By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter On this week’s episode, Ben Norton, the editor of Geopolitical Economy Report, returns to the show to discuss the election result in Argentina. ‘Libertarian’…
A federal judge pushed back when a government attorney refused to confirm or deny whether the CIA had engaged in warrantless surveillance.
“I’m bringing this lawsuit because journalists should be able to cover newsworthy matters without fear of arrest or retaliation,” NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert declared.
The arrests were roundly condemned by press freedom organizations in the United States.
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Consortium News sued the United States government and NewsGuard Technologies for allegedly defaming the independent media organization and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter After a journalist sued the state for records on Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ travel expenses, Sanders called for an “emergency” legislative session…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for “strictly enforcing” gag rules against prisoners and the jail’s employees and contractors. Hailer…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record in Kansas, had worked at the newspaper for over 50 years. She died after…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A police department in Virginia has twisted the state’s freedom of information law to try and block the names of officers from being shared…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A United States judge upheld a subpoena requiring former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to reveal the identity of a confidential source, who allegedly…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter It was ten years ago that a United States military judge found Pfc. Chelsea Manning guilty of violating the Espionage Act, along with several…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter In addition to targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a CIA-linked private security company based in Spain allegedly spied on former Ecuador president Rafael Correa.…
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers…
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower and peace activist who released the Pentagon Papers that exposed the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 92.…
A briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative documents many of the restrictions that prisons in the United States impose to prevent journalism from incarcerated individuals.
