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James D. Walsh

Staff Writer, Intelligencer

James D. Walsh has been an Intelligencer staff writer since 2019. He’s the author of Playing Against the House: The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer.

  1. feature
    A Year Inside a Growing American Terrorist MovementEleven years after Obama’s election, and three years into the Trump presidency, the threat of white-nationalist hate groups can’t be ignored.
  2. impeachment
    Presidential Scholar Douglas Brinkley: How History Will Judge Trump Impeachment“Trump’s pettiness and petulance is making the presidency look small.”
  3. first person
    My Evening With Erik Prince and Steve BannonI heard about a Young Republicans gathering in Manhattan where these two men would be speaking. So I bought a ticket.
  4. steele dossier
    Fusion GPS Lights a Candle for the ‘Pee Tape’The co-founders of the intelligence firm that commissioned the infamous Steele Dossier discuss their lives as Trump targets.
  5. media
    The Senseless Death of DeadspinDramatically shifting the website’s priorities didn’t make sense from a business perspective. Was something else going on?
  6. just asking questions
    ‘Trump’s Lying Has Ruptured the Space-Time Continuum’: Steve Schmidt on 2020Former GOP operative and current MSNBC pundit Steve Schmidt is nervous: “I think in America a sociopath will beat a socialist seven days a week.”
  7. guinea pig
    I Lived Adam Neumann’s Perfect Life for a Day. It Was Terrible.I took part in every aspect of the We project, hoping to see the company as Neumann saw it — a brilliant ecosystem. Reality was much sadder.
  8. just asking questions
    ‘At What Point Does Malfeasance Become Fraud?’: Scott Galloway on WeWork“All we have here is an entity burning seven hundred million dollars a quarter.”
  9. encounter
    The 26-Year-Old Lawyer Whose First Two Clients Were Epstein and El ChapoMariel Colón Miró was just out of law school and answered an ad on Craigslist. Next thing she knew she was bonding with El Chapo.
  10. checking in
    You Might Not Be Checking In on Foursquare, But Foursquare Is Checking In on YouThe company has become a data-harvesting success story — and is still trying to figure out whether that’s “cool or creepy.”
  11. crime
    Nathan Carman Testifies About His Mother’s Mysterious Disappearance“I did not hear her scream.”
  12. jeffrey epstein
    Jeffrey Epstein’s Curious Ties to His Brother’s Real-Estate BusinessCourt documents say Jeffrey had “no meaningful family ties.” But various Epstein associates cycled through a condominium owned by his brother, Mark.
  13. dossier
    The High Society That Surrounded Jeffrey EpsteinA close study of his circle — social, professional, transactional — reveals a damning portrait of elite New York.
  14. jeffrey epstein
    Remembering the Time Jeffrey Epstein Rode on Donald Trump’s PlaneIn 2000, Donald Trump grew irritated as he sat on his plane at LaGuardia airport waiting for a tardy Jeffrey Epstein to arrive.
  15. travel
    Walden Pond: New England’s Daytona BeachA Harvard scholar explains why Thoreau would be pleased.
  16. travel
    Walden Pond: New England’s Daytona BeachA Harvard scholar explains why Thoreau would be pleased.
  17. taxonomy
    What 22 Trump Staffers Looked Like in High SchoolWho would have thought they’d one day work for the 45th president of the United States?
  18. NEA Tries to Boot Refugee Student From National Poetry CompetitionMaine’s poetry recitation champion happens to be a refugee from Zambia. Should that really matter?
  19. select all
    13 Reasons to Believe Aliens Are RealHow seriously should you take those recent reports of UFOs? Ask the Pentagon. Or read this primer for the SETI-curious.
  20. crime
    A Son Took His Mother Out Fishing. She Never Came Back.When rescuers found Nathan Carman after seven days at sea, his mother had vanished without a trace. But his past was about to resurface.
  21. bloopers
    Trump’s Greatest Worst Hits of 2017The number of gaffes and falsehoods issuing from the president last year was so high that you may have forgotten some of the less notorious ones.
  22. Can Ramarley Graham’s Family Get Justice for His Death?He was killed by NYPD in 2012. What happened after the officer was cleared shows the fault lines in a police system that can’t seem to repair itself.
  23. manufacturing
    The Steel-Mill Worker Who’s Very Grateful for Her Union“They’re good jobs. Good-paying jobs. Good benefits. My father raised a family of five girls on a steelworker’s wage.”
  24. government gazillionaires
    The Billionaires (and Mega-Millionaires) Trump Wants in His CabinetPopulism has seldom been so rich. A nominee dossier.
  25. ‘Maybe Americans Should Know What It’s Like to Have a Dictator’A Syrian refugee on Trump’s election.
  26. election special 2016
    Here Are All the Insane Things You’ve Probably Forgotten About Trump’s CampaignFrom conspiracy theories to the head-scratching things his supporters actually said to that incident with the vacuum-packed meat.
  27. counter-terrorism
    DHS Will Test Bioterror Airflow in NYC SubwayNontoxic gases and particles will be released throughout the system this week in order to simulate a terrorist attack using a chemical or biological agent.
  28. subway week
    Dogs Have Been Delaying Trains for 111 YearsA brief history of adorable subway delays.
  29. subway week
    Severed Legs, Sick Passengers, and Other Tales From the SubwayAnd other stories from the MTA.
  30. The Double Life of an Undercover Union OrganizerMy time covertly trying to help labor get a foothold in the casinos in Florida.
  31. clemency
    What It Feels Like When a Life Sentence Is OverturnedFour people whose sentences were commuted by President Obama explain what freedom feels like.