Democracy dies without a free press.

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

― Howard Zinn

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    Closer to the Edge
    Closer to the Edge

    How Signal, Silence, and Schedule F Are Killing Government Transparency

    Published On: 04/08/2025

    Published On: 04/08/2025

  • GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training

    BERYL LIPTON AND MATTHEW GUARIGLIA
    EFF

    Face recognition technology, particularly when used by law enforcement and government, puts into jeopardy many of our important rights.

    Published On: 10/03/2023

    Published On: 10/03/2023

  • Nonviolent resistance proves potent weapon

    Michelle Nicholasen
    The Harvard Gazette

    Erica Chenoweth discovers it is more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns

    Published On: 02/04/2019

    Published On: 02/04/2019

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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