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Federal law closes courthouse doors to incarcerated journalists
The Prison Litigation Reform Act keeps us all in the dark about what goes on behind bars.
Lose the law license, keep the lapel pin
Plus: FPF sues over Qatari plane secrecy
Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec
A novel method of de-indexing websites from search results was used to bury critical reporting and commentary.
FPF sues DOJ for Trump memo on Qatari jet
Freedom of the Press Foundation, represented by American Oversight, seeks memo reportedly used to justify foreign “gift” to Trump’s private foundation.
Radio silence on the reservation
For decades, an Indigenous newspaper informed readers of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne on the U.S.-Canada border. Until it didn’t. What happened?
They’re not even trying to hide it
Plus: Journalists starving in Gaza
Freelancing to fill information gaps left by global censorship
Neha Madhira tells undercovered stories on health care, education, and war — from India to Gaza
‘Emergency’ tracking of Comey cellphone location points to privacy erosion
If the government abuses the law to spy on a former FBI director, it could do the same to journalists and sources
Journalism isn’t incitement
No more presidential library slush funds
FPF, Demand Progress file ethics complaint against Judge Edward Artau
Judge ruled in Trump’s favor in frivolous Pulitzer suit before Trump appointing him to federal judiciary
