Analysis

  • NC Republicans Move to Seize Election Board Control

    ARI BERMAN

    Mother Jones

    A new GOP majority on the state election board could overturn a state Supreme Court race

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Bondi’s Treason Threat Against Journalists Explained

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    Most alarming part of all is what Bondi reportedly wants to do next. According to sources close to the Justice Department, she has argued that leakers — or even reporters — who provide information that she doesn’t like could be prosecuted for treason, a crime that carries the death penalty.

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Trump’s Pro-Natalist Push: Whose Births Actually Count?

    RUTH BEN-GHIAT

    Lucid

    If the goal is a White ethnostate, it is not enough to change the political system from democracy to autocracy: you also have to change the culture and the composition of the population.

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Press Freedom’s Hidden Crisis: Follow the Money

    RSF

    Reporters Without Borders

    The global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Trump Budget Would Gut U.S. Science Funding

    Science News Staff

    Science

    Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • 60 Minutes Bows to Merger Pressure—Democracy Pays the Price

    Margaret Sullivan

    The Guardian

    As with so many of the red alerts – lawsuits, threats, changes in long-held practices that protect the public’s right to know – the problem involves Donald Trump’s overweening desire to control the media.

    Published On: 05/01/2025

  • Democracy’s Global SOS: Why the World Must Respond

    Mike Brock

    https://www.notesfromthecircus.com

    Why the Global Democratic Community Must Respond Before It’s Too Late

    Published On: 05/01/2025

  • Trump’s Tariff Lies Are About to Hit Your Wallet

    Jay Kuo

    The Status Kou

    A move by Amazon to show the cost of tariffs to its customers gets smacked down by the White House.

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • America Needs Voices, Not Silence, Against Tyranny

    Robert Reich

    The Guardian

    We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • How DOGE Is Assembling Dossiers on Every American

    Julia Angwin

    New York Times

    The creation of a huge government database of personal information about U.S. residents is dangerous and very likely against the law.

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • How Trump Is Dismantling Press Freedom in America

    Katherine Jacobsen

    Committee to Protect Journalists

    The United States is now at a critical juncture concerning both the future of freedom of the press and democratic institutions more broadly.

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • 100+ Targeted: Trump’s Retaliation Machine Exposed

    Tom Dreisbach

    NPR

    In the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump has moved aggressively to fulfill his promise of retribution against an extraordinary range of individuals and organizations, targeting political opponents, news organizations, former government officials, universities, international student protesters and law firms.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

  • How Leavitt Is Fracturing the White House Press Corps

    Aida Alami

    Columbia Journalism Review

    In place of legitimate reporters, Leavitt has invited newcomers who transform the press pool into a casting call for a Trump-era Miss USA.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

  • Trump’s Border Military Zone Bypasses Civil Liberties

    Mark Nevitt

    Just Security

    The creation of a National Defense Area marks an extraordinary shift in the military’s role from indirectly supporting law enforcement to actively serving in a law enforcement capacity.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

  • 100 Days of Climate Harm: What Trump’s Rollbacks Cost You

    Climate Action Campaign

    Climate Action Campaign

    By cutting carbon pollution and accelerating the transition to clean energy, we will improve public health and create a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

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