“Former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale was arrested this week for leaking classified documents detailing the secretive U.S. drone program. Hale is the latest in a string of journalists charged under the Trump administration for allegedly leaking classified government intelligence. James Risen, The Intercept’s senior national security correspondent, views the arrests of journalistic sources as an…
“Civil rights groups are decrying what they say is a new poll tax after the Florida Senate passed a bill Friday that would require formerly incarcerated people with felony convictions to repay all fines and fees to courts before their voting rights are restored. This comes six months after voters in Florida approved a measure…
“We speak with two award-winning teachers who are trying to teach Trump a lesson. On Monday, Jessica Dueñas, the 2019 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and Kelly Holstine, the 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, boycotted a White House ceremony honoring them and other state winners of the award in protest of the Trump administration’s…
“Congress held a historic hearing on Medicare for all on Tuesday, opening with an emotional testimony from activist and lawyer Ady Barkan, who is dying of terminal ALS. We speak to Representative Ilhan Omar about yesterday’s hearing and her support for overhauling the country’s healthcare system in favor of Medicare for all. We also talk…
“Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood, says the Trump administration’s push to implement a so-called “gag order” is both unethical and classist. “If you are a person who is wealthy, if you have private insurance, you can still go to your doctor and get accurate medical information,” Wen explains. “But if you are a woman…
“Members of the vigilante group United Constitutional Patriots have repeatedly filmed themselves detaining migrants illegally at gunpoint. Peter Simonson of the New Mexico ACLU says the vigilantes’ actions could have had tacit approval from immigration authorities. “There is plenty of video evidence … that suggests that the Border Patrol is actively collaborating with these folks,…
“As millions celebrate Earth Day around the globe, we speak with organizer Dallas Goldtooth about indigenous-led anti-pipeline activism in the United States. President Trump signed two executive orders earlier this month to facilitate the approval of pipeline projects at a federal level, limiting states’ ability to regulate such projects. The move is intended in part…
“Despite being a freshman Congressmember, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the target of repeated racist attacks and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Author Moustafa Bayoumi says this is no surprise — as a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Omar is highly visible and she’s not shy about sharing her views: “If she were a quiet, black, refugee…
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“As higher education faces an increasingly dire crisis of underfunding, we look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom. Academic and author Henry Reichman takes on this threat in a new book, out this week, titled “The Future of Academic Freedom.” In it, he writes, “Academic capitalism—or, as…