Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Tag: independent media

How worker-owned news outlets are changing the media industry

For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.

When corporate media fail, independent media rise up

Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.

‘Afghan Papers’ wouldn’t be needed if we had a real independent...

Embedded journalists and news organizations that hire retired generals for commentary don’t give the true picture.

Facebook condemned for empowering right-wing magazine to “drive liberal news outlets...

What do you achieve when you let the Weekly Standard operate as a fact-checker for one of the internet's most powerful platforms? "You achieve bullshit."

Why your support is critical to NationofChange and the health of...

The science is in: If we want to foster a healthy democracy with robust conversations about national policy, we need to continue to support independent news outlets like NationofChange.

Why science says you should be reading small independent media

While trust in corporate news has gone down over the past few years, trust in independent news is strong.

The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role...

These arrests have raised issues about the complex relationship between activism and journalism.

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House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax breaks after secret...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

Knowledge is not just power but what drives unrivaled U.S. prosperity – slashed on...

Fantasy magic thinking is a very expensive folly when human lives are at stake.

Global hunger crisis deepens as world leaders slash aid amid record malnutrition and displacement

A record 295 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2024, as war, climate extremes, and economic shocks collided. With aid funding in freefall, UN officials warn the crisis is no longer just systemic—it is a failure of humanity.

America the unfree

Detention practices in a Trumpy post-9/11 age.

Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.