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Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters
Joel Simon
Columbia Journalism Review
To sustain this new system, Thornton told me, nonprofit news organizations need diversified funding from membership, sponsorship, events, and philanthropy, which will need to support local media in perpetuity, the way they do the arts.
Published On: 04/16/2025
Legal
Trump signs orders targeting two ex-officials who criticized him
Steve Holland
Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed directives targeting two former government officials who criticized him during his first term, calling one of them a traitor and saying they should be investigated.
Published On: 04/10/2025
Democracy • Legal
Trump’s New Executive Order Is an “Astonishing and Unprecedented Voter Suppression” Effort
Ari Berman
Mother Jones
On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed a far-reaching executive order that Eliza Sweren-Becker, senior counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice’s voting rights and elections program, described as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort. It would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted.
Published On: 03/26/2025
Democracy • Legal
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
Brett Wagner
San Francisco Chronicle
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration
Published On: 03/05/2025
Legal
Energy Transfer’s High Stakes Legal Attack on Greenpeace
Janine Jackson
FAIR Counterspin
...this case is one of the most extraordinary examples of abuse of the US legal system that we have encountered in at least the last decade. And anyone who is concerned about protecting free speech rights, or is concerned about large corporations abusing their power to silence their critics, should be paying attention to this case, even though it’s happening in North Dakota state court." -- Kirk Herbertson, EarthRights International
Published On: 02/28/2025