Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate.
Voices
Perspectives on the news from Intercept columnists, reporters, and freelance contributors.
Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him
Americans were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.”
Gazans Reflect on Surviving to See a Ceasefire: “Sometimes We Envy the Martyrs”
Living through genocide means inhabiting a “city of ghosts,” surrounded by rubble and memories of all that's been lost.
Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption
The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.
The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve
The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.
Gaza’s Students Kept Studying Amid the Rubble. Now Universities Hope to Rebuild.
Palestinian students learned remotely, with flickering internet, through two years of Israel’s genocide. Now universities need funding to rebuild.
New York’s Billionaires Are Bending the Knee to Zohran Mamdani
After fighting the democratic socialist’s candidacy tooth and nail, the city’s ruling class is lining up to shake his hand.
They Tried to Smear Zohran Mamdani as an Antisemite. Voters Saw Right Through It.
Mamdani’s victory means so much — including the repudiation of Islamophobic attacks and weaponization of antisemitism.
Dick Cheney Doesn’t Deserve Your Heartfelt Eulogies
The former vice president died Monday night. Now is not the time to whitewash his bloody legacy of war and destruction.
From Gaza to Sudan: “Their Pain Is Ours”
The unfolding tragedy in Sudan reminds us in Gaza that wars, hunger, and destruction are not isolated events.