Grassroots or Astroturf? Inside the Republicans’ Rebranding as the “Parents Party”
In a suburban Virginia district, right-wing operatives get involved in local school board politics, with help from billionaire donors.
Paul Abowd
Paul Abowd is a journalist and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. Before joining The Intercept as a video producer, he directed and shot documentaries for “Fault Lines” on Al Jazeera English. Before that, he covered campaign finance and dark money for the Center for Public Integrity and got his start as a reporter covering unions for Labor Notes magazine in Detroit. His films on the uprising in Baltimore and Wall Street's role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis were nominated for Emmy Awards. He completed a graduate journalism fellowship at American University.
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U.S. Sanctions Could Starve Millions of Afghans. Will Congress Act?
Designed to punish the Taliban, a U.S. freeze on Afghan assets and aid has inflicted food shortages on the country's people instead.
FBI Terrorism Stings: Two Decades of National Security Theater
Since 9/11, the FBI has used a tactic that often entraps people who pose no substantial risk — but rarely stops real threats.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Vaccine Divide
"Why should the knowledge that is required to end the pandemic be kept secret?"
Joe Biden: Career Defender of Israel’s Crimes and Impunity
Joe Biden has long facilitated Israel’s impunity. Now, as Gaza burns, he is doing it as president.
Empire Politician
A half-century of Joe Biden’s stances on war, militarism, and the CIA.
Video: Tracking an Invisible Killer
Out for Blood
Dispatches From Trump's Killing Spree
Lisa Montgomery was executed early Wednesday as part of a wave of federal executions in the final months of the Trump administration.
Election 2020
The Battle to Count Every Vote in Philadelphia
Trump targeted the city, knowing its voters could swing the election. And they did.
Election 2020
The Black Voters Who Could Swing Pennsylvania
A drop in turnout in 2016 among Black voters helped Trump skate by. This year in Philadelphia, the energy to unseat him could swing the state.