Even the Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ceded Ground in the Fight for Trans Existence
This was always the plan for the anti-trans zealots who saw girls’ sports as an easy entry point from which to decimate trans people’s civil rights protections.
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Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
The Peter Thiel Ally Who Helped Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.
Aron D’Souza sees the media as in peril. His solution is an AI-powered tribunal to adjudicate the facts of reporting.
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
A House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.
Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism
As head of Labour, Starmer served his role ignobly: weeding out the left and paving the way for the far right.
30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
The harsh sentence for a defendant who wasn’t even at the Prairieland protest is likely only the start of the Trump administration’s efforts to outlaw free speech.
The Left Just Keeps Winning. It's Time for Democrats to Bend the Knee.
It’s increasingly clear that the energy is with the left wing of the Democratic Party — not the centrists, not the establishment.
The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory
Despite extracting extraordinary concessions, the reaction in Iran isn’t entirely jubilant. Past betrayals are too recent to forget.
Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.
Dalton Eatherly streams his racist provocations online. It was only a matter of time before the violence rhetoric entered the real world.
Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It
Trump’s indictment of 15 Minneapolis protesters is a well-worn strategy to criminalize political resistance as a “conspiracy.”
They Weren’t Convicted of Terrorism, But These Palestine Activists Got Sentenced as Terrorists Anyway
The case marks the first time that “criminal damage” convictions in the U.K. have been classified as terrorism.