On September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate. After a long period of isolation, he was finally able to meet ...
Assange and Manning are being persecuted for speaking truth to power. The most important stories of the year for those who care about a free press involve the arrest of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian ...
For the first time ever, the United States has found itself on the list of the top six deadliest countries for journalists around the world. The media advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders, compiles an annual ...
The tense relationship between the White House and CNN has elevated to a lawsuit over Jim Acosta’s access to White House press events. CNN filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against President Trump and the White House ...
So far, in the “Understanding and Unpacking Media Bias” series, we have discussed the basics of media bias as well as partisanship as it related to the press during the colonial and revolutionary periods of ...
“We consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues…may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” (New ...
Israel recently proposed a law to make it a criminal offense to record videos of Israeli soldiers. Last Sunday the bill was approved by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation, but they demanded significant changes before ...
Former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James A. Wolfe was arrested Thursday and charged for lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning classified information that was leaked to the media. Wolfe, who was employed as ...
In Afghanistan, the funerals have begun for the 10 journalists killed on Monday—the deadliest day for journalists since the Afghan War began in 2001. Nine journalists died in a double suicide bombing attack in Kabul, ...