Akela Lacy
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Akela Lacy
@akela_lacy
Human | reporter @theintercept & co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast | past lives @POLITICO @pulitzercenter | Philly bred | [email protected]
theintercept.com/staff/akelalacyIngressou em abril de 2026
In this story: NYC DSA told Politico earlier this month it wasn’t pushing Mamdani too hard on policing given political risks. After the ICE shooting this week, they told me there may now be an opportunity to push harder that wasn’t there a few weeks ago theintercept.com/2026/10/09/ice-shooting-m...
I called a bunch of people today to ask: what can Mamdani actually do to keep ICE out of NYC? The answer? Legally, not much. But advocates on the left say he can do more than offer harsh words for Trump and ICE. And he can start with his own NYPD theintercept.com/2026/10/09/ice-shooting-m...
NEW: Mamdani has a policing problem & the ICE shooting in NYC only made it worse. Advocates say they want more than harsh words for Trump on ICE. And while his DSA allies have held back on pushing him too hard on policing, now they say they see an opening theintercept.com/2026/10/09/ice-shooting-m...
NEW POD 🎧: @mahmoudkhalel tells me what he’s learned about how he became Trump’s top target, why he says Columbia University facilitated that campaign, and how the fight over speech on Palestine is tied to the fight against ICE’s war on immigrants podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
NEW POD 🎧: remember the obituaries for @justicedems, the group behind the squad? This week we bring you the story of JD’s resurrection: how it made 2026 its best cycle yet, toppled 3 incumbents & put Dem Socialism back on the map. W/ @usamahandrabi podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is fundraising on GOP donor email lists theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman...
NEW: Sen. John Fetterman's campaign is using a GOP email list to raise money off of his video speech at the Republican midterm convention earlier this month theintercept.com/2026/09/21/john-fetterman...
NEW POD 🎧: What unites House Speaker Mike Johnson’s quest for red heifers, the AI doom spree & the war on immigrants? It has a name. I interview @NaomiAKlein & @astradisastra on their new book, End Times Fascism And the Fight for the Living World podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
Experts say Mamdani made a political calculation to back off major swings to police reform. They worry that approach will keep the city tab for police misconduct lawsuits high as the total approaches $1 billion since 2018 with little sign of slowing down theintercept.com/2026/09/16/nypd-mamdani-p...
Sen. John Fetterman attended Rupert Murdoch's retreat in Montana July www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/472...
NEW: New York City is on track to pay upwards of $100 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits for the 4th year in a row. And as Mamdani’s NYPD continues to push “quality of life” policing, experts worry that number will keep rising theintercept.com/2026/09/16/nypd-mamdani-p...
NEW POD 🎧: I speak @jason_koebler @404mediaco & @samfbiddle live in LA on the AI doom cycle, how the feds are using your financial data to track you down, and what privatizing the surveillance state really means. Listen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-dooms...
NEW POD 🎧: @rozina_ali on Islamophobia then and now — as we approach 25 years since 9/11, Ali says Islamophobia has only accelerated. Our conversation on how anti-Muslim rhetoric is shaping this year’s midterms, and why hate picks up every election cycle: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
NEW POD 🎧: We’re bringing you an early Intercept Briefing episode breaking down last night’s results. With @jessica_m_wash & @jonahmv podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
When we spoke last week, El-Sayed said his race wasn’t about the right vs the left: “Most people don't walk around asking, ‘Where do I sit on the left right spectrum?’ Most people are walking around asking, ‘What the hell's going to happen if I get sick?’” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
NEW: Cori Bush has no regrets.
We spoke ahead of her race to take back her old seat on Tuesday. No, she hasnt spoken to AOC. No, she wouldn’t take back her infrastructure vote. And yes, she’s still the same Cori.
“They just radicalized me more.”
theintercept.com/2026/08/01/missouri-cori-...
NEW POD: Abdul El-Sayed tells me about the Trump voters backing him. "I give them a kinda quizzical look," he said. "I ask why, and it's because, 'Hey, I really think you want me to have healthcare.' I'm like, 'I really want you to have healthcare.'" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
NEW POD 🎧: Trump built a national police force to go after immigrants. Now, with a budget bigger than most militaries around the world, it’s bringing the war on the southern border home to roost. w/ @naureenshah & @nayna_gupta podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intercep...
You can read here about all the money Democrats poured into the AZ-01 primary and lost theintercept.com/2026/07/15/arizona-democr...
NEW: Shai Davidai is leaving Columbia. theintercept.com/2025/07/09/pro-israel-pro...
The day after Trump sent the national guard to crush protests against ICE in LA, 75 Democrats voted for a resolution that praised ICE. Meanwhile, only one Democrat has introduced legislation this session to protect protesters: Rep. Ilhan Omar theintercept.com/2025/06/11/protests-ilhan...
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/ice-columbia-s...
A former campaign staffer told me Fetterman is bleeding staff because of his hard-right turn - and not just on Israel. “This is a guy who, since Trump won, is for lack of better word basically a useful idiot for Republicans.” theintercept.com/2025/02/19/fetterman-staf...
NEW: Fetterman is losing 2 more staff - bringing total to 6 since his hard pro-Israel turn. “I think the staff is probably frustrated that working in the Fetterman office means you’re just working on Israel all the time,” a frmer campaign staffer told me theintercept.com/2025/02/19/fetterman-staf...
NEW: a man in Oregon state prison has been in solitary confinement for more than 250 days. He’s a disabled combat veteran with PTSD - and the person to receive the harshest prison sentence in relation to 2020 BLM protests theintercept.com/2024/12/05/blm-george-flo...
NEW: I spent months tracking every single dollar AIPAC spent this year. This investigation paints a picture of just how much the pro-Israel lobbying group has reshaped elections after starting to spend directly on candidates just 2 years ago 🧵 theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending...
NEW: AIPAC helped him oust Cori Bush w $9 million. Now one of Wes Bell’s last acts as a prosecutor before entering Congress is charging eight protesters arrested outside the Ferguson Police Dept. on the anniversary of Mike Brown Jr.’s killing w felonies theintercept.com/2024/10/03/wesley-bell-fe...
NEW: Uncommitted will NOT back Harris, no meeting w/ VP after DNC. VP’s “unwillingness to shift on unconditional weapons policy” or make a statement “upholding existing U.S. and international human rights law has made it impossible for us to endorse her.” theintercept.com/2024/09/19/uncommitted-ka...