Podcast Special: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Her First Weeks in Washington
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Ryan Grim and Briahna Joy Gray for an in-depth conversation about her new life on Capitol Hill.
155 posts found for ‘prison industrial complex’
Trump Insider Wanted to Sell Social Media Surveillance Tools to Abusive Governments, Leaked Documents Suggest
Elliot Broidy's firm Circinus prepared pitch books for repressive regimes like Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlight Risks That Off-Duty Cops Pose to Pipeline Opponents
Law enforcement officers hired by a private security company are enforcing a new Louisiana law which makes trespassing near oil pipelines a felony.
A Judicial Coup, the Carceral State, and the War Against Us All
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, organizer Mariame Kaba, and filmmaker Michelle Latimer are this week’s guests.
How Wall Street Drove Public Pensions Into Crisis and Pocketed Billions in Fees
Public pensions squander tens of billions of dollars each year on risky, poor-performing alternative investments like hedge funds.
Intercepted Podcast: The Haspel Ultimatum
Ralph Nader analyses the CIA, Gina Haspel, and the Democratic Party. Chelsea Manning talks about prison and her campaign for Senate.
The Threat of International Adoption for Migrant Children Separated From Their Families
Are the children separated from their parents in the border crisis and put in the federal government's care at risk of unethical adoptions in the U.S.?
Just Following Orders
Journalist Matt Taibbi, former Goldman Sachs executive Nomi Prins, and reporter Sarah Jaffe are this week’s guests on the show.
Ohio and Iowa Are the Latest of Eight States to Consider Anti-Protest Bills Aimed at Pipeline Opponents
Ohio’s bill mirrors a model laid out by ALEC, while Iowa’s creates a new felony, “critical infrastructure sabotage,” punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
Bipartisan War Party Panics as Kim Meets Trump
UC Santa Cruz professor Christine Hong, author Tom Engelhardt, journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal, and musician Yasmine Hamdan are this week's guests.