Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance
Chicago, Illinois (The Intercept) When the Rev. Al Sharpton took the stage to introduce members of the Exonerated Five on the last night of the Democratic National Convention, it was, for the briefest moment, a nod toward a reality that the DNC had otherwise aggressively avoided: the myriad injustices of our criminal legal system.
US-Led Ceasefire Talks Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide
Washington (The Intercept) For anyone paying attention, it is now abundantly clear that the US-led Gaza ceasefire talks have become a tool for the perpetuation of Israel’s genocidal war.
Israeli Society Is in a Deepening State of Contradiction
(The Intercept): Nearly a year into the Gaza war, the sense of dread in Israel is all-consuming.
The US has dozens of secret bases in the Middle East. They keep getting attacked.
Washington (The Intercept) An Intercept investigation found 63 US bases, garrisons, and shared facilities in the region. US troops are “sitting ducks,” according to one expert.
USA: Will this make Trump more popular?
Washington (The Intercept): While speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Donald Trump was hurried off stage after what sounded like gunshots. Before he was ushered away by his security detail, Trump, bleeding from an apparent wound on the ear, raised his fist defiantly toward the crowd.
Companies making it easy to buy in a West Bank settlement
Los Ángeles (The Intercept): In late June, a company called My Israel Home hosted an expo at a Los Angeles synagogue catering to a specific clientele: Jewish Americans looking to buy a new home in Israel -or on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Like Julian Assange, I Know How It Feels to Be Prosecuted for Acts of Journalism
New York (The Intercept): When Julian Assange abruptly found himself back in Australia and freedom this week after reaching a plea deal with the US government, I found myself thinking back to my own marathon legal fight with the US government and how it finally and suddenly ended.
Can anything stop the democratic national convention from being a Biden coronation?
Washington (The Intercept): People have been talking behind closed doors about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline for the past several years.
Negotiations for Release of Guantánamo’s “Forever Prisoner” From Gaza
Washington (The Intercept): During an appearance before a military review board, an attorney for Guantánamo Bay’s “forever prisoner” revealed that negotiations are underway for his possible release after being tortured and detained without charges for 22 years.
More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret
Washington (The Intercept): The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence submitted its 6,700-page “torture report” about the CIA to the White House in April 2014. More than 10 years later, the full report remains secret after a federal appellate court dismissed a lawsuit I filed in the hopes of forcing its release.
