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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    Thom Hartmann
    Hartmannreport.com

    What happens when a country stops pretending to care about democracy and just lets the billionaires run wild? Look no further than Putin’s Russia — a place where wealth buys protection, loyalty buys power, and corruption isn’t hidden, it’s institutionalized.

    Published On: 04/08/2025

    Published On: 04/08/2025

  • Total Information Collapse

    CAROLE CADWALLADR
    How to Survive the Broligarchy

    The destabilisation in our information system that we woke up to in 2016 has now entered a wholly dangerous new reality: the merger of Silicon Valley and an authoritarian US state.

    Published On: 11/17/2024

    Published On: 11/17/2024

  • GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training

    BERYL LIPTON AND MATTHEW GUARIGLIA
    EFF

    Face recognition technology, particularly when used by law enforcement and government, puts into jeopardy many of our important rights.

    Published On: 10/03/2023

    Published On: 10/03/2023

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  • Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs

    Timothy W. Ryback
    The Atlantic

    By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.

    Published On: 04/10/2025

  • AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists

    DAVID BAUDER
    Associated Press

    A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.

    Published On: 04/09/2025

  • The powerful are using lawsuit threats to silence media

    Michel Martin , Taylor Haney , Adriana Gallardo
    NPR

    Local officials and business moguls are also turning to lawsuits or the threat of them to silence the press.

    Published On: 04/09/2025

  • The Putinization of America

    Thom Hartmann
    Hartmannreport.com

    What happens when a country stops pretending to care about democracy and just lets the billionaires run wild? Look no further than Putin’s Russia — a place where wealth buys protection, loyalty buys power, and corruption isn’t hidden, it’s institutionalized.

    Published On: 04/08/2025

  • “Nothing to FOIA Here”

    Closer to the Edge
    Closer to the Edge

    How Signal, Silence, and Schedule F Are Killing Government Transparency

    Published On: 04/08/2025

  • The Resistance Will Not Be Televised

    Miranda C. Spencer
    FAIR

    If you relied on articles and broadcasts from the legacy national news media during early 2025, you wouldn’t know the extent of grassroots action prompted by this discontent.

    Published On: 04/04/2025

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