Julian Assange Kidnapping Plot Casts New Light on 2018 Senate Intelligence Maneuver
The CIA labeled WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service” while entertaining plans to kidnap or assassinate its founder.
151 posts found for ‘prison industrial complex’
Police Budgets, Austerity, and Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Colliding in Democratic States and Cities
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis faces a question Democratic leaders across the country must grapple with, as budget pressures force a reckoning.
Snowden and Assange Deserve Pardons. So Do the Whistleblowers Trump Imprisoned.
Press freedom advocates must be careful not to indulge Trump’s conspiracy theories while they lobby for whistleblower pardons.
Scholar Robin D.G. Kelley on How Today’s Abolitionist Movement Can Fundamentally Change the Country
On this week’s episode of Intercepted, Robin D.G. Kelley discussed the concept of racial capitalism and the current movement for police abolition.
The Rebellion Against Racial Capitalism
History professor Robin D.G. Kelley and Hina Shamsi of the ACLU are this week’s guests.
Inside the Oil Industry's Fight to Roll Back Tribal Sovereignty After Supreme Court Decision
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s commission to sort out Oklahoma’s future is stacked with oil and gas insiders — and has no Indigenous voices.
How Post-9/11 Visions of an Imperiled Homeland Supercharged U.S. Immigration Enforcement
Two decades on, the creation of DHS stands out as the most significant domestic consequence of the war on terror.
Trump May Face Prosecution — but Not for His War Crimes
For U.S. presidents, the torture and killing of civilians is forgivable but mafia-style accounting and hush money payments are not.
The Whistleblower Trying to Stop the Next Financial Crisis
One insider says that big banks have been quietly engaging in the same behavior that precipitated the crisis of 2008.
How a Payday Lender Partnered With a Native Tribe to Bypass Lending Laws and Get Rich Quick
American Web Loan was set up as a tribal lender, but a class-action lawsuit reveals who controlled the company — and made massive profits — behind the scenes.