An American ISIS Fighter Describes the Caliphate’s Final Days — and His Own

A new documentary podcast from The Intercept and Topic Studios offers the most detailed and critical account yet of an American who lived and died inside the Islamic State.

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An American ISIS Fighter Describes the Caliphate’s Final Days — and His Own

Trevor Aaronson

A new documentary podcast from The Intercept and Topic Studios offers the most detailed account yet of an American who lived and died inside the Islamic State.

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Home, but Not Free: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Adjusts to Her Release From Prison

Taylor Barnes

Winner’s home confinement is part of the longest sentence ever for leaking material to the press — and her family is seeking clemency.

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Banks Are Reversing Course on PPP Loans to Small Business Owners

Bryce Covert

Four small business owners said they have been notified by their lenders that they shouldn’t have received the amount they were approved for.

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White Supremacist Candidate Who Disrupted Katie Porter Event Has a History of Violence

Robert Mackey

Nick Taurus — the homophobic and antisemitic racist who tried to hijack the California representative’s town hall — is not popular, but he is dangerous.

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In Brazil, There’s a Legal Term for What Britney Spears Says Is Happening: Sexual Violence

Bruna de Lara

In Brazilian and international law, the rights of disabled people over their reproductive systems are clear.

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Military Removes Training Document Conflating Socialists With Terrorists

Ken Klippenstein

A manual used in the Navy’s anti-terrorism courses lumped “anarchists, socialists and neo-nazis” together as examples of “political terrorists.”

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Before He Was UVA Police Chief, Timothy Longo Helmed DNA Dragnet That Targeted Black Men

Michael Marrow, Esther Eriksson von Allmen

A closer examination of a two-decade-old operation in Charlottesville, Virginia, shows that it was larger in scope than previously reported.

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Closed-Door Progressive Caucus Antitrust Meeting Turns Fiery Amid Industry Influence Allegations

Ryan Grim

“You may have other interests you’re trying to protect,” Rep. David Cicilline told Silicon Valley Rep. Zoe Lofgren.

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New York Regulations Allow Cops Stripped of Training Credentials to Be Rehired

Arno Pedram, Luca Powell

Police officers who were decertified by state regulators went on to find work at other departments and public safety agencies, records show.

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Defense Department IG Omitted Evidence of Alleged Corruption in JEDI Program, Documents Show

Sara Sirota

Emails reveal that the auditor shielded potentially compromising evidence from the public.

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Noncitizens May Soon Be Eligible to Vote in New York City

Rachel M. Cohen

A bill extending the right to vote to noncitizens has a supermajority in the city council — the latest push to revive the tradition across the U.S.

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A Nation Conceived in Liberty Confronts Its Queasiness With the “MILF Mobile”

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