Now We Have to Fight Trump’s Tin-Pot Coup — and Biden’s Worst Instincts
Republicans keep finding new ways to tell us that they don’t believe in democracy, and we should believe them.
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Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
The Election Is Exposing the Cracks Within Georgia’s Republican Party
Georgia Republicans find themselves choosing sides between the administrators of a government that they control and a president they do not.
During the Trump Era, Everyone and Everything in America Failed
The possibilities in front of us are real, but we should not deceive ourselves about what we learned during the Time of Trump.
Behind Joe Biden's Georgia Surge, a State Ready to Boil Over
The results are bittersweet for Southern Democrats.
Oregon’s Decriminalization Vote Might Be Biggest Step Yet to Ending War on Drugs
Oregon voters’ drug decriminalization applies an anti-carceral logic to more than just weed.
The President's War on Dissent Is Using Trumped-Up Federal Charges
From J20 to Black Lives Matter, the Trump administration is using inflated federal charges to expand repression of dissent.
Trump Boasts About Bringing American Hostages Home. Austin Tice Poses a Challenge.
The president clearly believes that bringing missing Americans home is popular with voters, but in Tice’s case, the prospects are slim.
When We Talk About Fox News, We Need to Talk About the Murdoch Family Too
The Murdochs own Fox News but rarely get the scrutiny they deserve for bankrolling racism and hatred.
"We're Not a Democracy"
Four years ago, the nation tumbled down the Trump rabbit hole. We’ve been lost in the dark so long it’s hard to know which way is up.
Is the Traditional ACLU View of Free Speech Still Viable? Ira Glasser Speaks Out.
One of the 20th century’s key civil libertarians insists — in a new film and interview — that free speech must endure.