Analysis

Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies

ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. How ironic, then, that...

RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog...

Lee Miller helped shape our understanding of war. Her life as a photojournalist echoes in those working today

ANALYSIS: By Andrea Jean Baker Lee, the feature film debut from director Ellen Kuras, explores the rawness of authentic...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel continues its war on journalism

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone An Israeli airstrike destroyed the press office of the Lebanese news broadcaster Al Mayadeen on...

Steven Cowan: The New Zealand media – a bystander to genocide

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan Stuff declined earlier this month to publish a full-page advertisement accusing Israel of committing genocide...

Ramzy Baroud: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the acceleration of the collapse of Israel

ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed on August 26 to build a synagogue inside the Muslim holy site Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Ben-Gvir,...

Jonathan Cook: Israeli torture chambers aren’t new. They are what provoked the violence of October 7

Those who can’t connect barbaric abuses of Palestinians by Israelis — generation after generation — and the crimes of October 7, have little understanding...

Caitlin Johnstone: ‘Why should I care about Gaza?’

We can’t keep living like this. Our species cannot continue living on this planet as though what happens to other people and other organisms...

Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock “Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They’re preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their waka,” Scotty Morrison, alongside...

John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world

Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence...

Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?

Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook There...