Voices
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate.
Chilling Dissent
An alarming sea change has become a hallmark of the second Trump administration: an inversion of the assumption that, for the most part, Americans are protected by their right to free speech. First Amendment rights are under attack, as Trump uses the tools of the U.S. government to crack down and even punish protesters, journalists, critics, and more.
Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers
The Trump administration moved to designate antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorists — setting up the prosecution of their U.S. allies.
Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
The Trump administration’s fast-tracked rules grant the Federal Protective Service sweeping powers to make arrests off federal property.
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
The Intercept Briefing
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
The Illinois congressional candidate on why more Democrats aren’t taking direct action and how leaders should be responding to the right.
Dark Money Drives Anti-China Crackdown Across State Legislatures
A spate of state-level legislation purports to curb Chinese influence but could spur a “second Red Scare” that ensnares ordinary businesses.
Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.
An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new report.