A look back at The Intercept’s must-read politics stories from 2019.
Pete Buttigieg Touted Three Major Supporters of His Douglass Plan for Black America. They Were Alarmed When They Saw It
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“I never actually endorsed the plan. They went ahead and used my name,” said one prominent South Carolinian who the campaign named as a top supporter.
By Ryan Grim
By Ryan Grim
Joe Biden’s Family Has Been Cashing In on His Career for Decades. Democrats Need to Acknowledge That.
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Democrats have sidestepped the question of Hunter Biden’s ethics, and how much responsibility Joe Biden deserves. Republicans, though, have no such qualms.
By Ryan Grim
By Ryan Grim
The Day I Met Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Intercept
She wasn’t yet the target of conservative hate-thirst, and up until two months before I met her, she was still going by “Sandy” and working at a bar.
By Aída Chávez
By Aída Chávez
Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
Thanks to Kamala Harris’s predecessor, the San Francisco DA’s office had files on clergy sex abusers. But Harris refused to share them with victims.
By Lee Fang, Video by Leighton Akio Woodhouse
By Lee Fang, Video by Leighton Akio Woodhouse
In Three Touchstone Speeches, Elizabeth Warren Grounds Her Campaign in a History of American Protest and Movement Building
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Linking with women-led labor struggles is her way of answering those who want to push her away from economic policy and into a “women’s issues” box.
By Ryan Grim
By Ryan Grim
Progressive Candidates Are Carving a Path to the Senate in 2020 — No Thanks to Chuck Schumer
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If Democrats manage to seize the Senate and make Schumer the majority leader, it will be in large part due to the work of an organized left.
By Ryan Grim, Akela Lacy, Aída Chávez
By Ryan Grim, Akela Lacy, Aída Chávez
Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Pick to Bring “Democracy” to Venezuela, Has Spent His Life Crushing Democracy
Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
The choice of Abrams sends a clear message: The Trump administration intends to brutalize Venezuela, while proclaiming our love for human rights.
By Jon Schwarz
By Jon Schwarz
How Bernie Sanders Accidentally Built a Groundbreaking Organizing Movement
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Activists working on Sanders’s 2016 campaign innovated an approach to organizing that was replicated in Europe and is driving his current presidential bid.
By Ryan Grim
By Ryan Grim
The Wax and Wane of J Street’s Influence Over U.S.-Israel Policy
Photo: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times via Redux
Jeremy Ben-Ami claimed his organization would only exist for a few years. But as the two-state solution grew distant, J Street solidified into a D.C. institution.
By Maryam Saleh, Ryan Grim
By Maryam Saleh, Ryan Grim
How Lachlan Murdoch Went From Studying Philosophy at Princeton to Exploiting White Nationalism at Fox News
Photo Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept
Rupert Murdoch’s oldest son has taken charge of Fox News. The family’s role in the far-right network is coming under greater scrutiny.
By Peter Maass
By Peter Maass
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