President Trump's administration deported journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador after holding him in ICE detention for more than 100 days| The Dissenter
Two civil rights attorneys at the United States Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) were fired after blowing the whistle| The Dissenter
Chicago journalist Steve Held, the co-founder of Unraveled Press, was allegedly targeted and detained by federal agents in Broadview, Illinois.| The Dissenter
Moviegoers in the United States were primed for a film like “Three Days of the Condor" when it was released in 1975.| The Dissenter
In a victory for the First Amendment, U.S. Judge Kathryn Mizelle dismissed federal wiretapping charges against journalist Timothy Burke| The Dissenter
Five whistleblowers from HUD sued the Trump administration for restricting their ability to enforce the law against fair housing discrimination| The Dissenter
Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation from the United States unless a federal court intervenes| The Dissenter
Pentagon will revoke access for any reporters who publish information that Secretary Pete Hegseth has not approved for release| The Dissenter
Adam Rose, who is the press rights chair for the Los Angeles Press Club, discusses court victories against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and the LAPD| The Dissenter
A United States court concluded that border patrol and other federal agents “unleashed crowd control weapons indiscriminately and with surprising savagery,” targeting journalists who were covering protests against ICE in Los Angeles| The Dissenter
Several press freedom and First Amendment groups have urged a United States appeals court to side with Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk and noncitizen journalists.| The Dissenter
Two U.S. military veterans, including a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation whistleblower, were arrested for interrupting a Senate committee hearing| The Dissenter
Host Kevin Gosztola is joined by guest Jeff Cohen, the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), the co-founder of Roots Action, and author of “Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.” We discuss corporate media capitulation during Donald Trump's second presidential term and "censorship czar" Brendan Carr,| The Dissenter
In the state of Illinois, several organizations and lawyers worked with legislators to clarify and expand protections for the news media after the Illinois Supreme Court significantly diminished the law in November 2024.| The Dissenter
The Israeli military's double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza killed at least five journalists, along with doctors and rescuers.| The Dissenter
The end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a major GOP victory and potentially the death of the idea of public funding for media| The Dissenter
In a ruling from UK High Court on Human Rights Day, a district judge's decision which blocked extradition of Julian Assange was overturned.| The Dissenter
The U.S. government defended their prosecution of Assange saying he is no "ordinary journalist" and WikiLeaks is not a legitimate publisher.| The Dissenter
While granting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a limited appeal against extradition, the US government was encouraged by the UK High Court to submit "assurances" that could prevent further proceedings.| The Dissenter
Daniel Hale's case was part of a continuation of the U.S. government's war on whistleblowers under President Joe Biden| The Dissenter
The lead U.S. prosecutor in the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange raised the idea that the U.S. may argue Assange has no First Amendment rights.| The Dissenter
To extradite Assange would undermine his right to life and right to be free from inhuman treatment, his legal team argues| The Dissenter