Voices
Joe Biden Is Hillary Clinton 2.0 — Democrats Would Be Mad to Nominate Him
Biden backed the Iraq War, is friendly with Wall Street, supported mass incarceration, and has twice run for president unsuccessfully.
Politics
Beto O'Rourke Slams Benjamin Netanyahu, Saying Israeli Has “Openly Sided With Racists”
Beto O'Rourke denied that donations from supporters of Israel had influenced him and denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in stark terms.
Howard Schultz Hired a Corporate Mouthpiece for His "Centrist" Presidential Campaign
Tucker Warren, who has been running communications for Howard Schultz since January, is also a partner at a PR firm with numerous corporate clients.
Intercepted Podcast
Radical White Terrorism
Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik, The Intercept’s Murtaza Hussain, and historian Kathleen Belew are this week’s guests.
Cory Booker Gets Real, Hits “Senators” for Bragging About Pot Use While Drug Charges Still Dog Regular People
Sen. Cory Booker criticized the lighthearted way that two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination joked about their past use of marijuana.
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Meets With Donald Trump to Consolidate Their Far-Right Alliance
The Brazilian president seeks economic cooperation with the U.S., and also met with Steve Bannon and a famous conspiracy theorist.
Voices
New Zealand Suspect’s Actions Are Logical Conclusion of Calling Immigrants “Invaders”
I felt compelled to analyze his words at length because as a nonwhite Westerner — a Muslim no less — I’m one of the “invaders” that he speaks about.
A Federal Civil Rights Office Wants to Limit Access to Emotional-Support Animals That Can Help With Depression
Housing industry groups have been lobbying the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make it harder for tenants to have emotional-support animals.
Guantánamo Bay "Forever" Prisoner Speaks Out — to Praise Congress, Lindsey Graham, and Thomas Friedman
Considered for years an unrepentant militant, Ghassan al-Sharbi is locked up at Guantánamo Bay. He has never spoken to the media — until now.
Beto O'Rourke Is Running for President and It All Started With Weed
Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign will be based in El Paso, putting the U.S.-Mexico border at the center of his challenge to Donald Trump.