• Politics
  • Justice
  • National Security
  • World
  • Technology
  • Environment
  • Special Investigations
  • Voices
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Documents
Become A Member
  • About
  • Policies And Reports
  • Become a Source
  • Join Newsletter

© THE INTERCEPT

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Terms of Use Privacy

Emma Whitford

Head shot of Emma Whitford
Emma Whitford is a journalist based in Brooklyn.

Contacts:

  • @emma_a_whitford on X
  • SecureDrop

Posts:

Photo: Ariel Zambelich/The Intercept

Tiffany Cabán's Volunteer Army Faces a New Challenge: The Recount

Emma Whitford

- Jul. 15, 2019

Reversals are uncommon in large recounts, but the Cabán campaign’s post-election strategy is uncommonly robust and proactive.

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Feb. 5, 2019. Heating problems at the  troubled jail started weeks earlier than had been publicly stated, staff members and current and former inmates testified on Tuesday before a federal judge who led a special hearing to investigate the deteriorating conditions there. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)

Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals

Emma Whitford, Nick Pinto

- Feb. 16, 2019

In some units where incarcerated people protested, the toilets were shut off — leaving them sleeping next to their own feces.

HEMMINGFORD, QUEBEC - FEBRUARY 23: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands at the U.S.-Canada, February 23, 2017 in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada. In the past month, hundreds of people have crossed Quebec land border crossings in attempts to seek asylum and claim refugee status in Canada. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

“The United States Is Not a Safe Country”: Canadian Advocates Want to End a Policy That Turns Asylum-Seekers Back to U.S.

Emma Whitford

- Nov. 3, 2018

Canada's Liberal government is standing by the Safe Third Country Agreement, an arrangement that is increasingly hard to defend in the age of Trump.

  • About
  • Policies And Reports
  • Become a Source
  • Join Newsletter
  • Become A Member
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • SECUREDROP

© The Intercept. All rights reserved