Protests in Iran Took Many By Surprise — But Not Iranian Labor Activists
The recent protests are centered on the working class, not the educated demonstrators in Tehran.
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The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal
A mysterious data source provided the spy agency with a wealth of information to identify bitcoin holders.
Leaked Files Show How the NSA Tracks Other Countries’ Hackers
The Shadow Brokers leak showed the NSA was tracking at least 45 nation-state hacking operations. Experts explain how the agency stepped up its monitoring.
Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump, and the Bipartisan Brotherhood with Saudi Arabia
Journalists Rula Jabreal and Sam Husseini are this week’s guests along with Indigenous historian Nick Estes and actor Ismail Khalidi.
Intercepted Podcast: Legacy of Blood — the 55-Year U.S. War Against Iraqis
Jeremy Scahill gives a history of U.S. Iraq policy. Mehdi Hasan talks about “60 Minutes” fawning over the Saudi prince. Author Eve Ewing discusses her new book.
Our Country, Our Stories: In New Memoirs, Syrians Describe Life — and Death — in Wartime
Two new revelatory memoirs on Syria come at a critical moment, as everyday Syrians are increasingly written out of their country’s story.
War Crimes and Collective Punishment: Gina Haspel, Torture, and the Massacre in Gaza
Blacklisted academic Norman Finkelstein, Palestinian student Yousef Mema, and Sen. Ron Wyden are this week's guests.
How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria
Syrian regime documents and testimony from defectors reveal that Marie Colvin and others were hunted as part of a policy to eliminate journalists.
A Syria for All Its People — Two Books on an Unnecessary War
Rania Abouzeid and Alia Malek's books, based on years of in-country reporting, are an answer to those who say no one truly knows what happened in Syria.
The GOP Is Trying to Bring Down This Anti-Establishment Republican. Can He Survive the Trump Era?
This is the one incumbent Republican that the GOP establishment wants to take out.