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 InterceptJair Bolsonaro Brazilian Congress Setting Up Corporations to Cut Covid-19 Vaccine Line verified_publisherThe Intercept - Andrew Fishman With Brazil’s public health crisis dramatically worsening, the country’s business leaders and their allies in government are rewriting the rules to …
The InterceptBosnia & Herzegovina Oscars Face Stark Choice Over War Movie “Quo Vadis, Aida?” verified_publisherThe Intercept - Peter Maass If a war movie focuses on the killing of civilians rather than the courage of soldiers, can it win an Academy Award? The conventional wisdom — …
The InterceptBorder Crossings Asylum-Seekers Expelled by Biden Administration Say They Feel Deceived verified_publisherThe Intercept - Debbie Nathan “Bienvenidos a Miami,” the woman in the black jacket mouthed bitterly. Welcome to Miami. An official said this mockingly to her and her fellow …
The InterceptWar Will the Biden Administration Shine Light on Shadowy Special Ops Programs? verified_publisherThe Intercept - Nick Turse Members of the U.S. special operations forces deployed to 154 countries, or roughly 80 percent of the world’s nations, last year, but information …
The Intercept Brazil’s Lula Launches Comeback — as the Judge Who Locked Him Up Falls From Grace verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alexandre de SantiRafael Moro Martins Even for a nation accustomed to its courts interfering in political and electoral disputes, Brazil saw a pair of moves by the judiciary the first …
The Intercept Drug Lobby Asks Biden to Punish Foreign Countries Pushing for Low-Cost Vaccines verified_publisherThe Intercept - Lee Fang President Joe Biden’s administration is being asked to punish Hungary, Colombia, Chile, and other countries for seeking to ramp up the production of …
The Intercept A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances verified_publisherThe Intercept - John Washington Fady roamed the bus depot in Didymoteicho, Greece, in November 2016, holding up his phone to waiting strangers, showing them a photo of his missing …
The Intercept India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech verified_publisherThe Intercept - Naomi Klein The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a prime minister caught …
The Intercept Biden Balks at Sanctions on Saudi Crown Prince After Release of Report on Killing of Jamal Khashoggi verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alex Emmons The Biden administration released a long-awaited intelligence report Friday that said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman had approved the 2018 …
The Intercept Soldiers in Cameroon, a Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says verified_publisherThe Intercept - Nick Turse In the predawn hours of March 1, 2020, more than 50 Cameroonian soldiers entered the village of Ebam and conducted an atrocity-filled raid that …
The Intercept Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a CIA Asset-Turned-Warlord in Libya verified_publisherThe Intercept - Matthew Cole In 2019, Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater and a prominent Donald Trump supporter, aided a plot to move U.S.-made …
The Intercept South African Archbishop Denounces Coronavirus Vaccine Apartheid verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sharon Lerner Archbishop Thabo Cecil Makgoba has an idea he thinks will help President Joe Biden save countless lives and restore the battered international image …
The Intercept Gulf Ambassador Yelled at Member of Congress Pushing to End Yemen War verified_publisherThe Intercept - Ryan Grim United Arab Emirates Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba was so angry about Rep. Ro Khanna’s push to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen that he shouted at …
The Intercept In Dramatic Policy Shift, Biden Withdraws U.S. Support for Saudi “Offensive Operations” in Yemen verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alex Emmons In his first major foreign policy address, President Biden announced on Thursday that he would end American support for Saudi and United Arab …
The Intercept Russia Moves to Stifle Dissent After Poisoned Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Is Sentenced verified_publisherThe Intercept - Robert Mackey Thousands of protesters risked arrest in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Tuesday, defying a heavy police presence to voice their fury at the sentencing …
The Intercept A Honduran Migrant Caravan Collides With the U.S. “Vertical Border” in Guatemala verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sandra Cuffe It was late afternoon by the time Vinicio made it across the border, but it was not the border that he wanted to cross. While the world watched …
The Intercept Terrorism-Related Convictions Overturned for U.K. Activists Who Blocked Deportations verified_publisherThe Intercept - Rebecca Nathanson Amid a strict Covid-19 lockdown across the U.K., most of the activists who make up the Stansted 15 were in their respective homes, sipping tea and …
The Intercept Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China’s Uyghur Minority verified_publisherThe Intercept - Yael Grauer The order came through a police automation system in Ürümqi, the largest city in China’s northwest Xinjiang region. The system had distributed a …
The Intercept The Half-Baked Smear Campaign Against Robert Malley — and Biden’s Iran Policy verified_publisherThe Intercept - Murtaza Hussain In the usual style of overheated rhetoric around U.S. Middle East policymaking, the news that President Joe Biden’s administration is considering …
The InterceptSheldon Adelson Sheldon Adelson’s Fortune Helped Turn the GOP Into the Party of Israeli Apartheid verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alex Kane With the death of 87-year-old billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the Republican Party has lost its biggest benefactor. Adelson’s legacy, …
The InterceptUnited States America Is Not Exceptional. Its History of Violence Cannot Be Denied. verified_publisherThe Intercept - Arnesa Buljusmic-Kustura I am intimately familiar with violence, the kind that destroys everything, including your country. The kind of violence stemming from nationalist …
The InterceptUnited States Some U.S. Allies Expressed Concern About the Capitol Insurrection — and Others Did Not verified_publisherThe Intercept - Murtaza Hussain You find out who your real friends are when a crisis hits. The old adage has rarely been truer than it is today in the United States. America’s …
The InterceptCOVID-19 Vaccines World Faces Covid-19 “Vaccine Apartheid” verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sharon Lerner Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla recently heaped praise on “the almost 44,000 people who selflessly raised their hands to participate in our trial.” “Each of …
The InterceptU.S. Armed Forces I Sued Blackwater for the Massacre of Iraqi Civilians. Trump Just Pardoned Those Convicted Killers. verified_publisherThe Intercept - Paul Dickinson Ali Kinani was 9 years old when he was shot in the head by Blackwater guards on September 16, 2007 in a traffic circle in Baghdad, Iraq. He was in …
The InterceptVietnam Facebook Lets Vietnam’s Cyberarmy Target Dissidents, Rejecting a Celebrity’s Plea verified_publisherThe Intercept - Sam Biddle For the past two years, Do Nguyen Mai Khoi has been trying painfully, futilely, to get Facebook to care about Vietnam. The Vietnamese singer and …
The InterceptCIA A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America’s Exit Strategy From Its Longest War verified_publisherThe Intercept - Andrew Quilty The buzz of a drone at night was the first sign of trouble. Next came the roar of a larger, low-flying aircraft, which alerted residents of the Afghan …
The Intercept France’s Macron Is Ramping Up a Clash of Civilizations — but Will It Stop Terrorism? verified_publisherThe Intercept - Murtaza Hussain In recent years, French President Emmanuel Macron was best known internationally for being the target of bright yellow-vested protesters, thousands …
The Intercept The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie verified_publisherThe Intercept - Naomi Klein Writing about “The Great Reset” is not easy. It has turned into a viral conspiracy theory purporting to expose something no one ever attempted to …
