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The Unraveling of the Conspiracy Case Against No More Deaths Volunteer Scott Warren
By Ryan Devereaux
Twitter Helped Chinese Government Promote Disinformation on Repression of Uighurs
By Ryan Gallagher
The Network of Hindu Nationalists Behind Modi’s “Diaspora Diplomacy” in the U.S.
By Rashmee Kumar
Can Extinction Rebellion Build a U.S. Climate Movement Big Enough to Save the Earth?
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Devastated by One Hurricane, and Then Another, a Community Confronts the Company That Refused to Block the Floodwaters
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How White Nationalists Have Been Inspired by the Genocide of Muslims in Bosnia
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As Animal Rights Activists Push Legal Boundaries, Canada Considers What Makes a Terrorist
By Alleen Brown
The EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide
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How Plastic Pollution Is Making Central American Communities Uninhabitable
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Climate Change, Migration, and Militarization in Arizona’s Borderlands
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IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT.
What we’re seeing right now from Donald Trump is a full-on authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government.
This is not hyperbole.
Court orders are being ignored. MAGA loyalists have been put in charge of the military and federal law enforcement agencies. The Department of Government Efficiency has stripped Congress of its power of the purse. News outlets that challenge Trump have been banished or put under investigation.
Yet far too many are still covering Trump’s assault on democracy like politics as usual, with flattering headlines describing Trump as “unconventional,” “testing the boundaries,” and “aggressively flexing power.”
The Intercept has long covered authoritarian governments, billionaire oligarchs, and backsliding democracies around the world. We understand the challenge we face in Trump and the vital importance of press freedom in defending democracy.
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IT’S BEEN A DEVASTATING year for journalism — the worst in modern U.S. history.
We have a president with utter contempt for truth aggressively using the government’s full powers to dismantle the free press. Corporate news outlets have cowered, becoming accessories in Trump’s project to create a post-truth America. Right-wing billionaires have pounced, buying up media organizations and rebuilding the information environment to their liking.
In this most perilous moment for democracy, The Intercept is fighting back. But to do so effectively, we need to grow.
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I’M BEN MUESSIG, The Intercept’s editor-in-chief. It’s been a devastating year for journalism — the worst in modern U.S. history.
We have a president with utter contempt for truth aggressively using the government’s full powers to dismantle the free press. Corporate news outlets have cowered, becoming accessories in Trump’s project to create a post-truth America. Right-wing billionaires have pounced, buying up media organizations and rebuilding the information environment to their liking.
In this most perilous moment for democracy, The Intercept is fighting back. But to do so effectively, we need to grow.
That’s where you come in. Will you help us expand our reporting capacity in time to hit the ground running in 2026?
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