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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (right) never had a particularly strong libel case against The New York Times. Lawyers for both sides spent about a week last month examining what was wrong with a 2017 opinion piece in the newspaper…

Join Andy Bush and William Shutkin as they discuss bold ideas and innovations for green, equitable and climate-friendly cities with the people who are making them happen.By: William Shutkin & Andy BushThe world is urbanizing at an…

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For Ada Petriczko, being born a woman can be a matter of life and death. Originally from Poland, she reports on sexual violence and gender injustice around the world. As a human rights journalist, her mission is…

Jodie Ginsberg was running a small free speech organization in London in 2014 when Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab walked into her office.He had recently been released from prison for organizing democratic rallies during the…

Joe Biden held far fewer press conferences than five of his immediate predecessors in his first year in office and granted fewer media interviews than the six presidents who preceded him.In the first year, President Biden gave just nine…

Half a century ago, the Supreme Court settled the question of when a court can prevent the publication of a newspaper. In 1971, the Nixon administration attempted to prevent The Times and The Washington Post from publishing classified…

A special customs and border protection unit used sensitive government terrorist tracking databases to investigate up to 20 US-based journalists, including an award-winning Associate Press reporter Pulitzer, according to a federal…

Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and staff at his now-closed Apple Daily have received a prestigious press freedom award from the World Association of News Editors. Apple Daily, formerly Hong Kong's most popular…

Far-right video producer Project Veritas has been trying to undermine the careers and rights of mainstream journalists for years, but following the FBI raids on the home of founder and CEO James O'Keefe and his associates, the group now…

KARACHI: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the well-known media's Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have announced this year's winners of their respective press freedom awards. In a statement, RSF said it awarded its press…

In an unusual and frightening decision on Thursday, a New York judge ordered the New York Times refrain from "disseminating or publishing further" information about Project Veritas, the activist group led by a far-right provocateur James…

Freedom of the press is threatened in many parts of the world. In a likely nod to this, Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Investigative journalists were honored…

Investigators investigating the fatal set of Alec Baldwin's shoot said Wednesday they believed they had found the lead projectile that caused the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Authorities said the object was recovered from the…

The prospects for freewheeling media coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February look increasingly grim, not least given the attitude of the International Olympic Committee. On October 13, John Coates,…

Fifty years ago, Computer Space launched the video game industry. Here's why it never took off.Computer Space was innovative, but what was it like to play? Ed Fries, CC BY-NDBy: Noah Wardrip-Fruin | October 15Before Pong, there was…

In 2018, tens of thousands of Nicaraguans flooded the streets in protest against the country's increasingly repressive…

At a press conference Monday that aimed to promote "the protection of Florida freedoms," Gov. Ron DeSantis called on anti-vaccine residents to stand behind the state seal and explain their opposition vaccine in front of the gathered…

Modern authoritarian regimes don’t attempt total, absolute control. Their censorship is more selective and calibrated — and thus more resilient.By: Cherian George and Sonny LiewThe political cartoon is…

The Russians may have won the space race in the 1950s, but they couldn't hold back the sophistication of Western dress.In the summer of 1959, the Cold War shifted from the fields of science and technology to that of cultural exchange. In…

From Standing Rock to Syria, drones are used to hold the powerful to account. Let's keep it that way.Digital drone-based imagery can be used to better estimate the size of large crowds. Source: author's imageBy: Austin…