Journalism • Press Freedom • Recommended
Colbert’s Termination is a Corporate Assault on Dissent
Jeff Cohen
Common Dreams
In recent months, we’ve seen one media conglomerate after another offer what amounted to multimillion-dollar bribes to Trump by settling frivolous Trump lawsuits that these companies could not possibly have lost in court.
Published On: 07/19/2025
Cyber Security • Democracy • Europe • Global
Spain: Huawei must not be allowed access to wiretap data in the EU
Article 19
Article 19
"Beyond immediate censorship and surveillance fears, Spain risks normalising Huawei tools and technologies in ways that are detrimental to human rights and fundamental freedoms in the EU and around the world."
Published On: 07/16/2025
Democracy • Legal
Dems to Fight Texas’ ‘Illegal, Unconstitutional and Egregious Effort to Rig the Elections’
Jen Rice
Democracy Docket
Republicans already hold 25 out of Texas’ 38 congressional seats – a much higher share of seats than their vote-share in the state should net.
Published On: 07/15/2025
Global • Human Rights • Recommended
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Hana Kiros
The Atlantic
Despite the administration’s repeated promises to continue food aid, and Rubio’s testimony that he would not allow existing food to go to waste, even more food could soon expire.
Published On: 07/14/2025
Democracy • Legal
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
Today, rather than standing up for voting access, Trump's DOJ is supporting and defending voter suppression laws and bringing new lawsuits to impose stricter voting rules.
Published On: 07/14/2025
Journalism • Resistance • Social Media
Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
The mainstream media are overall failing to raise the alarm, failing to connect the dots, failing to show how all the injuries add up to profound danger to the nation's people, its institutions, and its environment.
Published On: 07/13/2025
Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
LA Journalists Reflect on Protest Attacks
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, shot with crowd-control munitions, and had their equipment searched — simply for doing their jobs.
Published On: 07/11/2025