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Attorneys General Cave to Paramount’s Extortion Threats
But the growing movement fighting the authoritarian takeover of the media won’t stop
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General news from Pressing Issues
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What We’ve Learned in One Year of Pressing Issues
Some appreciations and reflections about our inaugural year
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The Longest-Detained Journalist in U.S. Custody Keeps Fighting
Carlitos Ricardo Parias — aka Richard LA — was shot by ICE officials and has been detained for more than 300 days
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Puerto Rico Journalists Just Beat a ‘Fake News’ Law in Federal Court
Sandra Rodríguez Cotto, one of two reporters who sued over a COVID-era censorship law, talks with Pressing Issues
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El Grito in the Time of ICE Killings
How LULAC’s new digital-only newsroom is leading with community-driven journalism
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw and the Need for More ‘Backtalkers’
The legendary legal scholar says we must ‘resist the stories that we’re being told that tell us that there’s nothing that we can or should do to change the circumstances’
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How Hungary’s Independent Media Helped Defeat Orbán
The country’s independent journalists gave U.S. media a successful blueprint for overcoming authoritarian control
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U.S. Media Must Sound the Fascist Alarm Before It’s Too Late
Trump’s dangerous and unhinged Truth Social rants remove all doubt about the threat he poses to millions of lives
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ICE, Airports and the Growing Surveillance State
The authoritarian playbook is right in front of us
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Hollywood’s Big Moment: Will Tinseltown Stand Up to Fascism?
It’s Oscars weekend, and the most important question isn’t who’s taking home a statue
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ICE Detains Another Journalist
Attorneys and allies push to free Nashville’s Estefany María Rodríguez Florez
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Also Missing from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: CBS’ Courage
Chairman Carr’s ‘chilling effect’ is no laughing matter