- Reporter’s Home Searched by FBI
- AI for Organizers
- The New York Post X-Rays MAGA Madness
- When Journalism Becomes Influencer Content
- After AI
- NYT and Wapo Kept Mum About Venezuela Plans
- Tribal News Agency Defends its Press Freedom
- MAGAfied CBS Evening News is Circling the Drain
- Death of an Urban Daily
- Hip-Hop Editor and Godfather James Bernard
Reporter’s Home Searched by FBI
By Lauren Harper, The Intercept
Last Wednesday, the FBI raided the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson in an alarming escalation of the Trump administration’s war on press freedom. The raid was a direct result of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision last year to reverse media protections for journalists from having their records searched during leak investigations — a decision based on a sham.
AI for Organizers
By Lee Anderson and Oluwakemi Oso, The Forge
Our movements opting out of AI is not a strategy. The danger is not just in how AI functions. It is in who controls it. Many of today’s tech futurists openly champion anti-democratic visions from Curtis Yarvin’s authoritarian fantasies to Peter Thiel’s billionaire libertarianism. If we disengage, we cede the ground entirely to those who do not share our values.
The New York Post X-Rays MAGA Madness
By John R MacArthur, The Guardian
All through the run up to Zohran Mamdani’s remarkable victory, the queen of tabloids outdid itself in hysterical brilliance. I suggest reading the Post very carefully to try to understand our mad king’s thinking.
When Journalism Becomes Influencer Content
By Yona TR Golding, Columbia Journalism Review
An increasing number of establishment voices are setting out to make their mark, independent of the newsrooms that elevated them to fame. Some have styled themselves outcasts while doing little to challenge power. Other independent journalists are embracing a point-of-view journalism model that rejects classic notions of objectivity without discarding a commitment to honest reporting.
After AI
By Cédric Durand, New Left Review
The AI boom may appear sustainable. But as cracks appear in weaker players like Oracle and in some corners of the AI development business, anxiety is building that there may not be enough profit to sustain the trend across the ecosystem as a whole. With AI, the most immediate danger seems to be an epidemic of workforce demoralization.
NYT and Wapo Kept Mum About Venezuela Plans
By Drew Favakeh, FAIR
When the Trump administration invaded Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, the New York Times and Washington Post framed it as a surprise. But word quickly got out that it was not a surprise to either paper, as they chose not to report on it, to “avoid endangering US troops.”
Tribal News Agency Defends its Press Freedom
By Dan Ross, Truthout
Mvskoke Media, a small and scrappy news outlet that serves the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma — the fourth-largest federally recognized tribal nation in the U.S. — offers a stark lesson of what happens when cherished press freedoms are lost altogether, as well as a blueprint for how to restore and protect these important civic checks and balances.
MAGAfied CBS Evening News is Circling the Drain
By Sharon Zhang, Truthout
Data from media audience measurement firm Nielsen shows that the CBS Evening News lost nearly a quarter of its viewership in the first five days of Tony Dokoupil taking over the program, from January 5 to January 9, compared to the same period last year. Dokoupil has featured numerous right-wing guest interviewees and billionaires.
Death of an Urban Daily
By Victor Pickard, The Conversation
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has long been a vital part of the local community throughout western Pennsylvania. This would be the first major metropolitan newspaper closing since the Tampa Tribune shut its doors in 2016. The loss of the Post-Gazette will likely create a major gap in local news coverage.
Hip-Hop Editor and Godfather James Bernard
By Fisher Jack, EURweb
The death of James Bernard has been confirmed as a suicide, according to New Jersey officials. The hip-hop journalist was found on December 29, 2025, after being missing for more than 17 months. Bernard helped make hip-hop journalism credible and essential during the genre’s rise. He co-founded The Source magazine in 1988, and it soon became hip-hop’s most respected voice.
