Getting Real About the Job of Police: A Letter to Barack Obama
Obama’s initial remarks on the killing of George Floyd reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the role police play in U.S. society.
Voices
Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
Amazon "Stands in Solidarity" Against Police Racism While Selling Racist Tech to Police
The company’s vocal support for protests is contradicted by its surveillance products like Ring and Rekognition.
Trump’s Threats to Antifa Are an Affront to Black Agency and a Risk to All Protest
Liberal voices claiming to support racial justice and oppose Trump have offered support for the pernicious “outside agitator” narrative.
Bill de Blasio Needs to Resign. By Defending Police Violence, He Has Betrayed New Yorkers.
On Saturday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio went on live television to defend police who rammed a car into protesters.
Hidden Video and Whistleblower Reveal Gruesome Mass-Extermination Method for Iowa Pigs Amid Pandemic
Pigs are being slowly suffocated and roasted to death by an agricultural industry that relies on secrecy.
It’s Official: 100,000 Are Dead of Covid-19 in America, and Their Blood Is on Trump’s Hands
Most of the coronavirus deaths could have been avoided if Trump had enacted social-distancing measures sooner.
New York Appealed to Keep an Elderly Prisoner Behind Bars — Then He Got Coronavirus
Muntaqim, after a half-century behind bars, posed no risk to society, so a judge ordered him free. But the government’s appeal instead risked his life.
The CIA's Murderous Practices, Disinformation Campaigns, and Interference in Other Countries Still Shape the World Order and U.S. Politics
No understanding of international or domestic politics is possible without a factual grasp of the CIA's purpose.
Ben Smith's NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: "Resistance Journalism"
The ex-BuzzFeed News editor’s criticisms of Farrow are debatable, but his diagnosis of what is destroying U.S. journalism is dead-on.
A Detainee at Rikers Island Was Cleared for Release Because of the Coronavirus. Six Weeks Later, He's Still in Jail.
The same district attorney that locked David Campbell up has consented to his release amid the coronavirus pandemic. So why is he still in jail?