Indiana Banned Press From Executions for “Dignity.” It Actually Serves Repression.
There’s no dignity in secret executions.
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Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
Scott Pelley Shows How Legacy Media Got It Wrong — Before Bari Weiss Made It Worse
Scott Pelley describes Weiss’s horrific pro-Trump meddling, but he also shows how “both sides” journalism was already dooming our country.
The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters
Supporting Israel is now a fringe position among Democratic voters. Why does the media keep covering it like a 50/50 issue?
Stop Calling It a Ceasefire
How many acts of war must occur before the mainstream media accepts there is no ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran?
After Uvalde, Texas Stuffed Schools Full of Cops. They Brutalized Students.
Texas’s response to school shootings was as predictable as it was doomed to produce only more violence in schools — violence by cops.
Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who”
Rep. Jake Auchincloss urging Democrats to vote against the presumptive Maine Senate nominee exposes the limits of party unity.
Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel
A bombshell report shows how Israel and the U.S. never really cared about freeing the Iranian people.
The End of the Voting Rights Act Isn’t Just a “Black Problem”
Preserving racial hierarchy remains one of most animating impulses in American political life.
Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters
Putting January 6 rioters on the dole is a new kind of corruption — and it definitely won’t help the American working class.
DOJ Escalates War on Trans Youth Healthcare With Criminal Subpoenas
We already know how high the stakes are for patients and their families — and rolling over now could hurt all of medicine.