Democratic Representative Pushed to Create a Massive Migrant Health Database That No One Wants
Rep. Lauren Underwood’s bill mandates a mammoth biometric database for migrants, accessible to immigration agencies who could use it to track people down.
Justice
Voices
Chelsea Manning Spent Most of the Last Decade in Prison. The U.N. Says Her Latest Stint Is Tantamount to Torture.
Manning is steadfastly refusing to testify before a grand jury on WikiLeaks, so her coercive imprisonment is pure punishment without legal grounds.
Year in Review 2019
Fight for Survival: The Intercept’s 2019 Visual Journalism
A look back at The Intercept’s must-see photos and illustrations from 2019.
Out for Blood
In the Shadow of the Federal Death Chamber, Executions Are on Hold — For Now
The federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana, once split the community, with prison employees on one side and death penalty opponents on the other.
Year in Review 2019
A Deadly Border, Cruelty in Detention — and How the Government Is Trying to Cover It Up: The Intercept’s 2019 Immigration Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read immigration stories from 2019.
Immigration Detention Is Part of Mass Incarceration: The Case for Abolishing ICE and Everything Else
New books explore the racist history of immigration policy and chart a more humane path forward.
Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls
The Bloomberg campaign said it ended the arrangement after learning of the prison call centers from an Intercept inquiry.
Year in Review 2019
The State of the Death Penalty, Bad Policing, and Backsliding on Roe: The Intercept's 2019 Justice Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read justice stories from 2019.
Voices
Don’t Forget That Saudi Arabia Is Imprisoning and Torturing Women’s Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul
Loujain al-Hathloul fought for women to be able to drive in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom arrested her and is torturing her in a dark dungeon in Riyadh.
The War on Immigrants
How ICE Uses Social Media to Surveil and Arrest Immigrants
ICE emails provide a rare inside look at the agency’s use of Facebook and commercial data brokers to track down an immigrant in California.