Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom
Lebanese PM Condemns Israel’s Killing of Journalist Amal Khalil as ‘Clear-Cut War Crime’
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
Israel’s targeting of media professionals in the south while they are performing their professional duties is no longer a matter of isolated incidents; rather, it has become a proven pattern.
Published On: 04/23/2026
Democracy • Disinformation • Press Freedom
From “Fake News” to Full Control: How the GOP Trained the Media to Serve Its Narrative
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report (03/25/2026)
A 30-year campaign of intimidation turned watchdogs into lapdogs, and now the consequences are impossible to ignore…
Published On: 03/31/2026
Corruption • Journalism • Press Freedom
A Single Newspaper Reported Investigating Trump’s Sexual Assault of a Minor
Nick Akerman
Legal Politics by Nick Akerman
The Post and Courier, published a second article detailing its continuing investigation into a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by Donald Trump.
Published On: 03/31/2026
Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance
Global press freedom violations during the Iran war
CPJ Staff
CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is monitoring press freedom violations related to the ongoing military escalation between Israel, the U.S and Iran and its spillover across the Middle East, including its regional and global impact on journalists and media workers.
Published On: 03/19/2026
Disinformation • Press Freedom • Violence
Imperial Overreach (w/ Alastair Crooke)
Chris Hedges
The Chris Hedges Report The Chris Hedges Report
The Iran War has just begun — but already, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display.
Published On: 03/07/2026
Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom
Journalism Is Dead. Long Live Journalism
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
Right now, a host of brilliant, dedicated souls do fantastic work reporting and interpreting the news in independent newsletters, podcasts, magazines and even mainstream media. In other ways, journalism is in an age of slop and slime and decline.
Published On: 02/16/2026
Disinformation • Legal • Press Freedom • Recommended
New Legal Documents Show Marco Rubio Targeted Students for Op-Eds and Protesting
Jessica Washington
The Intercept
Rubio accused students including Mahmoud Khalil of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.
Published On: 01/23/2026
Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding
Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons
The Guardian
The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal government
Published On: 01/15/2026
Journalism • Press Freedom • Recommended • Resistance
Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival
Craig Aaron
Pressing Issues (August, 2025)
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: 01/07/2026
Corruption • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance
Maria Ressa Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ to Combat Misinformation and Preserve Press Freedom
Rowan Philp
Global Investigative Journalism Network
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed. So we don’t stand still. This is a time for radical collaboration.”
Published On: 11/21/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model
Anne Applebaum
The Atlantic (Gift) October 27, 2025
Modern authoritarian regimes often offer not a unified propaganda line but rather contradictory versions of reality... The cumulative effect is to leave citizens with no clear idea of what is actually happening.
Published On: 11/16/2025





