Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
Prosecution Against Journalist Endangers Right To Gather News
Kevin Gosztola
The Dissenter
The “government’s interpretation of the Wiretap Act would unleash frivolous litigation and make the Act a magnet for arbitrary and harassing enforcement actions in the future.”
Published On: 06/30/2025
Legal • Safety
Trump attacks on NRC independence pose health, safety risks
Edwin Lyman
Utility Dive
The exodus of key personnel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will jeopardize its ability to oversee the nuclear power fleet and slow the licensing of new facilities to a crawl.
Published On: 06/30/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance
The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Norman Solomon
Roots Action
The oligarchs accustomed to such governance are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.
Published On: 06/30/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson
The New York Times
Content generated by AI has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
Published On: 06/27/2025
Democracy • Legal • Recommended
Why Elon Musk’s Third Party Won’t Get Off the Launchpad
Center for Ballot Freedom
The Ticket
“As long as we have our current system of single-winner plurality elections, third parties have no meaningful chance to do anything more than show up as occasional spoilers.”
Published On: 06/24/2025
Canada • Exile • Global • Human Rights • Original • Safety
Out of Harm’s Way
Ron Williams
Resistance Media
As the United States descends more deeply into an authoritarian nightmare, individuals and families are considering the once unthinkable: stay and risk persecution or uproot their lives for another state or country.
Published On: 06/21/2025
Recommended
- 05/20/2025
Staying with the Trouble
Some leave authoritarian regimes because of persecution. But some leave to fight from out of reach of the regime, and examples abound including from occupied France during the Second World War and Latin American countries ruled by dictators in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 05/02/2025
They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists
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.