Muslim women offer evening prayers at the makeshift memorial in honor of George Floyd, on June 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: Chadan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images It started in Minneapolis. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, the ensuing… Read More ›
A man stands in front of the Wendy’s restaurant set ablaze overnight on June 14, 2020, in Atlanta. Photo: Dustin Chambers/Getty Images On Saturday night, barricades blocked the street on one side of the charred ruins of the Wendy’s drive-thru… Read More ›
Concrete barricades are placed behind fencing outside of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House, following a night of protests near the White House in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2020. Photo: Tom Brenner/Reuters An array of what might… Read More ›
Photo illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images It is a week of renewed social crisis in the United States, which means American companies are quickly lining up to pay lip service to the cause. Just like its tech giant competitors… Read More ›
Illustration: Kelsey Wroten for The Intercept The Irish columnist and astute U.S.-watcher Fintan O’Toole recently wrote that Donald Trump’s two claims, “I have total authority” and “I don’t take responsibility at all,” reveal a man “incapable of coherence.” I think… Read More ›
Jonas Sena, suspected of contracting Covid-19, waits on a stretcher to be allowed in the 28 de Agosto Hospital in Manaus in Amazonas state, Brazil on April 16, 2020. Photo: Edmar Barros/AP As Brazil confronts the coronavirus pandemic, it is hard to… Read More ›
Photo illustration: The Intercept, Getty Images Donald Trump ran for president in 2016 on an often ad-libbed and reactionary campaign of hate, greed, xenophobia, misogyny, and racism. He clearly viewed the fact that a black man had ascended to the… Read More ›
The following dispatch was sent by a nurse who asked to remain anonymous in order to protect their job. The state I live in would be classified as having a high rural population, and I work for a hospital that is… Read More ›
Aya Hijazi, center, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen, is acquitted by an Egyptian court on April 16, 2017, after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to running a foundation dedicated to helping street children, in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Mohamed… Read More ›
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the winter meeting for the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP I am one of the many women Mike Bloomberg’s company tried to… Read More ›