California appears poised to pass a law that may ban all forms of “conversion therapy” propaganda
The state of California could soon be the first in the country to actively ban the practice of “sexual conversion therapy,” according to Elly Belle at Teen Vogue. The California State Assembly convened on… Read more »
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has an idea to combat our “billionaire problem”
Responding to headlines that venture capitalist Peter Thiel hopes to purchase all of Gawker’s archives, the Freedom of the Press Foundation has announced it’s creating an archive of alternative media. The archive is a collaboration with Archive-it,… Read more »
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin’s legal team plays the First Amendment card in defense of his harassment campaign against a Jewish family
Earlier this year, after Donald Trump’s inauguration, several American cities and towns protested against the man and what he represented. Some went as far as rooting out the white nationalism in their… Read more »
More and more, money talks
There’s a lot you could say about yesterday’s giant New York Times exposé on Louis C.K. For instance, that it is a bummer very mondo indeed to see another proclaimedly woke man turn out, in fact, to… Read more »
Well, this is going well: Virginia cops beat and arrest a journalist for asking questions and, um, cursing
Ok, fuck this. We’ve reported several times recently on a trend of suppression and violence that has been increasingly directed at journalists since, oh, January 20th. This week, journalist Mike Stark has been… Read more »
Make no mistake: Free speech is under heavy attack
Yesterday, former Breitbart news editor Ben Shapiro showed up to speak at the University of California, Berkeley. It was many things: a pointless provocation, a field day for newsroom thesauruses, and the inaugural installment… Read more »
In an age where political correctness is seen as a vice, we can now trademark ethnic and racial slurs
Every year, about 250,000 new trademark applications are filed in the United States. The companies, entrepreneurs, and occasional cranks that seek registration tell a story beyond just a celebrity name (Liv’s Lips®?) or sexy… Read more »
Terrifying president-elect sends canny archivists scrambling to Canada
As sweet radicals, French snobs, film-lovers, and spies have long known, archivists rule. They’re front-line warriors against entropy, tireless crusaders for the integrity of primary materials, and, more often than not, scintillating experts… Read more »
Independent Bookstore Allowed to Keep Controversial Anti-Trump Display
One has to imagine that the looming presidency of Donald J. Trump will raise a number of questions, both worrisomely new and enduringly ancient, about free speech, community inclusivity, and meaningful… Read more »
Another journalist faces charges for covering the Dakota Access Pipeline protest
After reporting that Amy Goodman would be returning to North Dakota to face charges of criminal trespassing stemming from her coverage of the protests against the construction of Dakota Access Pipeline,… Read more »