Why we place The Intercept as Democratic Socialist
The Intercept does adversarial, document-driven reporting on national security, surveillance, and corporate power from a left standpoint that wants to extend democracy into the economy itself, going further than the regulation liberals accept. It lands in democratic socialist rather than liberal because it treats the institutions liberals trust as subjects of investigation.
Updated June 2026
What to expect from The Intercept
Leak-based accountability journalism, deep suspicion of the security state, and a frame in which both parties serve entrenched power.
How the Democratic Socialist lens reads the news
The same critique of capitalism, but through the ballot box. Read the full explainer on Democratic Socialist →
See The Intercept in the brief
Every morning we analyze The Intercept alongside the rest of the spectrum and show how it framed the day's stories next to everyone else, in its own words. That side-by-side is the whole point. Browse recent briefs →
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