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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
If you’re wondering whether we’ll do anything about global warming before it destroys civilization, think about this ominous fact: It occupies barely any space in popular culture.
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
This weekend, “60 Minutes” aired the first TV interview given by Reality Winner since she was released from prison this summer. In 2017, Winner leaked a top-secret National Security Agency analysis of Rus […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
When Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, responsibility fell on 17-year-old bystander Darnella Frazier to capture the killing on a now-infamous cellphone video. Derek Chauvin, the former cop who was […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
For years, the Dutch organization PAX has been issuing reports detailing the Armageddon that’s hiding in plain sight. The business of nuclear weapons — and it is in fact a business — does not for the most part t […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
Maria Ressa, journalist and CEO of the online news site Rappler, is interviewed during a protest calling for press freedom on Jan. 19, 2018, in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
After two decades of unceasing warfare in the Middle East and Central Asia, the Biden administration has unveiled its first comprehensive review of the deployment of U.S. forces globally — and it envisions a vi […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
Many Democrats, liberals, traditional conservatives, and even some leftists continue to tell themselves that the election of Joe Biden was the first step toward restoring U.S. standing in the world after the […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 3 months ago
Tiina Jauhiainen knows the reach of the United Arab Emirates firsthand. In 2018, Jauhiainen helped her friend and skydiving partner Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum escape the country after accusing her f […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Abdulqadir al Madhfari was a young physician’s assistant who dreamed of becoming a doctor. No one could have imagined that at the age of 25, he would be imprisoned for the next two decades, first by the United S […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Legislation introduced in both the House and Senate today will force cops to obtain a warrant before extracting information stored in the computers onboard modern cars, closing what the bill’s sponsors say is a g […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Judge Bruce Schroeder, who is presiding over the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, interrupted the lead prosecutor on Thursday to prevent him from asking a far-right political commentator if […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Brazilian army Gen. Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira, right, speaks to Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, center, during the graduation ceremony of new paratroopers in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 24, […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
For two months now, the animosity between right-wing activists and left-wing antifascists, which regularly leads to violence at street protests, has played out in a setting where physical combat is not allowed: […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
In late October, after a series of student fights broke out at public schools in Prince George’s County, school district officials informed parents in the predominantly Black suburb of Washington, D.C., that t […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Recently a Republican college student asked President Joe Biden during a town hall on CNN if he could “vow to protect Taiwan” from China. “Yes,” Biden responded.
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
The August 29 attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed Zemari Ahmadi, an innocent aid worker, and his family has become one of the most notorious drone strikes of the war on terror. It is also rapidly becoming […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
A man weeps during a mass funeral for the 10 members of a family killed in a U.S. drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2021.
Photo: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
The Treasury Department has in recent months expanded its digital surveillance powers, contracts provided to The Intercept reveal, turning to the controversial firm Babel Street, whose critics say it helps federal […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Fourteen months have passed since Amber Ortega, a 35-year-old member of the Hia Ced O’odham tribe, was arrested for blocking border wall construction that threatened a sacred desert oasis in southern Arizona. O […]
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theintercept wrote a new post on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 2 years, 4 months ago
Safety issues have dogged Uber since its early days as a black car-hailing service. Car accidents and physical altercations have persisted despite Uber’s attempts to monitor its cars and vet drivers; reports of s […]
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