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Trump Admin Wants to Make It Easier for White Men to Sue for Discrimination
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (1000+ words) The EEOC is moving to rescind a rule that has stood in the way of its politicized attacks alleging discrimination against white men. The chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency created by the Civil Rights Act…...
Indiana Banned Press From Executions for "Dignity." It Actually Serves Repression.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (732+ words) There's no dignity in secret executions. Jeremy Busby is a writer and activist incarcerated in Texas. A few days before my best friend's execution date in 2006, prison administrators granted me one last chance to see him in a legal visit....
Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1029+ words) Advocates welcomed centrist Democrats switching sides but warned against extending the spy law with or without Bill Pulte as spy chief. When the House of Representatives voted on a long-term extension of a controversial surveillance law in April, House Democratic…...
Daughter of 2028 Olympics Chair Dreams of Competing in LA " for Israel
1+ week, 2+ day ago (748+ words) Hollywood scion Casey Wasserman faced criticisms as Los Angeles Olympics chief for his connections to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Casey Wasserman, the entertainment super-agent, has attracted his fair share of controversy as the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics…...
Warehousing Human Beings
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1862+ words) Former immigration judge Andrea S'enz and American Immigration Council's Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the conditions at Delaney Hall and other ICE detention centers across the U. S. Intercept reporter Noah Hurowitz, who covers federal law enforcement and immigration, was on the scene at…...
Establishment Dems Stave Off the Left in Key California Congressional Primaries
1+ week, 6+ day ago (393+ words) State Senator Scott Weiner and Rep. Jimmy Gomez easily advanced ahead of challengers who called out their positions on Israel. With many votes still to be counted in California and little certainty in most of Tuesday's closest-watched primary elections, one…...
The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor's Race
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1050+ words) Rae Huang supporters say Nithya Raman is compromised. Raman's base calls Huang a spoiler. Looming over it all: reality TV star Spencer Pratt. There are two democratic socialists running for mayor in Los Angeles, but many West Coast leftists are…...
ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting "Horrific Conditions" In Delaney Hall Jail
2+ week, 4+ day ago (807+ words) Detainees told a visiting member of Congress that the attacks were "retribution for the ongoing hunger strike." Guards at a New Jersey immigrant detention center are retaliating against detainees for nonviolent protests over poor conditions, including a hunger and labor…...
The Race to Build AI Data Centers " Before the People Can Protest
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1914+ words) From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national politics. This week on The Intercept Briefing, host Jordan Uhl speaks to Walsh about the massive Utah project, the environmental and…...
DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn't Mention Gaza or Israel at all
2+ week, 4+ day ago (879+ words) As the DNC blamed the author for the report's shortcomings, a source who participated in the research said the author seemed to grasp that Gaza "clearly" hurt Harris. A comprehensive analysis of the 2024 presidential campaign commissioned by the Democratic National…...