tamp it down.

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

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The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

The Long Hand of U.S. Intervention: The Intercept’s 2018 World Coverage

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

In Syria, U.S.-Backed Kurdish Fighters Face Trump’s Withdrawal — and the Legacy of Their Own Mistakes

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

From Tactical Pants to the Green New Deal: The Intercept’s 2018 Environment Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage

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