Italy’s Anti-Mafia Directorate and the “Dirty Campaign” to Criminalize Migration
Internal documents reveal how a niche police office in Rome quietly shaped EU border policy in the central Mediterranean.
Special Investigations
The War on Immigrants
As Biden Continues Trump’s War on Asylum, Danger Mounts in the Deadly Sonoran Desert
Dangerous nighttime expulsions are surging in Northern Mexico while organized crime and government security forces prey on stranded asylum-seekers.
An All-White Jury Sent Rayford Burke to Death Row. Will North Carolina's Efforts to Make Amends Be Enough?
Decades after his conviction, Burke maintains his innocence. His case highlights the limitations of North Carolina's Racial Justice Act.
Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen
After ethylene oxide was shown to be 30 times more carcinogenic than previously thought, polluters began rewriting their toxic history — with the EPA’s help.
In “Cherry,” the Bank Robber Is the Victim. What About the Teller He Held Up?
The new film starring Tom Holland shows how our culture elevates the outlaws and sidelines their victims.
Why Did Police Never Solve the Murder of a Prominent Portland Anti-Fascist?
Sean Kealiher's unsolved murder has left a deep wound in a city that has for decades been a battleground for far-right violence.
A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances
From family separation to European “pushbacks,” there’s a new legal effort to label anti-immigrant abuses as enforced disappearances.
Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a CIA Asset-Turned-Warlord in Libya
Sources and exclusive documents reveal new details about Prince’s long campaign to back Libyan strongman Khalifa Hifter.
Thirsty, Cold, and Scooping Feces With Their Hands: Crisis in Reality Winner’s Texas Prison
“These women — they’re trapped. They can’t escape this. They can’t do something to better their situation at all.”
The Iran Cables
How Iran Tried to Recruit Spies Against the U.S. in Iraq
Secret cables obtained by The Intercept show Iranian intelligence officials in Iraq using low-tech tradecraft to communicate with spies on the U.S.