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Press Freedom Plummets in US, Reaches Crisis in Middle East and North Africa
“This isn’t just a Trump problem,” says Clayton Weimers, the North America director for Reporters Without Borders.
FCC Orders Early Review of ABC Licenses the Day After Trump Attacks Jimmy Kimmel
The only Democratic commissioner calls the move “the most offensive assault on the First Amendment so far by this FCC.”
Israel Continues to Detain Flotilla Members Intercepted in International Waters
“We saw a level of violence that I genuinely didn’t anticipate,” a flotilla member said after being detained by Israel.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Cosmic Wonder as Resistance to Despair
Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein urges curiosity and joy as tools to confront fascism and break imposed limits.
First-Ever Bargaining Compact Unites Higher Ed Unions Across Northeastern US
The compact goes beyond just maintaining the status quo, says professor and union leader Marissa Johnson Valenzuela.
TPS Holders Fear SCOTUS Ruling Could Send Them Back to Harm’s Way
The court heard oral arguments this week on Trump’s push to strip temporary protected status from Haitians and Syrians.
The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials
Organizer Daniel Gross explains how to make sure that union building actually works and is sustained over time.
Civil Rights Lawyer: SCOTUS Voting Rights Ruling Is “Free Pass to Discriminate”
The court struck down Louisiana’s voting map that was designed to create a second majority-Black district in the state.
Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory
“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks writer Rebecca Solnit.
Iran Isn’t Begging for Negotiations. It’s Setting the Terms for Ending the War.
“The [Trump] administration is desperate to find some form of an off-ramp,” says Drop Site News' Jeremy Scahill.