• Featured • Legal

    The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

    Elie Mystal

    The Nation

    The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media

    Laura Flanders

    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

  • Disinformation • Legal

    From Campaign Rhetoric to Fascist Threats: Trump Targets Obama

    Olga Lautman

    Olga Lautman Substack

    And YES, Russia attacked the 2016 election to install Trump

    Published On: 07/23/2025

  • Corruption • Legal

    From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot

    Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims

    Popular Information

    Trump has the authority to take actions that will drive the price of bitcoin higher. If recent history is any guide, that is exactly what Trump will do.

    Published On: 07/22/2025

  • Democracy • Legal • Threat Management

    The Truth Behind Trump’s “Arrest Obama” Distraction

    Jack Hopkins

    Jack Hopkins Now

    While MAGA melts down over Epstein, Trump gives the mob a chew toy—and lays the groundwork for something darker.

    Published On: 07/21/2025

  • Corruption • Legal

    The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI

    Allison Gill

    muellershewrote.com

    Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau

    Published On: 07/20/2025

  • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    ‘Devastating’: US Public Broadcasters Condemn Trump Cuts

    Maya Yang

    The Guardian

    PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closure

    Published On: 07/18/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    Six months of Trump’s war on the press

    Reporters Without Borders

    Reporters Without Borders

    This exchange of ideas, tactics, and rhetorical techniques to attack the press has created an apparent authoritarian feedback loop.

    Published On: 07/17/2025

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Legal • Safety

    The Architecture of Fear: How Detention Becomes a Template for Control

    James B. Greenberg

    James's Substack

    Once in place, the system doesn’t sit idle. It seeks new uses.

    Published On: 07/16/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    Dems to Fight Texas’ ‘Illegal, Unconstitutional and Egregious Effort to Rig the Elections’

    Jen Rice

    Democracy Docket

    Republicans already hold 25 out of Texas’ 38 congressional seats – a much higher share of seats than their vote-share in the state should net.

    Published On: 07/15/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift

    Democracy Docket

    Democracy Docket

    Today, rather than standing up for voting access, Trump's DOJ is supporting and defending voter suppression laws and bringing new lawsuits to impose stricter voting rules.

    Published On: 07/14/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Legal

    Trump, Epstein and the Deep State

    Chris Hedges

    The Chris Hedges Report

    The Trump administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files and videos is done not only to protect Trump, but the ruling class. They all belong to the same club.

    Published On: 07/12/2025

  • Human Rights • Legal • Resistance

    Is the US Military Poised to Experience a New Surge in Conscientious Objectors?

    Hope Hodge Seck

    Mother Jones

    For troops experiencing ethical dilemmas, following one’s conscience can be costly.

    Published On: 07/12/2025

  • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    LA Journalists Reflect on Protest Attacks

    Freedom of the Press Foundation

    Freedom of the Press Foundation

    Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, shot with crowd-control munitions, and had their equipment searched — simply for doing their jobs.

    Published On: 07/11/2025

  • 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

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