Stoning Gay People to Death in Brunei Is an Outrage and Not My Definition of Islam
The Sultan of Brunei is utterly wrong to institute this death penalty. There is nothing Islamic about criminalizing gay people.
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Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
The Reluctance of Bernie Sanders to Release His Damn Tax Returns Is Part of a Bigger Issue
By failing to release his tax returns despite repeated promises to do so any minute now, Bernie Sanders is being the stubborn curmudgeon he’s always been.
Florida Is Poised to Create an Anti-“Trafficking” Registry That Will Inevitably Hurt Sex Workers
Campaigns to decriminalize sex work are gaining ground, but states like Florida are instead cracking down.
Muslims and Jews Face a Common Threat From White Supremacists. We Must Fight It Together.
From Christchurch to Pittsburgh, the two communities are under attack. It is time to stand united.
Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx Refused to Go After Jussie Smollett — and That’s a Good Thing
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago police are furious, but slowing mass incarceration pisses off the right people.
Introducing “Animal Matters,” Our New Video Series About Animal Rights, Factory Farms, and the Agriculture Industry
Our first episode debuts today: It is time for humanity to grapple with its treatment of animals and the multilevel damage done by animal agriculture.
The Three Intersecting Reasons Ilhan Omar Gets Singled Out
The backlash against Ilhan Omar, a black Muslim woman, must be understood through the lens of what is known as the “afterlife of slavery.”
The DCCC Is Trying to Put Me Out of Business — and I’m a Democrat.
In the wake of the DCCC's new policy, two key consultants resigned from the would-be campaign of a primary challenger, and now it may not happen at all.
Watch: a Contentious, Constructive Debate on the Media and Political Humiliation from the Mueller Report
The Mueller report has destroyed the credibility of huge swaths of the political and media elite, and deservedly so.
Robert Mueller May Not Have Found Evidence of Collusion, but His Report Proves the System Worked
The special counsel's completion of a comprehensive inquiry is an important sign that the slide into a Donald Trump-led autocracy has been halted.