- + “And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree—Rejon Taylor awoke to the sound of voices outside his death row cell just after 5 a.m. on Monday morning. A neighbor in the Special Confinement Unit ...
- + Patagonia’s Ties to a Dark-Money Operation Bankrolling Democratic Candidates—The newest front in dark money’s war on election transparency shares an address with Patagonia, according to a new complaint. The outdoor cl...
- + EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew.—The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said. The post EU ...
- + Leaked EU Report on Israel Makes It Hard for European Foreign Ministers to Deny Complicity—The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said. The post Lea...
- + Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age—Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness. The post Indiana’s Midnight Executi...
- + Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic Of Another Age—Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness. The post Indiana’s Midnight Executi...
- + What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.—A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s dea...
- + Americans Stuck in Gaza Sue the U.S. for Leaving Them “Trapped in a War Zone”—“I have a fundamental right to be protected by my government, especially in times of war. My children and I deserve to return to the safety of the U.S...
- + Power of the Pardon —Among a president’s most profound responsibilities is the power to grant clemency. Now, as President Joe Biden’s first term winds down, he face...
- + In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle—Outgoing independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has spent her final months in office missing votes, tanking a union-friendly National Labor Relation...
- + In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle—Outgoing independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has spent her final months in office missing votes, tanking a union-friendly National Labor Relation...
- + Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder—The U.S. political system is owned by corporations despised by the American people. Luigi Mangione is the result. The post Health Insurance Execs ...
- + EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza—“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.” The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Clima...
- + Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth —President Joe Biden is poised to sign a bipartisan bill this week that would restrict gender-affirming care for transgender children of military serv...
- + Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump—After campaigning on a pledge to retaliate against his political enemies, Donald Trump will get expanded spying powers when he returns to the White H...
- + Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings—Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer. The post Federal Labor Unions Stee...
- + Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump.—For years, Republicans claimed that Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan was politicizing her ostensibly independent agency by working too closel...
- + America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror—For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them. The...
- + U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult—As the diplomatic row over the embargo escalates, the U.S. sent Israel millions of pounds of ammunition through Spanish territory. The post U.S. D...
- + U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound of Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult—As the diplomatic row over the embargo escalates, the U.S. sent Israel millions of pounds of ammunition through Spanish territory. The post U.S. D...
- + The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Donald Trump—Over the weekend, ABC News shocked the media establishment by agreeing to pay Donald Trump $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit that the presid...
- + Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.—The jurors that sent Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life. Some of them now support his bi...
- + Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”—Hours before Assad fell, Congress moved to extend sanctions. Despite presidential waivers, Syria won't open up until they're off the books. The pos...
- + Syria: What Comes Next?—The unexpected toppling this weekend of the Assad regime by rebel forces brought a swift end to Syria’s 13-year uprising-cum-civil war and over...
- + Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll—A little-noticed provision in the annual defense bill would bar the Pentagon from citing the Gaza Health Ministry as an authoritative source. The p...
- + Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly.—The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora. The post Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Re...
- + How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says—Hackers have gained sweeping access to U.S. text messages and phone calls — and in response, the FBI is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad adv...
- + Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial—Seeking to lock up Asif Rahman during his Espionage Act trial, prosecutors alleged the CIA analyst had an ideological motive to leak. The post Jud...
- + This Is How Trump’s Department of Justice Spied on Journalists—During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department launched four sprawling leak investigations that ultimately targeted two Democrats in C...
- + Trauma and Terror in the North of Gaza—Whether they fled or stayed behind, the survivors of Israel’s scorched-earth campaign in northern Gaza experienced untold horrors. The post Trauma...
- + Republicans Sneak Anti-Trans Health Care Provision Into Defense Bill—House Democrats have a chance on Tuesday to block a provision targeting health care for transgender youth on military health insurance from the annua...
- + Israel Exploits Assad’s Fall to Expand Into Syria—Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus. The post Israel Ex...
- + Israel Exploits Assad’s Fall to Expand Into Syria—Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus. The post Israel Ex...
- + Don’t Believe This Cryptic Video Purportedly Uploaded by Luigi Mangione—The video was startling. Hours after Luigi Mangione was arrested for his alleged role in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a c...
