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Five Haiku Plus Two
"Razorwire ruins view / Sun setting fire cedars / Phoenix in the ashes" More
Fragment of a Dream
"Four layers of cement boxes / Stacked by the waters of a creek; / Each one filled with music" More
Somewhere, Kansas
"Do you ever think back on the choices you’ve made in life? When I was a kid, Man, everything was possible, life was amazing . . . and then… More
Trump Administration’s Escalating Media Attacks Erode Democratic Norms Around Freedom of Press
This week's events evince a disturbing escalation in the administration's already indefensible campaign to discredit independent media and to erode our most fundamental democratic norms around freedom of the… More
Dismissal of Charges Against Malaysian Political Cartoonist an Encouraging Victory
"It remains to be seen whether it is a one-off event, or an ongoing commitment of a government newly dedicated to the free press. The Sedition Act and other laws used to suppress… More
DARE: ‘We Are Not Bots’: Facebook Censors U.S. Activists After Falsely Claiming They ‘Unwittingly’ Planned Protest
In taking down pages associated with accounts they have declared fraudulent, Facebook removes the work of legitimate activists mobilizing against white supremacy. At a rally in support of Republican… More
Russia, When Do You Plan to Release Sentsov?
Oleg is an artist; freedom is everything to him. Yet after four years in prison he is starving himself not to demand his own release, but that of all… More
Google’s Development of Censored Search Engine for China a Capitulation to Free Speech Restrictions
"Google needs to understand the significance of their choice. If they move forward with this censored search engine, they will become an active partner in the largest system of online… More
DARE: Memphis Police Accused of Using Fake Accounts to Surveil Black Activists
Evidence emerges of Memphis police department using fake social media accounts to surveil Black Lives Matter activists. Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends attacks on CNN's Jim Acosta. More
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