Journalism • Press Freedom
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
Corey Hutchins
NiemanLab
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
Published On: 07/10/2025
Democracy • Legal
How Michigan Is Organizing for Ranked Choice Voting
Mark Bauer
Rank The Vote
Getting RCV on the ballot isn’t easy. It’s a complex, legally binding process. The campaign must collect hundreds of thousands of valid signatures in a tight window of time. Every volunteer counts.
Published On: 07/08/2025
Democracy • Economy • Human Rights • Resistance
The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?
Adam Harris
The Guardian
Barber, the co-chair of the revived Poor People’s campaign, a national movement to challenge inequality in all its forms through moral protest and policy change, has spent years preparing people for moments like this.
Published On: 07/05/2025
Democracy • Featured • Human Rights • Legal
“Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the History of the Nation”
Democracy Now
Democracy Now
You will see ICE now being the single largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the nation, potentially with enough funding to hire more law enforcement agents than the FBI and more detention potentially than the entire Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Published On: 07/02/2025
Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom • Safety
CPJ outraged at ICE refusal of judge’s order to release journalist Mario Guevara
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Spanish-language reporter is currently the only journalist in custody in the U.S. whose arrest was in relation to their work.
Published On: 07/02/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance
ICE wants to work in secret. We shouldn’t let it
Caitlin Vogus
Freedom of Press Foundation
While noncitizen journalists are the easiest targets for now, it’s abundantly clear that the government would like to criminalize journalists it doesn’t like, regardless of the journalists’ residency status.
Published On: 07/02/2025
Democracy • Featured • Legal
Taking Away Your Citizenship
Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
We’ve moved onto the next phase of the plan, where the Civil Rights Division, the once proud crown jewel of the Justice Department, will participate in stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship.
Published On: 07/01/2025
Human Rights • Threat Management
After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo
ProPublica
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Published On: 07/01/2025