Is Bill Barr the Most Dangerous Member of the Trump Administration?
The attorney general has become Trump’s political enforcer.
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The Coronavirus Is Killing Iranians. So Are Trump’s Brutal Sanctions.
Millions of Iranians could lose their lives from the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Trump administration has refused to budge.
Leaked Intelligence Cables Detail a Secret Propaganda War Between Iranian Spies and Exiled Militant Group
The documents reveal Tehran’s deep hatred of the Mojahedin-e Khalq, as well as a sober assessment of its activities around the world.
Defectors Tell of Torture and Forced Sterilization in Militant Iranian Cult
Interviews with six defectors, including several who held senior positions, offer the most detailed account to date of what life was like inside the MEK.
Trump Boasts About Bringing American Hostages Home. Austin Tice Poses a Challenge.
The president clearly believes that bringing missing Americans home is popular with voters, but in Tice’s case, the prospects are slim.
Universal Enemy: Scholar Darryl Li on the Relationship Between Transnational Jihadists and U.S. Empire
In this bonus episode, Li discusses his recent book, “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity.”
Iran: What Next?
The Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan, Murtaza Hussain, Vanessa Gezari, and Ali Gharib are this week’s guests.
After Trump’s Execution Spree, Lingering Trauma and a Push for Abolition
As momentum builds to abolish the federal death penalty, the loved ones of those killed in Terre Haute have just started to grieve.
Trump’s Regime Change Policy for Iran Is a Fevered Fantasy — It Will Only Promote Chaos and Instability
After Qassim Suleimani’s assassination, we may already be at war with Iran. Yet the regime change policy won’t work out how Trump wants it to.
Can the Coronavirus and the Stock Market Meltdown Break America’s Addiction to Fantasy?
Let’s use this moment to begin to disenthrall ourselves from our vain dreams about the world, and focus on dealing with reality.