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This Is Bigger Than Freedom of the Press
As a person of faith, I believe the faith community has a responsibility to our Native American brothers and sisters.
World Food Prize Organizers Confiscate Press Credentials From Three Reporters
The idea that journalists must support the organizations they are reporting on is antithetical to the reporter's creed.
Amy Goodman Broadcasts From North Dakota Across From Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today
If the judge approves the new riot charge, Goodman will be appearing in court today to challenge it.
A Trump Presidency Could End Press Freedom, Say Reporters Threatened for Reporting on His Taxes
Donald Trump has threatened to sue The New York Times for publishing leaked pages from his tax returns.
Safe [White] Spaces
My time at Brooklyn Co-op taught me a lot about how liberal democratic spaces fail to identify intersectionalities of exploitation.
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-Up on Torture
US veterans chastise mainstream media for ignoring an account of how the CIA tried to block the Senate's torture investigation.
Reframing Justice: Counter-Storytelling and Social Transformation
Who gets to tell what stories, to whom, and under what conditions about the criminal punishment system in Arizona?
Fourteen Movies That Illustrate Problem With Law Enforcement
Polarized media representations of police brutality undermines honest conversation about systemic bias.
Fareed Zakaria Reapplies Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden” to Muslims
Conservative Republicans are correct about one thing: don't trust the 'liberal media.'
New York Times Journalist James Risen on Fighting Censorship, Endless War
Few journalists know the cruelty of government censorship as well as James Risen.