Voices
Cyntoia Brown’s Freedom Is a Reminder That All Sex Workers Have a Right to Self-Defense
Child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown’s case shows us who gets to stand their ground — and who does not.
Justice
Voices
There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
No “crisis of the heart” has ever been fixed with steel slats.
1.4 Million Floridians Get Their Voting Rights Back Today, Whether Republicans Like It or Not
Some Florida Republicans, including Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, have sought to sow confusion about the validity of Amendment 4, which goes into effect Tuesday.
The War on Immigrants
Newly Released FOIA Documents Shed Light on Border Patrol’s Seemingly Limitless Authority
After a four-year legal battle, the ACLU obtained more than 1,000 pages of CBP training documents, which were shared exclusively with The Intercept.
Murderville Podcast
Episode Three: The Patels
Shailesh Patel was murdered in a small Georgia town in 2000. Questions remain, but one thing is clear: Patel’s murder is part of an emerging pattern of crime.
The FBI’s Interrogation of Reality Winner Was Like a Play — and Has Now Been Turned Into One
The more playwright Tina Satter read of the FBI's interview of Reality Winner, the more it started to seem like a thriller.
Year in Review 2018
Closing Liberty’s Sea-Washed, Sunset Gates: The Intercept’s 2018 Immigration Coverage
ICE’s arrest of an activist and the targeting of aid volunteers in Arizona were early salvos in a harassment campaign that peaked with family separations.
Oil and Water
How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond.
Year in Review 2018
Seeing Is Believing: The Intercept’s 2018 Visual Journalism
From Puerto Rico to Gaza, The Intercept sent photographers and video journalists into the field to bring viewers to places they might not otherwise see.
Marketing the Muslim Woman: Hijabs and Modest Fashion Are the New Corporate Trend in the Trump Era
The retail and fashion industry grants visibility to certain Muslim women, in effect further marginalizing those most impacted by structural Islamophobia.