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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    Aida Alami
    Columbia Journalism Review

    In place of legitimate reporters, Leavitt has invited newcomers who transform the press pool into a casting call for a Trump-era Miss USA.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

    Published On: 04/29/2025

  • Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar

    Chris Murphy
    Chris Murphy's Substack

    It’s all just a shameless scheme for Trump to legalize large scale bribery, and shockingly, very few people seem to have taken notice.

    Published On: 03/07/2025

    Published On: 03/07/2025

  • Shattered by a perfect storm: How Trump’s cuts are crippling journalism beyond the United States

    Gretel Kahn, Marina Adami, Eduardo Suárez
    Reuters Institute

    Before Trump’s inauguration, the US government supported independent journalism in more than 30 countries. Most of this funding was channelled through USAID. According to a USAID factsheet recently mentioned by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and now taken offline, the agency funded training and support for 6,200 journalists and assisted 707 outlets.

    Published On: 03/07/2025

    Published On: 03/07/2025

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  • ICE wants to work in secret. We shouldn’t let it

    Caitlin Vogus
    Freedom of Press Foundation

    While noncitizen journalists are the easiest targets for now, it’s abundantly clear that the government would like to criminalize journalists it doesn’t like, regardless of the journalists’ residency status.

    Published On: 07/02/2025

  • CPJ outraged at ICE refusal of judge’s order to release journalist Mario Guevara

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    Committee to Protect Journalists

    The Spanish-language reporter is currently the only journalist in custody in the U.S. whose arrest was in relation to their work.

    Published On: 07/02/2025

  • After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage

    Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo
    ProPublica

    A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

    Published On: 07/01/2025

  • Nation of Fear

    George A. Polisner
    Leadership Matters

    How many believe that the representative democracy in the United States is healthy, strong, and working well as we evolve toward a “more perfect Union”?

    Published On: 07/01/2025

  • Denmark Fights Back Against Deepfakes

    Anna Desmarais
    euronews

    Denmark will give people copyright over their own likenesses as a way to fight back against generated “deepfake” videos, as countries around the world grapple with the rapid rise of AI.

    Published On: 06/30/2025

  • The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani

    Norman Solomon
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    The oligarchs accustomed to such governance are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.

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