Running for Justice: the Public Defenders Looking to Transform the Role of District Attorney
Glenn Greenwald, filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, and DA candidates Tiffany Caban and Chesa Boudin are this week’s podcast guests. Plus music from Sinkane.
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Coronavirus Has Arrived at Rikers Island: Inside New York City Jails, Where the Pandemic Is Set to Explode
Sinks don't work. Soap is missing. Is there even a plan? Prisoner advocates couldn't get any answers.
Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"
The ex-BuzzFeed News editor’s criticisms of Farrow are debatable, but his diagnosis of what is destroying U.S. journalism is dead-on.
Watch: Are We Vesting Too Much Power in Governments and Corporations in the Name of Covid-19? With Edward Snowden.
Edward Snowden, Maclean’s editor Andray Domise, and Direct Action Everywhere activist Cassie King are this week’s guests.
In the Shadow of the Federal Death Chamber, Executions Are on Hold — For Now
The federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana, once split the community, with prison employees on one side and death penalty opponents on the other.
Imprisoned Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Bumped a Guard With a Door — and Got Thrown in Solitary Confinement
Hammond is starting his third week in solitary confinement — a duration that the U.N. says is tantamount to torture.
How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation
A Silicon Valley lobby enrolled elite academia to avoid legal restrictions on artificial intelligence.
Ralph Nader on Bloomberg’s Plot to Stop Bernie, the Rot Within the DNC, and His Recent Call With Pelosi
The consumer advocate discusses the state of the Democratic primary and the failed impeachment move in an extended conversation with Jeremy Scahill.
Capitalism’s Consigliere: McKinsey’s Work for Insurance Companies, ICE, Drug Manufacturers, and Despots
Former health insurance executive Wendell Potter, reporter Ian MacDougall, and The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald are this week’s guests.
Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA’s MKUltra Mind Control Project
Louis Jolyon West seems to have used chemicals and hypnosis liberally in his medical practice, possibly leading to the death of a child and the execution of an innocent man.