Voices
The Right-Wing Campaign to Purge Women From Women’s Sports
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is the latest athlete deemed insufficiently female by extremists obsessed with the strictest of gender binaries.
Politics
U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela. How Does That Help Democracy?
In the chaotic aftermath of Maduro’s contested reelection, the case that U.S. policy worked in Venezuela is on shaky ground.
After Michael Brown’s Killing, Wesley Bell Called for “Accountability on Both Sides” in Ferguson Racism
The AIPAC-backed challenger to Rep. Cori Bush also said the decision not to release Darren Wilson’s side of the story was “tragic.”
Project 2025 Contributors Are Abandoning Ship as Trump Turns Against Them
Former Trump officials’ names and corporate affiliations have been scrubbed from Project 2025.
Amid Veepstakes, Minnesota Cops Push Gov. Tim Walz to Back Off Police Violence Cases
Minnesota police want a reform prosecutor off their backs and are asking Walz to intervene.
AIPAC Used Distorted Photo of Cori Bush in $7 Million Negative Ad Blitz
“I shouldn’t have to ask my opponent to condemn his biggest funders for putting out an ad like this.”
Israel’s War on Gaza
Boycotts Against Israel Are Hurting Starbucks and McDonald’s Sales Worldwide
Both companies posted declines in global sales and profits this week, driven partly by “headwinds in the Middle East.”
Project 2025’s Mastermind Personally Thanked JD Vance in His New Book
The acknowledgments page from an upcoming book reviewed by The Intercept shows the deep ties between JD Vance and Project 2025.
Now a Lame Duck, Biden Finally Floats Supreme Court Reforms
Once the stuff of progressive pipe dreams, now even centrists like Biden are questioning the court’s outsized power.
Why Won’t Authorities Release 911 Recordings From Trump Rally Shooting?
The Intercept has appealed to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records to obtain emergency dispatch calls from the July 13 Trump rally.