Media Ethics and Law The Silence of the Public Servant: How ‘Gag Policies’ Are Eroding the First Amendment July 11, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy For journalists working on the beat, the phrase is as common as it is chilling: “I’m not allowed to talk to you.” What follows is usually a redirection to a…
Independent Journalism Reversing the Range: Inside the Federal Push to Expand Public Lands Grazing and Silence Public Dissent July 8, 2026 Sagoh The federal government is embarking on a sweeping overhaul of the rules governing livestock grazing across 155 million acres of public lands in the American West—an expansive territory twice the…
Alternative News Platforms The Prairieland Precedent: How Terrorism Charges Are Being Used to Silence Dissent July 1, 2026 Asep Darmawan In a series of judicial rulings that have sent shockwaves through the civil liberties community, federal judges in Texas have handed down draconian sentences to fifteen activists arrested during a…
