The InterceptEnbridge Local Cops Said Pipeline Company Had Influence Over Government Appointment verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alleen Brown As the Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge awaited its final permits last summer to begin construction on the Line 3 tar sands oil transport …
The InterceptEPA Chemical Industry Lobbyist in Trump EPA Suppressed Evidence of Cancer Risk verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sharon Lerner Trump administration officials withheld information about carcinogenic pollution from Illinois communities, according to a report released yesterday …
The InterceptAfghanistan The U.S. Could Have Left Afghanistan Years Ago, Sparing Many Lives verified_publisherThe Intercept - Murtaza Hussain President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw most U.S. troops from Afghanistan marks a significant reduction in America’s participation in the war. But …
The InterceptAbortion Oklahoma Lawmaker Calls Abortion Worse Than Slavery verified_publisherThe Intercept - Jordan Smith Sitting at a conference table with a contingent of colleagues, almost all of them unmasked, state Rep. Jim Olsen laid out a bill that would end …
The InterceptDemocratic Party Deconstructed: The New Mexico Spring verified_publisherThe Intercept - Deconstructed When Michelle Lujan Grisham, now governor of New Mexico, defeated Eric Griego in the race for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in 2012, it put …
The InterceptForeign Policy There Shouldn’t Be Vaccine Patents in a Health Crisis. Most Americans Agree: Waive Them. verified_publisherThe Intercept - Natasha Lennard The extremity of Covid-19 vaccine apartheid cannot be overstated. As of mid-February, the United States had acquired enough vaccines for three times …
The InterceptU.S. Politics House and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add Four Justices to Supreme Court verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Grim Congressional Democrats plan to unveil legislation expanding the size of the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to three congressional sources …
The InterceptChemicals Indoor Dust Contains PFAS and Other Toxic Chemicals verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sharon Lerner Indoor dust contains dangerous, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, according to a study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study …
The InterceptNevada Democratic Party Nevada’s New Democratic Party Raises Back Funds Shuttled by Ex-Staff verified_publisherThe Intercept - Akela Lacy Just over a month after the staff of Nevada’s Democratic Party quit rather than work alongside an incoming slate of candidates backed by the local …
The InterceptAIPAC Rep. Betty McCollum Leads Effort to Put Conditions on U.S. Aid to Israel verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alex Kane Since 2015, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., has been the leading congressional critic of Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children, …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Shontel Brown Approved Major Contract, Then Contractor Backed Her Campaign verified_publisherThe Intercept - Matthew Cunningham-CookSam Allard When Shontel Brown was running for her seat on Cuyahoga County Council in 2014, she responded to questions about her links to the family of a major …
The InterceptBorder Security The Border Patrol’s Abdication in the Sonoran Desert verified_publisherThe Intercept - Intercepted While much of the public’s attention has been focused on the thousands of unaccompanied minors currently in U.S. custody, U.S. Customs and Border …
The InterceptSouthern Arizona “It’s Consumed Our Lives”: Volunteers Step In as Border Patrol Drops Migrants Off in Tiny Arizona Towns verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Devereaux The families sat in folding chairs under a white canopy in a tiny park north of the central plaza. A small group of volunteers dressed head to toe in …
The InterceptIsrael Defense Forces Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power verified_publisherThe Intercept - Kim Zetter The explosion and blackout at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran over the weekend raised the specter of past sabotage — including the Stuxnet …
The InterceptNational Security The Journalist and the Whistleblower verified_publisherThe Intercept - James Risen When I became a reporter, I was surprised to discover a trait that I had never before recognized in myself. People liked to talk to me. They liked to …
The InterceptIllinois Chicago Awaits Video of Police Killing of 13-Year-Old Boy verified_publisherThe Intercept - Jamie Kalven The city of Chicago is on edge, haunted by its past and fearful of what lies ahead, for once again a police officer has killed a child on its streets. …
The InterceptDaunte Wright Minneapolis Curfew Sows Confusion For Those With Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sam Richards Following the killing of Daunte Wright by police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, authorities were expecting unrest in the Twin Cities …
The InterceptMark Kelly Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Grim Sen. Mark Kelly has resisted co-sponsoring a major piece of labor law reform legislation known as the PRO Act, citing a policy of not endorsing …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing verified_publisherThe Intercept - Akela Lacy The Biden administration is expected to announce support this week for the temporary extension of a Trump-era policy expanding mandatory minimum …
The InterceptDeath Penalty The Long Shadow of Virginia’s Death Penalty verified_publisherThe Intercept - Liliana Segura On a rainy Wednesday afternoon in late March, a stream of cars pulled up to a checkpoint at the Greensville Correctional Center, just outside the …
The InterceptCollege & University A Billionaire-Funded Website With Ties to the Far Right Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alice Speri When Pete Hatemi, a political science professor at Pennsylvania State University, got an email from a student he didn’t know asking him to become a …
The InterceptAlgorithms Research Says Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Perpetuates Gender Bias verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sam Biddle New research from a team at the University of Southern California provides further evidence that Facebook’s advertising system is discriminatory, …
The InterceptGeorgia (U.S. State) Inside the Winning Fight for Reparations in Athens, Georgia verified_publisherThe Intercept - Rachel M. Cohen Within the bounds of a block in Athens, Georgia, three high-rise dorms stand where 50 Black families used to live. The dorms were built in the 1960s …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Republicans Are Poised to Gerrymander Their Way Back to the Majority verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Grim If Democrats manage to escape the traditional midterm curse and don’t drop a single vote from 2020 to 2022, they would still lose control of the …
The InterceptPolicing Pro-Cop PAC Tried to Fundraise by Blaming George Floyd for His Own Death verified_publisherThe Intercept - Akela Lacy A political action committee working to elect pro-police candidates to state and local office apologized last week for sending a fundraising email …
The InterceptIntellectual Property Howard Dean Pushes Biden to Oppose Generic Covid-19 Vaccines for Developing Countries verified_publisherThe Intercept - Lee Fang Howard Dean, the former progressive champion, is calling on President Joe Biden to reject a special intellectual property waiver that would allow …
The InterceptVeronica Escobar Rep. Veronica Escobar: “Stephen Miller Should be Behind Bars” for Role in Trump Immigration Policy verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Grim The architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, Stephen Miller, “belongs in prison,” Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from Texas, …
The InterceptU.S. Politics Deconstructed: A Big New Idea To End the Border Crisis verified_publisherThe Intercept - Deconstructed Earlier this week Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware led a congressional delegation to a Texas immigration detention facility housing children who arrived …
The InterceptPandemics Hunger Strikers Win Historic Relief Fund for Undocumented New York Workers — With Strings Attached verified_publisherThe Intercept - John Washington Ana Patricia, a 46-year-old woman originally from Mexico, had been working for years as a bathroom attendant at a restaurant in Manhattan’s Little …
