The Intercept Briefing

After suffering major losses last election cycle, Justice Democrats resurrected itself, helping put democratic socialism on the map. So what changed?

What’s driving religious fundamentalists, tech accelerationists, and anti-immigrant ethnonationalists to bring about the end of the world?

Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.

Rozina Ali on the rise of Islamophobia in America and the vague terrorism laws now being wielded against dissidents like the Prairieland protesters.

How the right’s attacks on trans people have infiltrated a sports league with no trans women.

A new documentary follows three physicians facing the odds: limited medical supplies, Israeli bombing, and upon returning home, media bias and indifference.

David Sirota on Francesca Hong’s defeat, what it means for the insurgent left, and how the American presidency has consolidated king-like power.

Intercept reporters break down progressives’ wins and losses in Michigan and Missouri.

The Michigan Senate primary is the next biggest test for the direction of the Democratic Party.

ICE and Border Patrol’s purviews have transformed from immigration enforcement to being a political tool of the White House — all under the pretext of public safety.