Experimenting With Disaster
Lab That Created Risky Avian Flu Had “Unacceptable” Biosafety Protocols
Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal disturbing biosafety lapses and troubling gaps in oversight by government agencies.
Special Investigations
Experimenting With Disaster
Accident With 1918 Pandemic Virus Raises Questions About Pathogen Research
A researcher working with the 1918 flu virus was bit by an infected ferret and sent home to quarantine.
Experimenting With Disaster
Student Infected With Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident
By the time a researcher who pricked her finger in Missouri reported the accident, she was already sick.
Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Jewish Israelis Smoke Weed Without Fear. Their Palestinian Neighbors Face Harsh Penalties.
The open consumption of cannabis stops at Israel’s separation wall, beyond which Palestinians are denied many of their most basic rights.
How a Rare Effort to Compensate Iraqi Airstrike Victims Failed
Seven years after a U.S.-planned airstrike on Hawija killed at least 85 civilians, a token of compensation has delivered little or no help to survivors.
Inside the Aggressive Legal War to Shield the Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group
Hacked emails from a Russian law firm reveal Yevgeny Prigozhin’s approach to fighting sanctions — and journalists.
Will Putin Face Prosecution for the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine?
The U.S. appears reluctant to set a precedent that would highlight how President George W. Bush avoided trial for invading Iraq.
Climate Crimes
Holding the COP27 Summit in Egypt’s Police State Creates a Moral Crisis for the Climate Movement
The ongoing hunger strike of Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah forcefully reminds us that there can be no meaningful climate action without political freedom.
Losing Afghanistan
When the Taliban Took Kabul, an Afghan Pilot Had to Choose Between His Family and His Country
The U.S. apparently had no plan in place to stop the Taliban from seizing Afghan Air Force planes and pilots if the republic collapsed.