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Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World
Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World A series of disasters — including catastrophic flooding, political paralysis, exploding inflation, and a resurgent terror threat — risk sending the global player into full-blown crisis. Vendors sell fruit under battery-powered lights during a blackout due to a […]
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet” The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species. A boiler tower surrounded by mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, Calif., on Aug. […]
Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia
SAUDIS SOUGHT OIL PRODUCTION CUT SO DEEP IT SURPRISED EVEN RUSSIA OPEC+ slashed oil production following a Saudi pressure campaign that experts say aims to hurt Democrats in the midterms. THE SAUDI-LED oil cartel OPEC+’s announcement earlier this month that it was cutting 2 million barrels of oil per day — a move that would drive […]
Glenn Greenwald’s Call Same as Bob Parry’s in 1995
Glenn Greenwald’s Call Same as Bob Parry’s in 1995 After resigning from The Intercept when it suppressed one of his stories, Greenwald is calling for a new news outlet whose aim is the same as what the creator of this website established in November 1995. Robert Parry receiving the 2017 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in London […]
Operation Legend is Bringing Surveillance Tech to Cities
Police watch while people gather for a labor march on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 2018 in Memphis. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images OPERATION LEGEND IS BRINGING SURVEILLANCE TECH TO CITIES Using federal grants, cities are contracting with companies that hack smartphones and detect gunshots. IN AUGUST, 40 […]
What Law Did We Break?
WHAT LAW DID WE BREAK? How the NYPD Weaponized a Curfew Against Protesters and Residents HUSAN BLUE, his family, and his neighbors were having a cookout on the patio outside their apartment in Crown Heights. It was a warm summer night in Brooklyn. Little kids were running around and playing. People were talking and celebrating. Blue’s […]
Federal Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic
Officers wearing riot gear line the edge of the California state capitol grounds after removing protesters on May 1, 2020. Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUYS RIOT GEAR, INCREASES SECURITY FUNDING, CITING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THE FEDERAL government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for […]
River of Trash
RIVER OF TRASH How Plastic Pollution Is Making Central American Communities Uninhabitable THE FISHERMEN STAND thigh-deep in the muddy water as our boat pulls up to the shore, grass shushing against the hull. It is a still, cool morning and mist wicks off the river as the sun begins to rise above the trees. Down the […]
Rainforest on Fire
RAINFOREST ON FIRE On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon, Brazil’s Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe THE RIVER BASIN at the center of Latin America called the Amazon is roughly the size of Australia. Created at the beginning of the world by a smashing of tectonic plates, it was the cradle of […]
A War Reporter Covers “The End of Ice”–And It Will Change the Way You Think About Climate Catastrophe
2Photos: Getty Images Animation: The Intercept A WAR REPORTER COVERS “THE END OF ICE” — AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE FOCUSING ON BREATH and gratitude, Dahr Jamail’s latest book, “The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption,” stitches together personal introspection and gut-wrenching […]
Julian Assange Arrested in London After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum; U.S. Requests Extradition
7Ecuador’s Embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lived until his arrest on Thursday. Photo: Alastair Grant/AP Julian Assange Arrested in London After Ecuador Withdraws Asylum; U.S. Requests Extradition This breaking news report will be updated throughout the day. JULIAN ASSANGE, the WikiLeaks founder, was arrested on Thursday inside Ecuador’s Embassy in London, where he […]
New Jersey is Making Companies Pay for Toxic Contamination–Shining a New Light on a Little-Known Offender
Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept NEW JERSEY IS MAKING COMPANIES PAY FOR TOXIC CONTAMINATION — SHINING A NEW LIGHT ON A LITTLE-KNOWN OFFENDER NEW JERSEY LAID financial responsibility for dealing with PFAS contamination squarely at the feet of the chemical companies responsible for it. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a directive on Monday ordering five companies to pay the […]
