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November 21, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Resumes His Endless War Against the First Amendment
The president-elect is strong-arming Capitol Hill Republicans to withdraw their support for a bipartisan measure that would protect journalists from government intrusion.
October 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mark Robinson Files Wild, Dangerous Lawsuit Over Racist Porn Comments
Mark Robinson is suing CNN for defamation.
May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Louisiana Republicans Just Made Covering Police Brutality a Crime
Police in the state can now arrest people who don’t stand more than 25 feet away from them while they are on duty.
November 20, 2021
Matt Ford
Project Veritas Wants to Have It Both Ways on the Freedom of the Press
The First Amendment watchdogs who stepped up to defend James O’Keefe’s are probably feeling like they got played.
June 4, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump’s War on the Press Isn’t Over Until Biden Ends It
The previous two administrations’ dogged pursuit of reporters’ records demands immediate reform.
April 20, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Republicans’ Criminalization of Protest and Cops’ Crackdown on Journalists Go Hand in Hand
While police in Minneapolis assault reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is endorsing violence against demonstrators. It’s time for journalists to put up a fight.
June 6, 2019
Matt Ford
Australia’s Media Raids and the Decline of Press Freedom Worldwide
American journalists have strong constitutional protections, but even the U.S. is part of a global trend among autocracies and democracies alike.
April 11, 2019
Matt Ford
U.S. Charges Julian Assange With ... Well, What Exactly?
A relatively narrow indictment leaves critics to wonder if the threat to press freedom fits the crime.
February 1, 2019
Una Hajdari
Serbian Journalists Are Under Attack. Does the International Community Care?
Supported by the U.S. and EU, praised at Davos: President Aleksandar Vucic is on a roll. No one seems to want to contemplate the appalling assaults on press freedoms.
December 18, 2018
Matt Ford
Imagine Trump’s America With Australia’s Severe Defamation Laws
Two cases down under show how lower libel standards silence accusers and the press, while protecting the wealthy and powerful.
August 30, 2018
Matt Ford
The FBI arrested a man who echoed Trump’s rhetoric in threatening to kill
Boston Globe
reporters.
January 3, 2018
Sarah Jones
Did
The New York Times
bury stories that cast doubt on Bush’s Iraq War push?
June 12, 2017
Clio Chang
Greg Gianforte’s wrist slap is the latest attack on the freedom of the press.
July 28, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Now is not a good time to work in a school, the press, the judiciary, or the military in Turkey.
January 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
VICE News correspondent Mohammed Rasool has been released from Turkish prison.
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