• Journalism • Press Freedom

    Take It or Leavitt

    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

  • Legal

    The New “National Defense Area” At The Southern Border

    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

  • Global • Safety

    Trump’s Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker

    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

  • Democracy • Global • Press Freedom

    UN Human Rights Council Report: Journalists in exile

    Irene Khan

    United Nations Human Rights Council

    The security and safety of journalists in exile remain precarious, because of the failure of States to uphold their international obligations.

    Published On: 04/26/2025

  • Democracy • Global

    To Resist the Trump Regime, Look to Iran

    Ari Honarvar

    Yes Magazine

    For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance.

    Published On: 04/24/2025

  • Exile • Safety • Threat Management

    Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines

    Ed Pilkington

    The Guardian

    Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump

    Published On: 04/24/2025

  • Democracy

    Kash Patel Wants You to Trust Him

    Closer to the Edge

    https://closertotheedge.substack.com

    Inside the most dangerous public-private “partnership” in modern U.S. history

    Published On: 04/23/2025

  • Legal

    Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center

    Nader Hashemi

    New Lines Magazine

    A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.

    Published On: 04/23/2025

  • Democracy

    Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

    Frank Langfitt

    All Things Considered

    A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism.

    Published On: 04/22/2025

  • Democracy

    A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

    Adrienne LaFrance

    The Atlantic

    It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

    Published On: 04/22/2025

  • Journalism

    Thom Hartmann: The Voice of Sanity in a Screaming World

    Closer to the Edge

    Closer to the Edge

    “The most powerful way to change the world is to secretly commit little acts of compassion. You must behave as if your every act, even the smallest, impacted a thousand people for a hundred generations. Because it does.”

    Published On: 04/22/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Is the Press Next?

    Robert Kuttner

    The American Prospect

    As Trump tries to destroy one free institution after another—universities, law firms, independent public agencies, trade unions—sooner or later he will come for the press.

    Published On: 04/22/2025

  • Legal • Resistance

    US Philanthropists Warn Against Capitulating to Trump

    David Smith

    The Guardian

    Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist

    Published On: 04/19/2025

  • Press Freedom

    Journalist Safety Advisory: Traveling to the US

    Committee to Protect Journalists

    CPJ

    Educate yourself on border security protocols and learn about your rights when encountering law enforcement at border crossings.

    Published On: 04/17/2025

  • Press Freedom

    ‘I have always acted within the law’

    Meduza

    Meduza

    Who are the four Russian journalists jailed for their alleged work with Navalny's organization?

    Published On: 04/16/2025

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