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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Back from his foreign trip and besieged by new revelations, Trump reclaims his Twitter account to cast blame on the media. He was criticized for being slow to extend… More
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The M Word: Exclusive Interview with W. Kamau Bell
The fact that people are out there practicing their faith out loud in public, openly, and not hiding from it, to me that’s doing it the right way. More
Two Poems by Elisabeth Borchers
Raised without a mother, / the father a drinker. / Once at fourteen, again at sixteen / then off to a facility. / At twenty a third time. /… More
A Long Road Ahead to Save Federal Arts Funding
For artists, writers, and scholars across the country, the recent release of President Trump’s full budget proposal has been met with a now-familiar sense of dismay. The proposed budget… More
MEXICO: Authorities Must Act Urgently To Ensure Safety Of Abducted Reporter
The abduction of journalist and director of 6TV Salvador Adame Pardo on May 18 is another grave example of the escalating dangers facing Mexican journalists in recent weeks and… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
GOP candidate assaults journalist, China cautions citizens to "make remarks responsibly", attitudes to the open Internet around the world, and more. More
Montana G.O.P. Candidate Gianforte’s Attack on Reporter Intensifies Trend of Press Abuse
Escalating attacks on the press stemming from President Trump's repeated denunciations of the media, marked by Montana G.O.P. candidate Greg Gianforte's assault last night on reporter Ben Jacobs, forewarn… More
Raid on Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Amplifies Russian Campaign To Control Artistic Expression
Russian authorities’ raid on renowned theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is demonstrative of an intensifying trend of persecutions of artistic figures the government cannot control. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Trump administration's plans for the NEA and NEH, Fox News retracts fake news, student's commencement speech at the University of Maryland sparks debate in China, and more. More
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