Climate Crisis Is “Existential Threat,” House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First
Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her statement deemed the climate crisis an “existential threat,” but her new committee will not have the power to issue subpoenas.
Politics
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.
Year in Review 2018
Democratic Insurgency and Establishment Backlash: The Intercept’s 2018 Politics Coverage
We began the year with a deep look at the insurgency bubbling up across the country, and the steps Democrats in Washington were taking to tamp it down.
The DNC Is Putting Its Thumb on the Scales Again — This Time in the Right Direction
A new DNC metric looks not just at how much money candidates raise, but how much of their money comes from small-dollar donors.
How Vaping Giant Juul Explains Everything That’s Wrong With Our World
The e-cigarette industry was established only a decade ago and has already been whittled down to one dominant player: Juul.
Could Expanding Employee Ownership Be the Next Big Economic Policy?
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have both pushed employee stock ownership plans, a potential tool to reduce income inequality.
Sorry, Trump: Most ISIS Recruits in America Aren’t Immigrants, a New Study Suggests
The average “jihadi” in the United States is starting to look less like the type of person President Donald Trump wants to ban from the country.
Major Liberal Groups Sat on Sidelines as Senate Passed Historic Resolution on Yemen War
In the wake of the successful vote, the politics of war and peace in Washington are being reoriented.
Voices
My Daughter Reality Winner Faced Severe Punishment, but Key Figures in the Trump-Russia Scandal Are Getting Off Easy
Those implicated in the Trump-Russia probe do not appear to be paying nearly the price that Russia hacking whistleblower Reality Winner is.
“Vice” Turns the Life of Dick Cheney Into Entertainment — and Stays True to His Terrible Evil
Adam McKay, the writer and director of "Vice," has followed up his earlier "The Big Short" with another triumph of humor and politics.