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A discussion with Rebecca Hamilton about the use of State power and how to identify linkages between individual developments and broader trends in press freedom and beyond.

Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This graphic offers one method.

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.

The SCOTUS decision in FCC v. Fox TV emphasized fair notice, a bedrock requirement of due process that could shield students from removal.

Recent rulings by federal judges provide templates for opposing the destruction of congressionally-created agencies like the Voice of America.

The world needs Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcast and online outlets now more than ever.

The political and human risks of shutting down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and their fellow US-funded media outlets.

RFE/RL's decades-long record of success demands something other than summary termination based on unsupported accusations.

The president and his allies are leading an effort to eviscerate the free press and construct an information ecosystem favorable to his views.

U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.

Bolot Temirov on the personal cost of the country's repression of media and civil society, as democracy gives way to authoritarianism.

U.S. democracy appears so strong as to be unbreakable. But the billionaire class is its weakest point: small, concentrated, and all too often uninterested in following the rules…