The horrific stories are pouring in. A Texas woman’s water breaks at 18 weeks, leaving the fetus’s chance of survival “as close to zero as you’ll ever get in medicine,” according to one expert. Yet she must wait until she is hemorrhaging… Read More ›
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Upheaval in the San Francisco DA’s Office After Brooke Jenkins Appointment
A week after she was sworn in as San Francisco’s interim district attorney, Brooke Jenkins fired 15 people, many of them hired by her predecessor, Chesa Boudin. Jenkins quit her job in the DA’s office in 2021 to become the… Read More ›
Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent
Ring, Amazon’s perennially controversial and police-friendly surveillance subsidiary, has long defended its cozy relationship with law enforcement by pointing out that cops can only get access to a camera owner’s recordings with their express permission or a court order. But… Read More ›
The Fight for Abortion Rights Turns to State Constitutions
Less than an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional protection for abortion, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry crowed on Twitter that abortion was now illegal in the state. “Because of #SCOTUS ruling in #Dobbs, Louisiana’s trigger law… Read More ›
Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is selling Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a suite of features used to track and identify cryptocurrency users, according to contract documents shared with The Intercept. News of the deal, potentially worth… Read More ›
Facebook Labels Abortion Rights Vandals as Terrorists Following Roe Reversal
The day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, internally designated the abortion rights group Jane’s Revenge as a terrorist organization, according to company materials reviewed by The Intercept, subjecting discussion of the group and… Read More ›
With the Corpse of Roe Still Warm, Far Right Plots Fascistic Anti-Abortion Enforcement
U.S. Capitol Police in riot gear are seen in Washington, D.C., following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Photo: Bill Clark/AP Given the makeup of the far-right Supreme Court, it has for some years… Read More ›
Case of 11-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Denied Abortion Holds Stark Warning for Post-Roe U.S.
Women march and hold a banner in favor of legalizing abortion, to mark International Women’s Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 8, 2022. Photo: Andre Penner/AP In recent weeks, a little girl has been fighting for her abortion rights… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›