While the rise in rhetorical attacks on the press in DC is bizarre and threatening, at Standing Rock, attacks on the media are brutal and real. The list of physical and legal abuses of professional and citizen journalists at the…

via Really American — Have you seen the livestreams from Standing Rock in the last few days? They are heartbreaking! Militarized police with humvees and Border Patrol helicopters chasing down brave indigenous water protectors, slashing their tipis and driving them into the snow.

Did you notice The Washington Post’s updated masthead? The paper that bravely broke the Watergate scandal is concerned and we are, too.

We’re moving forward quickly with our #freethepress project to stand up for our First Amendment rights. Our first action will…

The imagery of comedian Melissa McCarthy as Press Secretary Sean Spicer ramming journalists with a foam podium during SNL’s mock press briefings is pretty funny. But the new administration’s overt attacks on the media as “Fake News” and “the enemy of the people” are no laughing matter…

When we first launched a #freethepress campaign to host an alternative press briefing across from the White House, we didn’t know how fast this would escalate. Fourteen “fake press” tweets this month? The news media “is the enemy of the American people?” This is appalling and…