• Democracy • Featured • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Jimmy Kimmel Live! Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Comments

    Sian Cain and Oliver Holmes

    The Guardian

    Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business

    Published On: 09/18/2025

  • Featured • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • White Supremacy

    The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

    Karen Attiah

    The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah

    I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

    Published On: 09/15/2025

  • Corruption • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The Real Bias Monitor at CBS is Donald Trump

    Seth Stern

    The Guardian

    The hiring of Kenneth Weinstein as an ombudsman hands the US president a seat at the editors’ desk

    Published On: 09/12/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Six Impossible Things That Might Save Journalism

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    It’s time to dream up a media future that millions of people will fight for.

    Published On: 09/09/2025

  • Democracy • Global • Journalism • Press Freedom

    America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars

    Anne Applebaum

    The Atlantic

    The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

    Published On: 09/05/2025

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Slain L.A. Times columnist Ruben Salazar matters more than ever, 55 years later

    Gustavo Arellano

    L.A. Times

    No one was around when I finally got to Salazar’s niche, in a section of the cemetery called the Alcove of Time. A simple bronze plaque included the accent over the “e” in “Rubén,” which his Times byline never had. Instead of Spanish wine, I brought a flask of mezcal — I don’t think he would have minded the stiffer drink in this 2025.

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet

    Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson

    Columbia Journalism Review

    The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.

    Published On: 08/28/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    What Bob McChesney Taught Me

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    Pressing Issues

    “If you act like change for the better is impossible, you guarantee it will be impossible.”

    Published On: 08/19/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Resistance

    The Right Built a Media Empire. Rob Stein Warned Us.

    Will Robinson

    Will Robinson's Newsletter

    A for-profit disinformation ecosystem — from Fox News to Breitbart to localized digital outlets — now aggregates 40–50 million loyal consumers, shaping narratives and fueling authoritarian populism.

    Published On: 08/18/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    When one door closes, they say, sometimes you have to bring a lot of people to push another one open. Let’s make a plan and meet on the sidewalk. 

    Published On: 08/05/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Will journalism become impossible in the U.S.?

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Recommended

    A More Perfect Media: Saving America’s Fourth Estate

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    freepress.net

    Saving America’s Fourth Estate from Billionaires, Broligarchy and Trump

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media

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    Laura Flanders Substack

    We must radically recommit to public media before every newsroom, every voice, is up for sale to the highest bidder or the ruling party’s favorite mogul. The time is now.

    Published On: 07/25/2025

  • Cyber Security • Europe • Featured • Journalism • Original • Press Freedom • Resistance • Safety • Social Media • Threat Management

    The Resistance Will Be Reported

    Ron Williams

    Resistance Media

    The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

    Published On: 07/24/2025

  • Global • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom

    AFP Journalists’ Union Warns That Its Reporters Are at Risk of Starvation in Gaza

    Haaretz

    Haaretz

    'Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die,' the French news agency's journalists union said.

    Published On: 07/22/2025

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