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BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
Reposted by Bill Smith
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
new report from Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs - since 10/7/23, war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the US Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the US war in Afghanistan combined
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World | Costs of War
The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate ab...
watson.brown.edu
April 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
new report from Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs - since 10/7/23, war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the US Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the US war in Afghanistan combined
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
A Democratic lawmaker has drafted a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
“The people who write for the newspaper and own it live in their local communities and are well invested in them,” explains MacKenzie. “Your ownership is not distant. Your ownership reacts to the demands of your community.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-f...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-f...
These five newspapers prove journalism can thrive without billionaire owners
Owned by their journalists, these outlets from Argentina, France, Scotland, Spain and Uruguay see their model as key to their independence.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“The people who write for the newspaper and own it live in their local communities and are well invested in them,” explains MacKenzie. “Your ownership is not distant. Your ownership reacts to the demands of your community.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-f...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-f...
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Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now.
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dang...we were all rooting for you, Davos
January 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
dang...we were all rooting for you, Davos
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It's a genuine honor to publish this beautiful and brave personal essay and call to action by @AymanOghanna, about journalism's failure to properly care for freelancers, and his own struggles with mental health www.cjr.org/wartime/ogha...
The Storm Inside
There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.
www.cjr.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's a genuine honor to publish this beautiful and brave personal essay and call to action by @AymanOghanna, about journalism's failure to properly care for freelancers, and his own struggles with mental health www.cjr.org/wartime/ogha...