The Coronavirus Crisis
Mehdi Hasan, Alice Speri, and Alleen Brown on Coronavirus, Italy, and the Amazon-Whole Foods Strike
Intercept reporters Alice Speri and Alleen Brown discuss their latest coronavirus stories with Mehdi Hasan.
Justice
The Coronavirus Crisis
Rikers Island Prisoners Are Being Offered PPE and $6 an Hour to Dig Mass Graves
New York City owns and operates a public cemetery on Hart Island, which has been tended by prison labor. Now prisoners are being asked to dig mass graves.
The Coronavirus Crisis
No Masks and Uncertain Sick Leave: New York Whole Foods Delivery Workers Say Amazon Is Failing to Protect Them
Delivery workers say they lack clear guidance as to what to do if they are exposed to the coronavirus or how they will be compensated if they get sick.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Women in ICE Detention, Fearing Coronavirus, Make Video to Protest Unsafe Conditions
Women at a Louisiana ICE detention center are using video visitation software to communicate their fears of contracting the coronavirus.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Transferred Cameroonian Women After They Protested Their Detention. Now, Despite Coronavirus, It Won’t Grant Them Parole.
“You don't want to give us parole, let us go home. Give us court dates so that we can attend our court proceedings,” one of the women said of ICE.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Makes the Case for Criminal Justice Reform
The rapid spread of coronavirus is expediting long-awaited reforms like the release of nonviolent offenders from prison, where disease easily spreads.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How ICE Operations in New York Set the Stage for a Coronavirus Nightmare in Local Jails
As the coronavirus was spreading in New York City, ICE was arresting as many immigrants as possible in a politicized crackdown.
The Coronavirus Crisis
America’s Crisis Daddy Andrew Cuomo Exploits Coronavirus Panic to Push Bail Reform Rollback in New York
The New York governor wants to shove through legislation that would put more people in jails, where they are highly vulnerable to coronavirus infections.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Anti-Abortion Politicians Are Exploiting the Coronavirus Outbreak to Shutter Health Clinics
Anti-abortion crusaders in Ohio and Texas are trying to further their ideological cause in the midst of a pandemic.
Voices
What’s Wrong With Cheering Harvey Weinstein’s Reported Coronavirus Diagnosis
There’s no karmic justice in an illness that will indiscriminately infect thousands of people who are locked behind bars.