The feral mob brandished white supremacist and nazi flags that they held as they listened to Trump’s words and carried their odious standards into the Capitol building. These weren’t protestors exercising their constitutional rights. This was, as Shakespeare put it, insurrection “foul, base and bloody."
July 7, 2017In response to hostile videos by gun lobby group, progressive activists announce march in nation's capital for next week.
June 19, 2017The Trump White House and new FCC chair are rolling back the effort for an internet that's open to all.
June 8, 2017Hundreds of people commented on Bernard Weisberger's widely shared article on the dangers Donald Trump poses to press freedom.
June 2, 2017If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.
March 7, 2017It's important not to let the wave of state bills trying to criminalize protests frighten us away from pushing back at every level.
February 25, 2017On a day that saw reporters from mainstream outlets barred from a White House press briefing, the president used his CPAC platform to rally his base against what he calls the "fake news" media.
February 22, 2017In the wake of the Women's March and other anti-Trump demonstrations, some state lawmakers are trying to punish protesters.
January 9, 2017Meeting in private, enthused activists promise that the growing Republican dominance in state government will unleash a wave of laws to cut business taxes, restrict unions and expand school privatization.
