Mamdani last night: "if we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves." Be brave!

"create “public media centers”—publicly-owned hubs in every community federally guaranteed but locally governed+democratically operated. establish new anchor institutions universally available to everyone—not unlike the ideal version of public schools+libraries."

publici.ucimc.org/2025/10/the-...

This is a problem decades in the making - it will take decades to undo. At its heart is the hollowing out of local identity caused by national politics and media (sorry NPR). Local audiences are built listener by listener - you need local content www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

IPMF announces $3.6 million in grants to 32 orgs & projects across the region aligned with IPMF's strategic vision for a local media ecosystem fueled by communities producing + distributing narratives for liberation, joy, memory & accountability. Learn more👇 www.independencemedia.org/news/indepen...

Happy Juneteenth to everyone!

We celebrate the freedom of our African American friends, brothers, sisters and family.

And we celebrate information not being withheld from people who are already free.

But if that child wants to sell pencils, more will be allowed

Trump’s attack on public media shows why our democracy is on life support. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook.

I hope my friends in public media understand: You can't appease your way out of this.

I hope my public media critics understand: We all have a stake the fight to stop this.

New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.

I'm listening to French Quarter Fest this afternoon courtesy of community broadcaster WWOZ - hope you are too! www.wwoz.org/events/1178101

R.I.P. Robert McChesney, the great leftist media critic and scholar

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A really well reported piece about FCC chair Brendan Carr by The Hollywood Reporter’s Steven Zeitchik — wherein the facts and Carr’s own words render a portrait of a privileged, ladder climbing DC opportunist smug prick.

It's also the reason why libraries are under attack - erasing collective memory is a means to ensure we always live in a present crisis that can be manipulated

Can I ask you a small favor? Will you please read and widely share this new post that I wrote today about how the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services changed my life (it's true!) and why we must save the agency? Thanks! #saveIMLS #libraries #museums crhinesmith.com/2025/03/17/s...

Feeing like you don't know what you can do to help Ukraine on this 3rd anniversary of the horrible full-scale invasion by Russia? Here's something:

🎯 News Futures believes:
• Local news should reflect community needs
• Those historically excluded deserve a reparative role
• Information equity is essential for democracy
• Collaboration beats gatekeeping

Add your voice: www.newsfutures.org #NewsFutures

Tis the season.