- + Don’t Believe This Cryptic Video Purportedly Uploaded by Luigi Mangione—The video was startling. Hours after Luigi Mangione was arrested for his alleged role in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a c...
- + The Reading List of Luigi Mangione, Suspect in Brian Thompson’s Killing—When the identity of the person who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a mystery, Americans grafted their own ideas about the gunman onto...
- + “Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans—Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue. The post “Wh...
- + Trump Justice Department Appointee Oversaw “Systemic” Misconduct in Previous Job—On paper, Emil Bove is one of the better qualified people that President-elect Donald Trump wants for his next administration. Unlike Matt Gaetz, who...
- + He Thought He Wouldn’t Live to See Aleppo Again. This Week, He Returned Home.—As Syrian rebels retake major cities from Bashar al-Assad, many are celebrating a return home. The post He Thought He Wouldn’t Live to See Aleppo ...
- + Israel Delayed Its Attack on Iran Due to CIA Leak, Prosecutors Allege—The leak of classified documents about preparations for an attack on Iran forced Israel to delay military action at a time of sky-high tensions in th...
- + Silencing Dissent: Attacks on Free Speech and Nonprofits Are Already Ramping Up—For years, Donald Trump has vowed to go after his critics and journalists. As he prepares to reenter the White House, he’s nominating loyalists, like...
- + The White House Gave Israel Coordinates to Save an American’s Family. Then Israel Bombed Them Again.—The Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors. The post The White House ...
- + Just Say No: Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism—A Florida Congresswoman is on a mission to stamp out Gen-Z’s growing support for left-wing ideas, and is turning to a hard-line neocon group for help...
- + As Civil War Heats Back Up, U.S. Troops Are Still Deployed in Syria — And Under Fire—A rebel blitzkrieg against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in northwestern Syria reignited that nation’s dormant civil war last week, when a coali...
- + Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250.—The man who received the harshest federal sentence in connection with 2020 protests against police brutality has been in solitary confinement for mor...
- + Amnesty International Concludes That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza—In a new 300-page report, the human rights group joins a growing chorus of legal scholars and activists describing Israel’s assault on Palestinians as...
- + To Deprive Trans Kids of Medical Care, Supreme Court Looks to Britain and Sweden—Supreme Court conservatives cited overseas laws to defend draconian legislation in Tennessee banning gender-affirming care. The post To Deprive Tr...
- + She Joined Facebook to Fight Terror. Now She’s Convinced We Need to Fight Facebook.—Hannah Byrne joined Facebook to combat far-right extremism. She’s now convinced the tech giant can’t be trusted with such power. The post She Join...
- + Guess Who Profits From Trump’s Deportation Plan? Private Equity Firms.—Private equity firms play a key role in America’s prison system. If Trump carries out his plans for mass deportations, they stand to benefit. The p...
- + Police Raid Pro-Palestine Students’ Home in FBI-Led Graffiti Investigation—George Mason University suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and effectively kicked out the group’s co-president. The post Poli...
- + Palestinians File German Complaint on Media Giant Axel Springer’s Business in Israeli Settlements—“Contributing to land theft and unlawful evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank would be a direct violation of the Supply Chain Act.” The post ...
- + Three Teachers Tried to Give Palestinian Students a Safe Haven — and It Cost Them Their Jobs—The Philadelphia school ordered teachers to “stay neutral” on Israel’s war on Gaza, but they helped students make pro-Palestine posters. The post ...
- + Documents Contradict Google’s Claims About Its Project Nimbus Contract With Israel—A previously undisclosed email and new documents show the Project Nimbus deal isn’t covered by Google’s general terms of service. The post Docume...
- + These Tech Firms Won’t Tell Us If They Will Help Trump Deport Immigrants—President-elect Donald Trump vows to start his second term with the immediate mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. Like everyth...
- + How Universities Are Trying to Stop Another Year of Anti-War Activism—The signs appeared on the university’s main quad during the week of October 7, 2024 — after a year of student protests springing up nationwide agai...
- + Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine—The Biden administration is withholding federal funding from a climate justice group that supports a ceasefire in Gaza. The Climate Ju...
- + Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears—To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Pentagon has gone all out with ceremonies across the United States, from an Air Force-sponsored int...
- + The “Palestine Exception”—Continued campus protests against the Gaza war have sparked heated debates around free speech, academic freedom, and the role of universities in addr...
- + Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?—With Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations will stop another federal execution spree. The post Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Tur...
- + There’s a Ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israel Keeps Gaslighting Palestinians About Ending the Assault on Gaza—Palestinians from Gaza feel relief for the people of Lebanon. We are also heartbroken that we are still being slaughtered. The post There’s a Ceas...
- + Israel Agrees to Stop Bombing Lebanon — So It Can Keep Bombing Gaza—President Biden said that the truce could be a prelude to a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu's actions seem to indicate otherwise. The post Israel Agr...
- + The Fight to Stop New York Cops From Conspiring With ICE—local police in upstate New York arrested Dalila Yeend for rolling through a stop sign in 2018 — then handed her over to Immigration and Customs Enfo...
- + Biden Made “Record Time” on Worker Protections for Heat. Trump Could Quickly Stamp Them Out.—Most regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration go unnoticed, but this one caught the public’s attention. As t...
- + Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes—Meta’s in-house ChatGPT competitor is being marketed unlike anything that’s ever come out of the social media giant before: a convenient tool for pla...
- + The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines—In an order on Friday, a federal court rejected OpenAI’s effort to toss a lawsuit filed by The Intercept over using its journalists’ work to train Ch...
- + Pam Bondi, Trump's New AG Pick, Lobbied for Private Prisons and Amazon—The nation’s largest private prison company, the GEO Group, has seen its stock soar in the weeks since Donald Trump’s election in anticipation of new...
- + Rep. Summer Lee on the Fight of Our Lives—As the clock winds down on the Biden presidency, Democrats have a limited window to act. Come January 20, Republicans will control the executive bran...
- + Oakland Homicides Dropped 30 Percent. The County Still Recalled Its Prosecutor.—Earlier this month, voters in California rolled back a number of criminal justice reforms on the ballot. Los Angeles ousted District Attorney Geo...
- + War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before—The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations — and threatening The Hague. The post War Crimes Have Ne...
- + Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them.—After campaigning on the message that journalists are the “enemy of the people,” President-elect Donald Trump has come out against a bipartisan bill ...
- + Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them—After campaigning on the message that journalists are the “enemy of the people,” President-elect Donald Trump has come out against a bipartisan bill ...
- + The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill—Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes. The post The House Just Blessed...
- + Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”—Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition. The post Bernie Sanders Lost Vo...
- + Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It?—A joint resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders would block arms sales to Israel. The challenge is convincing Democrats to act. The post Senators Have...
- + White House Staffers to Biden: “You Are Running Out of Time” on Gaza—A group of White House staffers sent a letter of dissent on Monday over the Biden administration’s decision not to enforce its own ultimatum over the...
- + “Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Officials on Trump’s Military Deportation Plan—Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out. The post “Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon Off...
- + Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism—VICE News once covered the border with videos that exposed the hardships faced by immigrants, such as “ The Human Cost of Hardening the US-Mexico Bor...
- + San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine—Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin. Th...
- + UCSF Medical Workers Reveal Efforts to Censor Pro-Palestine Speech—Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin. Th...
- + From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns—The fights over Gaza protests are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts. The post From Campus ...
- + Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party—Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win. The post Take Out the Trash: A Prop...
- + Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”—Donald Trump pitched himself to voters as a supposed anti-interventionist candidate of peace. But when he reenters the White House in January, at his...
- + Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed.—Reports of the criminal justice reform movement's death are greatly exaggerated. The post Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why ...
- + Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer—Typically, appointees for the job of U.S. attorney general have had long careers working in law and law enforcement. But that’s not the case fo...
- + House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits—A controversial “nonprofit killer” bill is back on track after it was blocked earlier this week. A majority of Democrats in the House of Rep...
- + Radical Action Under Trump—In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Democrats and those on the left are grappling with what comes next. On The Intercept ...
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