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September 8, 2017
Why Berkeley’s Battle Against White Supremacy Is Not About Free Speech
The alt-right’s First Amendment narratives just give cover to campaigns of intimidation.
Meleiza Figueroa and David Palumbo-Liu
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May 11, 2017
A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price
A West Virginia reporter was treated as “an enemy of the people” for doing his job.
John Nichols
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March 17, 2017
The Deeper Lessons of the Incident at Middlebury
The Manichean model of framing political conflicts polarizes public life, unravels the bonds of common citizenship, and doesn’t create a broad majority base for significant change.
Harry C. Boyte
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March 7, 2017
Demand That Trump Appointees and Allies Answer the Question: Will You Defend Freedom of the Press?
Every member of the Trump team should be pressed on the question of whether they will respect the First Amendment to the Constitution they have sworn to uphold.
John Nichols
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March 3, 2017
A Memorial for Nat Hentoff
The journalist’s spirit of freewheeling dispute was very much in evidence.
Leslie Savan
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January 30, 2017
Donald Trump’s #MuslimBan Is Indisputably Un-American
Thomas Paine called this country into being as “an asylum for mankind”—not a discriminatory state imposing religious tests on refugees.
John Nichols
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January 18, 2017
How to Do Journalism in Trump’s America
To understand what’s driving his supporters, editors need to create a series of new beats.
Michael Massing
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January 17, 2017
Media, Don’t Play Trump’s Game of Divide and Conquer
Journalists should remember that we all face a common threat from an administration that is hostile to the very notion of freedom of the press.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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October 15, 2016
Amy Goodman Is Facing Jail Time for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All.
The charges against Goodman are a clear attack on journalism and freedom of the press.
Lizzy Ratner
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July 19, 2016
Outspoken British Olympian on Brexit, Rio, and the Perils of Speaking Out
Laurence Halsted shows that being an athlete doesn’t mean checking your conscience at the door.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff