US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements
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The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post...
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...
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 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration...
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 Wednesday night, continuing Israel’s historically unprecedented...
How the US became blind to Israeli terror
ANALYSIS: By Derek Leebaert
The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) finding in January of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is...
Caitlin Johnstone: On human rights, ‘friendly’ war crimes and Western hypocrisy
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The death toll has risen to 12 from Israel’s terror attack in Lebanon on Tuesday which detonated explosive materials hidden in...