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We Must Resist the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump
Trumpism can only thrive in a culture stripped of its conscience. To combat this, conscience must become contagious.
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.”
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.
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.
Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff
The publication’s parent company, Axel Springer, considers Israel’s right to exist one of its “essential” values.
Palestinians Battle the Algorithms of Israeli Censorship and Surveillance
Palestinian digital autonomy has been constrained by settler colonialism bolstered by neoliberal privatization.
Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism
Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires.
Kuwait Has Detained American Journalist Who Shared US Warplane Crash for 6 Weeks
Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin had shared a video of a US fighter jet crashing over Kuwait a day before his arrest.
Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
Trump Isn’t Just Bullying Journalists. He’s Subverting the First Amendment.
The right attacked Biden for “jawboning” social media. Now Trump is doing it explicitly to control cable news.
Pentagon Revises Restrictions on Journalists — by Essentially Kicking Them Out
Under the new policy, journalists can only enter the Pentagon building if they are escorted by a department official.
Deepfakes and AI Misinformation Reshape How War Is Seen Online
Viral synthetic videos of the war on Iran highlight urgent need for AI literacy.
Trump Floats Treason Charges Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage
The FCC chair also threatened to pull the broadcasting licenses of media outlets he accused of “running hoaxes.”