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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutdown: A Grim Ending for Publicly Funded Media
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The end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a major victory for Republicans in their decades-long campaign to defund public media, particularly the

FBI Spied On Journalists And Activists Who Organized 'Russiagate And WikiLeaks' Panel
The following article was originally published by Defending Rights and Dissent.
On the weekend of June 1, 2018, activists, academics, and writers gathered at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the annual Left Forum conference. With roots in the Socialists Scholars Conference, Left Forum was regularly one of the

Biden's Legacy: Enhancing The 'State Secrets Privilege' To Protect The National Security State
As with Obama and Trump, Biden gave the public little reason to trust the government when it invokes "state secrets" to stop court cases