In a matter of a few days, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed when a panic set in, causing a run on deposits. “The blue chip VCs suggested something, then that leaked to other ones, then other ones — we had all our… Read More ›
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Tibetan Police Bought Thermo Fisher DNA Equipment, Chinese Government Documents Show
Tibetan police inked a deal last month to buy over $160,000 worth of profiling kits and other supplies made by Thermo Fisher, a Massachusetts-based company that has come under fire in the past for selling similar supplies to police in Xinjiang…. Read More ›
Roger Hodge Named Acting Editor-in-Chief of The Intercept
Intercept Deputy Editor Roger Hodge has been named acting editor-in-chief of the investigative news site, effective August 1, 2022. He will fill the role previously held by Betsy Reed, who was named editor of Guardian U.S. on Thursday. Nausicaa Renner, The… Read More ›
FBI Spy Planes Monitored a Single Suspect for Nearly 429 Hours
The FBI’s secretive spy plane program targeted a man in Florida last year with nearly constant surveillance, logging more than 400 hours in the air with a fleet of Cessna aircraft registered to what appear to be front companies. This… Read More ›
This June, We’re Asking Readers to Become Members. Here’s Why.
CIA-trained death squads massacring children. Big Pharma putting profits over people’s lives in a pandemic. Police “kettling” protesters who dare to oppose their racist brutality. The U.S. government executing prisoners in death chambers largely hidden from public view. A new… Read More ›
Empire Politician: A Half-Century of Joe Biden’s Stances on War, Militarism, and the CIA
Video: Empire Politician by Jeremy Scahill and Paul Abowd “I’m not going to change,” Joe Biden said in his 2008 vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin. “I have 35 years in public office. People can judge who I am. I… Read More ›
Hollywood Lobbyists Intervene Against Proposal to Share Vaccine Technology
While the drug industry is the most visible special interest group fighting a World Trade Organization proposal to temporarily suspend certain intellectual property rights, it isn’t the only one. Many industries across the U.S. have expressed alarm over the proposed… Read More ›
The Democrats’ Long War on Immigrants
As Joe Biden took the oath of office last month, Guatemalan security forces at the Honduran border thwarted thousands of U.S.-bound migrants. While decadeslong American imperialism has facilitated displacement throughout the region, the U.S. is increasingly outsourcing its deadly immigration policy. This week on… Read More ›
Amy Coney Barrett and the Looming Google Antitrust Case
Republicans appear set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Ryan Grim talks to Ilyse Hogue of NARAL Pro-Choice America about the last 50 years of right-wing legal activism. Then Luther Lowe, senior vice president for public… Read More ›
New Documents Reveal How the Animal Agriculture Industry Surveils and Punishes Critics
This week’s SYSTEM UPDATE on this topic — with Dr. Crystal Heath, one of the veterinarians targeted by these industry campaigns for retaliation — can be viewed on The Intercept’s YouTube channel, or on the player below. Animal agriculture industry groups defending… Read More ›