Media
Complicity Is a Choice: Corporate Media’s Anti-DEI Capitulation
The corporate retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion has been quick, frictionless and pervasive
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Also Missing from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: CBS’ Courage
Chairman Carr’s ‘chilling effect’ is no laughing matter
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Breaking Up with Billionaire-Owned Media
To save the media and our democracy, we need to do more than cancel subscriptions to The Washington Post
Free Speech
Pressing Issues Interviews FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez
‘The First Amendment doesn’t disappear just because the government is unhappy with how it is being covered.’
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5 Things I Learned About the Fight for Free Speech at Sundance 2026
The festival brings together the united, pluralist society that racists are so scared of — making it a prime space for organizing
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Disinformation, Dissent and Don Lemon
Protesters and the press both need the First Amendment — and they both need to keep showing up
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Nexstar’s Big Payback
The nation’s biggest local-TV broadcaster has passed Trump’s loyalty test and is ready to cash in
Media
Liar, Liar, World on Fire
People don’t trust the media because they won’t tell them who’s lying
Media
The Polarizing Narratives of Venezuela as Told Through Messaging Apps
A Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas analysis reveals how information about the world’s biggest story differs depending on the language
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Pressing Issues Holiday Gift Guide
We’ve (almost) made it to the end of 2025. And we couldn’t have done it without a little help from our friends and favorite writers.
Media
The Media Is Essential Democratic Infrastructure
‘The press matters because it is vital to the project of self-government.’
Media
The Trump Administration’s Chokehold on Free Speech
I examined hundreds of assaults on the First Amendment, revealing the regime’s systemic speech-chilling campaign