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Rep. Cori Bush Boosts Biden’s Efforts to Fight Climate Change With Executive Authority
President Joe Biden’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis through executive action got an assist this week, courtesy of Missouri Rep. Cori Bush and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee. One hundred million dollars in new funding, announced Tuesday alongside other measures… Read More ›
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Intel Report Warned Abraham Accords Would Fuel Violence
In 2020, as then-President Donald Trump was busy touting the newly signed Abraham Accords as a historic peace agreement in the Middle East, his own Department of Homeland Security was warning that the agreement, far from ushering in peace, heightened… Read More ›
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Pentagon Explores Using SpaceX for Rocket-Deployed Quick Reaction Force
The Pentagon envisions a future in which Elon Musk’s rockets might someday deploy a “quick reaction force” to thwart a future Benghazi-style attack, according to documents obtained by The Intercept via Freedom of Information Act request. In October 2020, U.S…. Read More ›
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The Interstate Tug-of-War Over Reproductive Freedom
The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri is blocks west of the famed Gateway Arch National Park, which hugs the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. The sliver of water, just three-tenths of a mile wide, divides downtown St. Louis… Read More ›
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Inside D.C. Police’s Sprawling Network of Surveillance
It was the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2014, awaiting word on whether a grand jury would indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing… Read More ›
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Sen. Ed Markey Calls On Ring to Make Itself Less Cop-Friendly
Despite years of criticism, Amazon’s Ring cameras are increasingly ubiquitous in American neighborhoods, an always-watching symbol of residential suspicion, and the company’s privatized surveillance dragnet remains wildly popular with police. In a new letter to Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy, Sen…. Read More ›
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The Truth Never Mattered at Guantánamo
A member of the U.S. Military inside of the Camp 2 cell block at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on May 9, 2006. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Hickman was on guard duty at Guantánamo Bay, in… Read More ›
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Iran Is Backing Out of the Nuclear Deal That U.S. Had Already Reneged On for Years
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi shows journalists a camera like the ones Iran is removing from nuclear sites, during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna on June 9, 2022. Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images The nuclear… Read More ›
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ICE Searched LexisNexis Database Over a Million Times in Just 7 Months
Immigration and Customs Enforcement searched a massive database of personal information provided by LexisNexis over 1.2 million times in just a seven-month period in 2021, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept. Critics say the staggering search volume confirms fears… Read More ›
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Breaking Unions With the Language of Diversity and Social Justice
John Merrell, speaking in a southern drawl, apologized for presenting over Zoom in such casual attire. The lack of a jacket and tie, he said, was intentional. He was on-site with a client. “I figured this group would appreciate as… Read More ›