The Dissident is an independent newsletter that counters what it sees as an authoritarian political climate, focusing on threats to trans people and civil liberties. Its issues combine data-driven analysis of media coverage and anti-LGBTQ legislation with investigative reporting on state surveillance and healthcare enforcement.
Website: https://the-dissident.ghost.io/
A free speech newsletter pairing original essays by Jacob Mchangama on historical and contemporary free expression, including a multi-part series on Frederick Douglass, with news roundups on government actions against press and speech. It offers a point of view grounded in scholarship and sources, aimed at readers interested in civil liberties and the history of free speech.
Amphibian Media is a news and investigations outlet publishing stories, video shows and long-form reporting on policing, civil liberties and related issues. Recent issues cover the Whitney Mitchell interview on Texas's pardon of Daniel Perry and the launch of Radley Balko's podcast, and reporting on Milwaukee's Flock license-plate camera contract and its delayed policy updates.
Pressing Issues, from the advocacy group Free Press, covers media, technology and democracy policy. It offers reports, speech transcripts and interviews on topics such as government surveillance, AI's environmental costs and media consolidation, along with actions readers can take.
A newsletter by FIRE's Greg Lukianoff covering free speech, campus politics and censorship in the United States. It combines personal essays on higher education with a weekly roundup of free speech court cases, FIRE news and historical commentary.
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