The Blowup With Canada Is the Latest Saudi Overreach. Will They Ever Pay a Price?
Saudi Arabia's brash crown prince is doing more damage to its reputation than its enemies could ever imagine.
Voices
Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”
Nathaniel Rich, in his massive New York Times Magazine article, argues “human nature” kept “us” from fixing climate change in the 1980s. He’s dead wrong.
Photo of Kissing Gay Couple Sparks Controversy at One of Brazil’s Most Important and Iconic Tourist Sites
As Brazil’s far-right, fascist movement tries to link LGBT equality to pedophilia, one straight manager at Sugar Loaf takes a bold stand.
Conservatives Hate That the Mueller Probe Is Taking So Long — but Love When Investigations Into Police Brutality Drag on Forever
The investigation into Eric Garner's death at the hands of New York cops is still going on — and I haven't heard any complaints from the right.
Ecuador Will Imminently Withdraw Asylum for Julian Assange and Hand Him Over to the U.K. What Comes Next?
Will journalists, due to hatred of Julian Assange, unite behind Trump Justice Department in support of one of the gravest threats to press freedom in years?
The Maria Butina Indictment Isn’t About the Sex Life of an Accused Spy. It’s About Following Russian Money in U.S. Politics.
The 29-year-old is a minor figure in a growing inquiry into links between Russia, conservative American groups like the NRA, and Donald Trump's campaign.
Did You Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Press Conference with Putin? That’s a Taste of How Black People Feel Every Day.
Many saw Donald Trump's lies a the Helsinki press conference as a betrayal. That's how America's leaders have been treating black people for a long time.
The CIA Had a Rule Against Meeting the KGB Alone. Trump Was Reckless to Ignore It With Putin.
Both leaders’ comments to reporters after the Helsinki meeting only reinforced the growing belief among many Americans that Trump is in Putin’s pocket.
A Spirited, Substantive Debate on the Trump-Putin Summit, Russia, and U.S. Politics
Is it a positive or negative development when the leaders in control of 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons meet?
How Twitter Degrades Discourse and Encourages Distortions: Illustrated by Ex-Pentagon Official Ryan Goodman
Assertions by a prosecutor in an indictment are not evidence. It's dangerous to treat them as such: a belief I've always held.