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On January 17, Yemeni journalist Almigdad Mojalli was killed in a Saudi-led airstrike while reporting on civilian casualties in Jaref, a resort about 32 miles south of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. Mojalli was on ass […]

Hay una batalla que está ocurriendo sobre el futuro de las publicaciones académicas, pero el impacto que este combate tendrá en el mundo será cualquier cosa menos académico. Los riesgos son altos, y hay víct […]

AFTER HAVING SPENT the prior six months in a fruitless cycle of retaliation and counter-retaliation and counter-counter-retaliation with the administration of the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Worth, […]

The Intercept’s Lee Fang recently questioned Hillary Clinton about her speeches for Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, which paid her $675,000 for just three appearances. After a town hall in Manchester, New H […]

Spending by so-called “dark money” groups—political super PACs and other organizations who can hide their funders—is already far ahead of previous election cycles, with estimates it could reach up to half a bil […]

With Iowa out of the way, the presidential contest now shifts to New Hampshire, which holds its primary a week from today. Then come contests in Nevada and South Carolina, followed by the delegate-rich “Super […]

The Iowa caucuses saw an upset victory for Republican Senator Ted Cruz over front-runner Donald Trump and a virtual tie between Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders. The latest returns show Clinton leading […]

Iowa Caucuses: Cruz Beats Trump; Sanders and Clinton in TieWorld Health Org. Declares Zika an International Public Health CrisisSaudi Arabia Admits to October Airstrike on MSF HospitalAfghanistan: Taliban Attack […]

There’s a battle taking place over the future of academic publishing, but the impact that battle will have on the world is anything but academic. The stakes are high, and there are real casualties.
Today and t […]

Bring technologists and members of the intelligence community together to figure out what to do about unbreakable encryption and guess what they conclude?
They conclude that they don’t really need to worry about i […]

FEC filings released Sunday provide an illustration of how dramatically the contributions of mega-donors eclipse those of normal citizens.
For example, billionaire George Soros gave $6 million to the pro-Hillary […]

The Iowa caucus is different from a normal presidential primary: Party members gather and discuss their preferred candidates before ballots are cast. Caucus sites include homes, churches, gyms, halls, libraries, […]

As the nation focuses on the Iowa caucus, we turn to a local issue that has received little attention. Iowa is facing a growing debate over the Bakken pipeline, a proposed crude oil pipeline that would run […]

The road to the White House begins in Iowa today with the opening contest of the 2016 presidential campaign. Polls show tight races on both sides. Republican front-runner Donald Trump holds a small lead over Texas […]

Iowa Caucuses Begin Tonight with Tight Polls on Both SidesFormer Staffer Accuses Trump’s Campaign of Sex DiscriminationState Dept. Will Not Release 22 Clinton Emails, Citing “Top Secret” MaterialSyria: ISIL […]

THE FIRST TIME Michael Marcum saw the byline “Brandon Astor Jones,” he was working as a jail commander in San Francisco. It was 1993; Marcum can’t recall what the article was about. But he remembers it made an im […]

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio casts himself as a champion of limited government and in a new campaign ad even depicts himself as a warrior against special interests.
But on issues including sugar […]

The concoction of the “Bernie Bro” narrative by pro-Clinton journalists has been a potent political tactic — and a journalistic disgrace. It’s intended to imply two equally false claims: (1) a refusal to ma […]

We are delighted to announce that Robert Mackey is joining The Intercept to report on and analyze news events that center around human-rights abuses and democratic reform across the world. Mackey’s column will hel […]

The U.S. Commerce Department released its long-awaited White Paper on fixes to copyright law yesterday and it’s a pretty mixed bag. It includes some good recommendations on how Congress should change the law, but […]