Matt Taibbi: Why the TikTok Ban is so Dangerous
Did they tell you the part about giving the president sweeping new powers?
Robert Scheer: “The Banning of TikTok is an Attack On the Free Market”
The House has voted to ban the popular social media app TikTok, allegedly to protect the American public from the invasive and dangerous technology of the Chinese government. However —…
Glenn Greenwald: Oct. 7 Reports Implode —Beheaded Babies, NY Times Scandal, & More
Glenn Greenwald breaks down the waves of Israeli propaganda that the mainstream media have disseminated since Oct. 7, including the New York Times' irresponsible tasking of an IDF military intelligence…
The Show Trial against Julian Assange
How US and British authorities are bending the law and undermining press freedom
Glenn Greenwald: Julian Assange Faces Final “Life or Death” Extradition Appeal
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Day in Court
Julian Assange’s lawyers — in a final bid on Tuesday to stop his extradition — fought valiantly to poke holes in the case of the prosecution to obtain an appeal.
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
Julian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings…
Why the Market—Not to Mention the Billionaires—Cannot Save Journalism
This isn’t just a journalism crisis: it’s a democracy crisis. And it’s a problem that we must collectively confront as a society.
A Radically Different World Since Assange’s Indictment
The Assange case is a centerpiece of an emerging, global challenge to U.S. dominance that did not exist in 2010 when the U.S. began its legal pursuit of the publisher,…
Iowa Republicans Forward Bill to Force Students to Stand for National Anthem
"By mandating that they stand, our students’ First Amendment rights would be violated," one critic of the bill said.
High School Journalists are Fighting Back Against Censorship
Students who live in states without laws to protect them say they face censorship from their school administrations, newspaper advisers, and communities
US Supreme Court Defends Free Speech on Palestine
This marks the third straight time a federal court has dismissed a case targeting the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights' support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in…
Norman Lear, A Giant of the Public Interest
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost For a brief decade and a half the U.S. government gave the Archie Bunkers of America the power to have a real say,…
Supreme Court to Consider Giving First Amendment Protections to Social Media Posts
By Lynn Greenky, Syracuse University / The Conversation The First Amendment does not protect messages posted on social media platforms. The companies that own the platforms can – and do…
Musk’s Lawsuit Is About Destroying Free Speech
The point of this lawsuit is to intimidate anyone who speaks out against antisemitism, white supremacy and other forms of bigotry.