The Housing Hunger Games
Homeless sweeps have become the go-to, bipartisan performance of “doing something” about the U.S. housing crisis — a spectacle embraced...
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Is Trump considering bold Africa play to push back on China, Russia and Islamic terrorists?
President Donald Trump is reportedly working on a move that would give the U.S. a new military and economic foothold...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
Israel pushes back at ‘tailor-made’ UN-backed report claiming Gaza famine
A United Nations-backed report declaring famine in areas of Gaza has sparked a war of words over the conditions in...
The Student Newspaper Suing Marco Rubio Over Targeted Deportations
President Donald Trump has has long considered both the media and higher education as his enemies — which makes college...
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign...
Israel set to launch Gaza City offensive: High stakes, high costs ahead
On Saturday, Israeli tanks and troops began maneuvering ever closer to Gaza City’s outskirts in preparation for a full-scale offensive. Eyewitness...
Russia looks to update nuclear program amid ‘colossal threats’ from West
Russia’s top nuclear official this week said Moscow is facing "colossal threats" and needs to update its nuclear capabilities.Without directly...
Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students
A prominent Indian journalist was notified by the Trump administration this week that his student visa to pursue a master’s...
Democrats Are Missing Political Layups And Dooming Us All
The Democratic Party has lost millions of voters since 2020, according to new analysis from the New York Times. Meanwhile,...
ICE Hunts Down Immigrants by Spying on Their Wire Transfers
Court records confirm what civil liberties advocates long warned would happen: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using sensitive data about...
Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day
The military forces deploying in Washington, D.C. — whose mission includes not only “community safety patrols” but assisting in “traffic...
Bari Weiss’s Free Press Wants You to Know Some Kids Being Starved by Israel Were Already Sick
Starving Palestinian children line up for meals at the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Aug. 18, 2025. Photo:...
Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests
In a rare win against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, a judge ordered that a detained 19-year-old asylum-seeker...
Swarthmore responds to lawsuit alleging it put trans athlete back on women’s track team after NCAA rule change
Swarthmore College has responded to a lawsuit filed by transgender track and field athlete Evelyn Parts that alleges the school...
