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Tag: local journalism

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.

‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund...

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

Media get the South all wrong, so ‘movement journalists’ are stepping...

Project South wants to tell stories of grassroots power in a way that avoids the stereotypes outsiders bring.

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Federal agents invoke Renee Good’s killing to intimidate protesters in Minnesota

Videos, eyewitness accounts, and a sweeping state lawsuit show federal agents repeatedly referencing Renee Nicole Good’s death during confrontations with civilians as Minnesota seeks to halt a massive immigration enforcement surge.

Children hospitalized after ICE flash-bangs strike family van in Minneapolis

Parents say federal agents fired flash-bang munitions and tear gas into their vehicle during protests, sending three children to the hospital and intensifying scrutiny of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Trump’s dementia addled plan to invade Greenland violates the NATO treaty

Why are Republicans orchestrating this ‘gunboat diplomacy’ with the intent of–a rapist?

Danish officials say no breakthrough as Trump presses bid to take Greenland

Denmark and Greenland warn talks with Washington failed as NATO allies deploy troops amid escalating tensions over U.S. threats.

Whistleblower reveals ICE surveillance campaign targeting immigrants and US citizens

Leaked files and internal dissent show immigration enforcement under Trump has expanded into a wide-ranging intelligence operation.